Left alone, or, The fortunes of Phillis Maitland1879 |
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... interest , and pity that could only wound her ? What marvel is it that , suffering so cruelly from the effects of faults in which she had no share , and which the best and most generous impulses of her heart had caused her to be ...
... interest , and pity that could only wound her ? What marvel is it that , suffering so cruelly from the effects of faults in which she had no share , and which the best and most generous impulses of her heart had caused her to be ...
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... interest and minuteness that would have provoked the scorn of the fine - lady wife of the rich grocer in High Street ; and bestowed her sym- pathy with a warmth and familiarity that the butcher's fashionable daughters would have thought ...
... interest and minuteness that would have provoked the scorn of the fine - lady wife of the rich grocer in High Street ; and bestowed her sym- pathy with a warmth and familiarity that the butcher's fashionable daughters would have thought ...
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... They had forgotten - or , perhaps , in the interest of their topic , they did not take into con- sideration at all - that the drawing - room window was wide open , and that as they passed and repassed 74 LEFT ALONE .
... They had forgotten - or , perhaps , in the interest of their topic , they did not take into con- sideration at all - that the drawing - room window was wide open , and that as they passed and repassed 74 LEFT ALONE .
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... sum of money left to her and her brother at their mother's death ( the interest of which was to have formed their income ) had been encroached upon by Robert till it had dwindled to a few FACING THE FUTURE FACING THE FUTURE.
... sum of money left to her and her brother at their mother's death ( the interest of which was to have formed their income ) had been encroached upon by Robert till it had dwindled to a few FACING THE FUTURE FACING THE FUTURE.
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... speech might have been taken as an evidence of tender interest in the person alluded to ; but if Mrs. Rowley did thus translate her visitor's blushes , she was soon undeceived . ' I suppose you mean Mr. Wells , ' said 86 LEFT ALONE .
... speech might have been taken as an evidence of tender interest in the person alluded to ; but if Mrs. Rowley did thus translate her visitor's blushes , she was soon undeceived . ' I suppose you mean Mr. Wells , ' said 86 LEFT ALONE .
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