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... hope your warm heart will in this instance ( as it has always hitherto done ) magnify the offering , and take the will for the deed . I know there is an especially warm corner in it for the children of your old friends " The Hoods ...
... hope your warm heart will in this instance ( as it has always hitherto done ) magnify the offering , and take the will for the deed . I know there is an especially warm corner in it for the children of your old friends " The Hoods ...
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... hope you feel comfortable , " sneered the Ash ; " I am sure you ought to be , with your discriminating friend in such near quarters . But I wonder you don't find such attached rela- tions rather troublesome to you . You look almost ...
... hope you feel comfortable , " sneered the Ash ; " I am sure you ought to be , with your discriminating friend in such near quarters . But I wonder you don't find such attached rela- tions rather troublesome to you . You look almost ...
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... in love , and he was accordingly the object of the most tender female solicitude . It was said that he had fallen deeply and hope- lessly in love with Jenny Wren , but she had been from early years betrothed to her own mate ,
... in love , and he was accordingly the object of the most tender female solicitude . It was said that he had fallen deeply and hope- lessly in love with Jenny Wren , but she had been from early years betrothed to her own mate ,
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... hope . She had been used to getting up lace and fine linen in the families she had lived with ; and so , with a little kind aid , she established a small laundry . Every- one helped her , for she had been a gentle , kind- hearted ...
... hope . She had been used to getting up lace and fine linen in the families she had lived with ; and so , with a little kind aid , she established a small laundry . Every- one helped her , for she had been a gentle , kind- hearted ...
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... hope , by the varied delights of my courtly circle , to induce you to make a long sojourn there . Indeed , your talents are so thrown away in this solitary place , that your wisest course would be to make your per- manent home amongst ...
... hope , by the varied delights of my courtly circle , to induce you to make a long sojourn there . Indeed , your talents are so thrown away in this solitary place , that your wisest course would be to make your per- manent home amongst ...
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