Very genteel, by the author of 'Mrs. Jerningham's journal'.Griffith & Farran, 1880 - 318 pages |
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... plain figures and no mistake about it . I will be back in an hour , I hope . I will hurry back because you are doing what you don't like . ' His voice and manner softened considerably before he had finished his speech , and he kissed ...
... plain figures and no mistake about it . I will be back in an hour , I hope . I will hurry back because you are doing what you don't like . ' His voice and manner softened considerably before he had finished his speech , and he kissed ...
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... plain , ' said Lettice , opening some as she spoke that answered to the description of paper that could not be traced . ' Oh , no ! ' cried Diana , ' I will not take that on any account , ' and she spurned it with her fingers ; ' it is ...
... plain , ' said Lettice , opening some as she spoke that answered to the description of paper that could not be traced . ' Oh , no ! ' cried Diana , ' I will not take that on any account , ' and she spurned it with her fingers ; ' it is ...
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... plain notepaper and a packet of common envelopes along with the others ; and you must not tell anybody — no , not a living creature— that you sold them to me . ' " Deed I will not , ' replied Lettice , ' but I can't think why . ' ' No ...
... plain notepaper and a packet of common envelopes along with the others ; and you must not tell anybody — no , not a living creature— that you sold them to me . ' " Deed I will not , ' replied Lettice , ' but I can't think why . ' ' No ...
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... plain ; or coloured plates and gilt edges , Four Shillings and Sixpence , Super Royal 16mo , cloth elegant , with Illustrations . Aunt Jenny's American Pets . By CATHERINE C. HOPLEY . Broderip ( Mrs. ) Crosspatch , the Cricket , and the ...
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... plain , cloth elegant , with Illustrations by eminent Artists , or with gilt edges , price 4s . Cast Adrift , the Story of a Waif . By Mrs. HERBERT MARTIN . Castles and their Heroes . By BARBARA HUTTON . Clement's Trial and Victory , or ...
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