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Ellen Pickering. MARY . Not I , indeed . What may you please to mean ? Pray speak plainly . CLEV . Since you insist on my being explicit then , I shall look high for a bride : in short , you can never be Mrs. Cleverly . MARY . And who ...
Ellen Pickering. MARY . Not I , indeed . What may you please to mean ? Pray speak plainly . CLEV . Since you insist on my being explicit then , I shall look high for a bride : in short , you can never be Mrs. Cleverly . MARY . And who ...
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... mean ; and a most wise leaving too ; but he was always famous for his judgment and penetration . You need not try to deceive me ; I know he has left all his fortune to his well - beloved nephew , James Cleverly . SAND . You are mistaken ...
... mean ; and a most wise leaving too ; but he was always famous for his judgment and penetration . You need not try to deceive me ; I know he has left all his fortune to his well - beloved nephew , James Cleverly . SAND . You are mistaken ...
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... mean . UNCLE . Young girls , like half the crack enig- mas , mean nothing . NIECE . Did you see him , I mean ? UNCLE . I saw a great many hims , which THE UNCLE . 19.
... mean . UNCLE . Young girls , like half the crack enig- mas , mean nothing . NIECE . Did you see him , I mean ? UNCLE . I saw a great many hims , which THE UNCLE . 19.
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... mean - Mr . Selby . UNCLE . Oh , Mr. Selby is your him : old Mrs. Crutcheley's him is her do - nothing , good - for- nought , graceless nephew , Jack Hare . All the hims seem much of a muchery . NIECE , ( indignantly . ) Oh , uncle ...
... mean - Mr . Selby . UNCLE . Oh , Mr. Selby is your him : old Mrs. Crutcheley's him is her do - nothing , good - for- nought , graceless nephew , Jack Hare . All the hims seem much of a muchery . NIECE , ( indignantly . ) Oh , uncle ...
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... mean . But what is the matter with you , child ? What do you pant like a panting pigeon for ? Say what I will , there is no contenting you . How can I be NIECE . Content me , indeed ! contented when you say all you can to vex me ? UNCLE ...
... mean . But what is the matter with you , child ? What do you pant like a panting pigeon for ? Say what I will , there is no contenting you . How can I be NIECE . Content me , indeed ! contented when you say all you can to vex me ? UNCLE ...
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alias Jones Aloud bailiffs Barton's farm beggar better BOND bride brother Captain Cleverly CLEV commissioners cousin dare say Dobson Doleful DOUBT DOWLAN Enter Exeunt Exit eyes FRANK Franklyn Garbett give going gone Gossip hand handsome HART hate hear heard heart heiress hurry impostor Jack Smith Jeremiah Brown Lady Lady Juliana look lovers marry MARY mind MISS CLEAVE MISS GREY MISS JOHN never NIECE Norfolk Island Pepper pettishly PLAC Placid POLICE Policeman Pooh Poor Bessy Poor dear Jemima post octavo Prattle proverb rich Ruffle Sandford Selby Seymour de Hauteville shame SILENT SIR FRED Sir Frederick Jones Sir Michael Mowbray Smith STRAN suppose sure swell mob talk tell thing thought Tilson told Tom Smiths tongue TRENCH trust UNCLE vile vulgar wealth wedding won't wait word worse Worthy WYVILL young
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