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... hope , to make suitable arrangements for transferring you on board her . Ah ! a lucky thought , " continued I , as I saw the sounding - rod and line attached to the fife- rail , " let us see what water the craft has in her . " I sounded ...
... hope , to make suitable arrangements for transferring you on board her . Ah ! a lucky thought , " continued I , as I saw the sounding - rod and line attached to the fife- rail , " let us see what water the craft has in her . " I sounded ...
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... hope of being able to find some friends of her mother's of whom she had heard , but had never seen , her mother having contracted what is termed a mésalliance - in other words , a love - match with one whom her friends chose to consider ...
... hope of being able to find some friends of her mother's of whom she had heard , but had never seen , her mother having contracted what is termed a mésalliance - in other words , a love - match with one whom her friends chose to consider ...
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... Hope for the best and provide for the worst ' is a favourite motto of your friend Bob ; and I really think it is singularly applicable in your case . " " No , " she replied rather despondently ; " no very definite plan , that is . I am ...
... Hope for the best and provide for the worst ' is a favourite motto of your friend Bob ; and I really think it is singularly applicable in your case . " " No , " she replied rather despondently ; " no very definite plan , that is . I am ...
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... hope is that we may soon fall in with a sandal - wood trader , in which case you would have an opportunity of returning to China , and re - shipping from thence home . " " I hope we shall , " she responded ; rather dole- fully , I ...
... hope is that we may soon fall in with a sandal - wood trader , in which case you would have an opportunity of returning to China , and re - shipping from thence home . " " I hope we shall , " she responded ; rather dole- fully , I ...
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... Hope for the best and provide for the worst ' is a favourite motto of your friend Bob ; and I really think it is singularly applicable in your case . " " No , " she replied rather despondently ; " no very definite plan , that is . I am ...
... Hope for the best and provide for the worst ' is a favourite motto of your friend Bob ; and I really think it is singularly applicable in your case . " " No , " she replied rather despondently ; " no very definite plan , that is . I am ...
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