Isabel's Difficulties, Or, Light on the Daily PathGriffith & Farran, Brown & Company, 1874 - 256 pages |
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... Lady Montgomery , with the young Master , were in the drawing - room , and that the Colonel had bidden him fetch any of the elder young ladies and gentlemen , whom he could find . ' O ! I'm out , I'm out ! ' cried the boy . I should ...
... Lady Montgomery , with the young Master , were in the drawing - room , and that the Colonel had bidden him fetch any of the elder young ladies and gentlemen , whom he could find . ' O ! I'm out , I'm out ! ' cried the boy . I should ...
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... lady . ' I cannot permit ponies . Our dear boy rides the donkey- nothing else yet . You remember that dreadful fright about my brother ? ' addressing Mrs Walpole . I decline ponies , if you please , Colonel . ' 6 ' Certainly , Lady ...
... lady . ' I cannot permit ponies . Our dear boy rides the donkey- nothing else yet . You remember that dreadful fright about my brother ? ' addressing Mrs Walpole . I decline ponies , if you please , Colonel . ' 6 ' Certainly , Lady ...
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... Lady Montgomery . Who , on catching sight of her son , immediately began : ' Hotspur ! you are in a very great mess ; and we are going to lunch at Lord Monteagle's ! My dear Mrs Wal- pole , pray lend me a clean collar , and a brush and ...
... Lady Montgomery . Who , on catching sight of her son , immediately began : ' Hotspur ! you are in a very great mess ; and we are going to lunch at Lord Monteagle's ! My dear Mrs Wal- pole , pray lend me a clean collar , and a brush and ...
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... Lady , and we shall be late at Lord Monteagle's ! ' and this was all Sir William had to say on the subject . Immediately afterwards they left . Then Colonel Wal- pole issued his positive commands to his wife , that neither Hotspur nor ...
... Lady , and we shall be late at Lord Monteagle's ! ' and this was all Sir William had to say on the subject . Immediately afterwards they left . Then Colonel Wal- pole issued his positive commands to his wife , that neither Hotspur nor ...
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... room before I reached it . But here comes aunt Jane ! perhaps she can tell you more . ' Yet the troubled look that Isabel gave Mrs Walpole , as she entered the room , conveyed to that lady's mind 24 ISABEL'S DIFFICULTIES .
... room before I reached it . But here comes aunt Jane ! perhaps she can tell you more . ' Yet the troubled look that Isabel gave Mrs Walpole , as she entered the room , conveyed to that lady's mind 24 ISABEL'S DIFFICULTIES .
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