The Leisure Hour, Volumes 1253-1305W. Stevens, printer, 1876 |
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Page 4
... mind ? Don't look so dis- pleased , Constance ; I was not quite in earnest ; but situated as I am , it is natural to fear something of the kind ; that is why I want a bit of a promise from you . If we were once engaged , I don't believe ...
... mind ? Don't look so dis- pleased , Constance ; I was not quite in earnest ; but situated as I am , it is natural to fear something of the kind ; that is why I want a bit of a promise from you . If we were once engaged , I don't believe ...
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... mind ; the old and established never passed for the right with him , as they do with most men , nor could specious pretences gild over the unsound or unjust . Stead- fast in principle , yet open to conviction , he was slow in coming to ...
... mind ; the old and established never passed for the right with him , as they do with most men , nor could specious pretences gild over the unsound or unjust . Stead- fast in principle , yet open to conviction , he was slow in coming to ...
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... mind never recovered from it . Great griefs or losses that come in middle life are apt to have more lasting and strange effects than those that fall upon either youth or age . Of the two squires , Delamere had been the most jovial and ...
... mind never recovered from it . Great griefs or losses that come in middle life are apt to have more lasting and strange effects than those that fall upon either youth or age . Of the two squires , Delamere had been the most jovial and ...
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... mind , judging by her sighs and exclamations . " The poor woman did indeed appear to be very un- happy ; but she spread our table with the best provisions that she had , and wished us a good digestion , yet in a tone so miserable that ...
... mind , judging by her sighs and exclamations . " The poor woman did indeed appear to be very un- happy ; but she spread our table with the best provisions that she had , and wished us a good digestion , yet in a tone so miserable that ...
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... mind , for I was in a matter - of - fact humour , notwithstand- ing my nervousness ; and I remembered the bread and sausage left by the widow for " anything " that might happen to come . The Kobold , too , had been particular about his ...
... mind , for I was in a matter - of - fact humour , notwithstand- ing my nervousness ; and I remembered the bread and sausage left by the widow for " anything " that might happen to come . The Kobold , too , had been particular about his ...
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