Belgravia: A London Magazine, Volume 39Chatto and Windus, 1879 |
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... manner that made her seem less young , less like a girl , than she really was . Still , the idea of a marriage between her and Sir Wilberforce seemed to him something preposterous . " Of course , this is all between ourselves , Clarkson ...
... manner that made her seem less young , less like a girl , than she really was . Still , the idea of a marriage between her and Sir Wilberforce seemed to him something preposterous . " Of course , this is all between ourselves , Clarkson ...
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... manner to all comers , he had a great deal of nervousness and sensitiveness in his composition , and was liable to intervals of profound depression . There is a preposterous Englishman in a once famous French novel , of whom it is told ...
... manner to all comers , he had a great deal of nervousness and sensitiveness in his composition , and was liable to intervals of profound depression . There is a preposterous Englishman in a once famous French novel , of whom it is told ...
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... manner to him the morning when she bade him defiance in defence of the beauteous Paulina ; and he went back to his den that night , and tried a joyous supper with the Charltons , and made up his mind that he must leave England at once ...
... manner to him the morning when she bade him defiance in defence of the beauteous Paulina ; and he went back to his den that night , and tried a joyous supper with the Charltons , and made up his mind that he must leave England at once ...
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... manner which was not clear enough to challenge any comment , and which Gabrielle felt she had better decline to encourage by any manner of notice . She felt herself more inclined every hour to shrink from close contact with Paulina ...
... manner which was not clear enough to challenge any comment , and which Gabrielle felt she had better decline to encourage by any manner of notice . She felt herself more inclined every hour to shrink from close contact with Paulina ...
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... manners could be ascribed to her ; but in the mean time her presence seemed to vulgarise the very atmosphere . It was a ... manner in which she seemed to have struck up a friendship with him . They might have been uncle and niece , she ...
... manners could be ascribed to her ; but in the mean time her presence seemed to vulgarise the very atmosphere . It was a ... manner in which she seemed to have struck up a friendship with him . They might have been uncle and niece , she ...
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