Very genteel, by the author of 'Mrs. Jerningham's journal'.Griffith & Farran, 1880 - 318 pages |
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... Lettice credit for possessing all the essential and important qualities that his ideal had possessed ; while the less important adjuncts he acknowledged with delight that he had been altogether in the wrong about , and boasted to ...
... Lettice credit for possessing all the essential and important qualities that his ideal had possessed ; while the less important adjuncts he acknowledged with delight that he had been altogether in the wrong about , and boasted to ...
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... Lettice's rosy lips , -the first time , but by no means the last . Lettice Browne's father was an extravagant man who had run through a little money , and not supported himself or his family in the most respectable manner afterwards ...
... Lettice's rosy lips , -the first time , but by no means the last . Lettice Browne's father was an extravagant man who had run through a little money , and not supported himself or his family in the most respectable manner afterwards ...
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... Lettice's friends pronounced that he would be a rich man before he was fifty , and that she was a lucky girl , whose pretty face had not been given her in vain . Lettice had been to school and acquired a few accomplishments . She sang ...
... Lettice's friends pronounced that he would be a rich man before he was fifty , and that she was a lucky girl , whose pretty face had not been given her in vain . Lettice had been to school and acquired a few accomplishments . She sang ...
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... Lettice's whole programme of elegance by helping Mrs. Donolly himself to the vegetables , which , as the table was small , and laid for only four people , he could easily reach . To his unsophisticated , perhaps we should say ungenteel ...
... Lettice's whole programme of elegance by helping Mrs. Donolly himself to the vegetables , which , as the table was small , and laid for only four people , he could easily reach . To his unsophisticated , perhaps we should say ungenteel ...
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... Lettice was miserable the whole time , regretting bitterly that the chops were not chickens , and that the cheese was not a pudding , and feeling perfectly certain that their guests would never think as much of them again as they had ...
... Lettice was miserable the whole time , regretting bitterly that the chops were not chickens , and that the cheese was not a pudding , and feeling perfectly certain that their guests would never think as much of them again as they had ...
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