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... fear of shallow ridicule or unworthy misconstruction ? Had Caroline been commanded to suppress her feelings by any motives of peril or interest , she would have braved them with scorn . But to encounter the ironical smile of her mother ...
... fear of shallow ridicule or unworthy misconstruction ? Had Caroline been commanded to suppress her feelings by any motives of peril or interest , she would have braved them with scorn . But to encounter the ironical smile of her mother ...
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... fears of her subsequent ridicule , had thus not even the excuse of maiden delicacy . If any apology could be alleged for her , it consisted in the fact that there was a sort of veneration in her regard for Ralph , which made her ...
... fears of her subsequent ridicule , had thus not even the excuse of maiden delicacy . If any apology could be alleged for her , it consisted in the fact that there was a sort of veneration in her regard for Ralph , which made her ...
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... fear mingled with annoyance . The signs of both were however instantly checked . She ordered the coachman . to stop . The stranger rode up to her and uncovered for a moment , but there was an air of confidence , almost of effrontery ...
... fear mingled with annoyance . The signs of both were however instantly checked . She ordered the coachman . to stop . The stranger rode up to her and uncovered for a moment , but there was an air of confidence , almost of effrontery ...
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... fears were at once set at rest . She could not however refrain from expressing her surprise at Lady Rainford's cordiality towards one for whom it was clear she had little esteem . " I was civil to him , " replied the dowager . " But ...
... fears were at once set at rest . She could not however refrain from expressing her surprise at Lady Rainford's cordiality towards one for whom it was clear she had little esteem . " I was civil to him , " replied the dowager . " But ...
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... fears are greater than his animosity , for he stalks slowly away from the quarter whence the noise proceeds ; and then , as if his suspicions have received a new impulse , bounds with full force against one of the canvas sides of the ...
... fears are greater than his animosity , for he stalks slowly away from the quarter whence the noise proceeds ; and then , as if his suspicions have received a new impulse , bounds with full force against one of the canvas sides of the ...
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