Very genteel, by the author of 'Mrs. Jerningham's journal'.Griffith & Farran, 1880 - 318 pages |
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... beautiful black silk comes home to - morrow morning ! ' ' It is , my dear , a good deal to me , considering that it's I shall pay the bill , and that I've great pleasure in giving you a handsome and becoming gown , ' replied Mr ...
... beautiful black silk comes home to - morrow morning ! ' ' It is , my dear , a good deal to me , considering that it's I shall pay the bill , and that I've great pleasure in giving you a handsome and becoming gown , ' replied Mr ...
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... beautiful new black silk , and now ' My dear Lettice ! I didn't ask them here to show off my fine dinners or my wife's fine dresses , but just to convenience themselves , because their kitchen chimney's caught fire . I said they must ...
... beautiful new black silk , and now ' My dear Lettice ! I didn't ask them here to show off my fine dinners or my wife's fine dresses , but just to convenience themselves , because their kitchen chimney's caught fire . I said they must ...
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... beautiful girl he had ever met - gay , lively , and be- witching . Beauty , Mr. Tippington's ideal had never been allowed to possess . A neat figure and a comely presence was all that had ever been awarded to her . Beauty was a ...
... beautiful girl he had ever met - gay , lively , and be- witching . Beauty , Mr. Tippington's ideal had never been allowed to possess . A neat figure and a comely presence was all that had ever been awarded to her . Beauty was a ...
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... you see , this is a busy evening with Mr. Donolly , and I have to help him draw up some invoices . ' Mrs. Tippington turned her beautiful eyes to- wards her friend with an expression of languid astonishment in At Dinner . 37.
... you see , this is a busy evening with Mr. Donolly , and I have to help him draw up some invoices . ' Mrs. Tippington turned her beautiful eyes to- wards her friend with an expression of languid astonishment in At Dinner . 37.
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... beautiful eyes that betrayed to Mrs. Donolly that she was very fond of him too . ' I always used to think , ' said she pensively , ' that it's a real gentleman I'd marry , and aunt always said she was sure I could if I tried . ' ' But I ...
... beautiful eyes that betrayed to Mrs. Donolly that she was very fond of him too . ' I always used to think , ' said she pensively , ' that it's a real gentleman I'd marry , and aunt always said she was sure I could if I tried . ' ' But I ...
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