Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume 14George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates Ward and Lock, 1865 - English periodicals |
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... talk . " Yes , Miss Denison , I was about to observe that - thank you ; not any more . " This to Dorothy , who hovered over the afflicted young man with the sugar - basin and a plate of biscuits , to his torment and distraction ; for he ...
... talk . " Yes , Miss Denison , I was about to observe that - thank you ; not any more . " This to Dorothy , who hovered over the afflicted young man with the sugar - basin and a plate of biscuits , to his torment and distraction ; for he ...
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... talk of coming ? " " Almost immediately ; that is to say between this and Christmas . I'll read you the passage in ... talks with you and your dear papa . Therefore , dear Miss Denison , I shall await one word from you to say yes or no ...
... talk of coming ? " " Almost immediately ; that is to say between this and Christmas . I'll read you the passage in ... talks with you and your dear papa . Therefore , dear Miss Denison , I shall await one word from you to say yes or no ...
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... talk with which they had be- guiled so many hours in the autumn that was past . Marcia wondered why this was ; and found herself wondering whe- ther Mrs. Harding's explanation of her sudden emotion was quite a truthful one ; or whether ...
... talk with which they had be- guiled so many hours in the autumn that was past . Marcia wondered why this was ; and found herself wondering whe- ther Mrs. Harding's explanation of her sudden emotion was quite a truthful one ; or whether ...
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... Axe ; and who finally had taken up picture - selling , and did an enormous business . No one could tell that he was not an Englishman from his talk , and an Eng- lishman with a marvellous fluency in the vernacular . He 62 LAND AT LAST .
... Axe ; and who finally had taken up picture - selling , and did an enormous business . No one could tell that he was not an Englishman from his talk , and an Eng- lishman with a marvellous fluency in the vernacular . He 62 LAND AT LAST .
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... talk ! " said Charley Potts , who had rejoined the group . " You know well enough that you painted the picture for sale . You know equally well that the price is two hundred guineas . Are you answered , Mr. Stump ? " Ludlow started ...
... talk ! " said Charley Potts , who had rejoined the group . " You know well enough that you painted the picture for sale . You know equally well that the price is two hundred guineas . Are you answered , Mr. Stump ? " Ludlow started ...
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