Rosamond Fane; or, The prisoners of St. James's, by M. and C. Lee |
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... present day , may be looked upon from the very windows at which they were standing , but still a somewhat different pros- pect from the range of green downs , dotted over with sheep , and broken by an occasional chalk - pit , to be seen ...
... present day , may be looked upon from the very windows at which they were standing , but still a somewhat different pros- pect from the range of green downs , dotted over with sheep , and broken by an occasional chalk - pit , to be seen ...
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... present instance his judgment was the reverse of favourable . ' I shall not like him , ' was his almost instantaneous reflection , and he turned towards Rosamond , expecting to read in her face a confir- mation of his own opinion . But ...
... present instance his judgment was the reverse of favourable . ' I shall not like him , ' was his almost instantaneous reflection , and he turned towards Rosamond , expecting to read in her face a confir- mation of his own opinion . But ...
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... present situation , had something in it almost pathetic . Maurice was nearly as much taken with the sad sweet face as his cousin had been , and saluted the little hand presented to him with a loyalty worthy of Rosamond herself . It was ...
... present situation , had something in it almost pathetic . Maurice was nearly as much taken with the sad sweet face as his cousin had been , and saluted the little hand presented to him with a loyalty worthy of Rosamond herself . It was ...
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... present ; but Rosamond's were of a very different nature . Her inclination to love and admire Elizabeth was quite as strong as Maurice's antipathy to James . Friend- ship with a girl of her own age was very pleasant to her . Pleasant ...
... present ; but Rosamond's were of a very different nature . Her inclination to love and admire Elizabeth was quite as strong as Maurice's antipathy to James . Friend- ship with a girl of her own age was very pleasant to her . Pleasant ...
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... present with her in the carriage . And she was really beginning to feel quite feverish from the fruitless attempt to arrange her thoughts clearly , when a tremendous jolt of the clumsy vehicle threw her on to her uncle's knees ; and the ...
... present with her in the carriage . And she was really beginning to feel quite feverish from the fruitless attempt to arrange her thoughts clearly , when a tremendous jolt of the clumsy vehicle threw her on to her uncle's knees ; and the ...
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