The court and the cottageGriffith & Farran, 1883 - 330 pages |
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... three ? Dear me ! poor Edward Morrison ! I should have said , had I been asked , he was not much over fifty . ' Fifty ! ' exclaimed Miss Adelaide . ' My dear Dorothy , Edward Morrison isn't fifty . ' And Miss Adelaide resumed her ...
... three ? Dear me ! poor Edward Morrison ! I should have said , had I been asked , he was not much over fifty . ' Fifty ! ' exclaimed Miss Adelaide . ' My dear Dorothy , Edward Morrison isn't fifty . ' And Miss Adelaide resumed her ...
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... three years ago ; and though time , that wondrous healer , had softened the keen edge of the sorrow , neither Mr. nor Mrs. Huntingdon could ever be quite the same again . Scarlet fever had come into the village of Thorpe Bishop . The ...
... three years ago ; and though time , that wondrous healer , had softened the keen edge of the sorrow , neither Mr. nor Mrs. Huntingdon could ever be quite the same again . Scarlet fever had come into the village of Thorpe Bishop . The ...
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... three - cornered wedge from the seed - cake . Misunderstanding an appealing glance from Miss Adelaide , she held up the slice on the point of the knife , saying , ' Will you have some cake ? ' O no , no ! thank you , dearie ; only a ...
... three - cornered wedge from the seed - cake . Misunderstanding an appealing glance from Miss Adelaide , she held up the slice on the point of the knife , saying , ' Will you have some cake ? ' O no , no ! thank you , dearie ; only a ...
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... three ; not often , for the neighbours knew that the Miss Ponsonbys liked to be ' quiet after luncheon . ' To - day , a ring at the bell -not a sharp telegraphic ring , but a gentle one- roused both ladies ; and Miss Adelaide began to ...
... three ; not often , for the neighbours knew that the Miss Ponsonbys liked to be ' quiet after luncheon . ' To - day , a ring at the bell -not a sharp telegraphic ring , but a gentle one- roused both ladies ; and Miss Adelaide began to ...
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... three - and off ! ' and , balanc- ing herself erect on the rough bough , Elfrida leaped lightly to the ground , with very much the same motion as a bird would descend from some airy height . There ! I have been very happy up in the ...
... three - and off ! ' and , balanc- ing herself erect on the rough bough , Elfrida leaped lightly to the ground , with very much the same motion as a bird would descend from some airy height . There ! I have been very happy up in the ...
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Adelaide's African Wanderers afternoon Aunt Dorothy BARBARA HUTTON Bellingham Berkley Book bright Broome Broome's carriage cloth elegant Colonel Bradshaw Cottage Court Cousin Daisy daresay dear door drawing-room Elfrida asked exclaimed eyes face Fcap feel G. A. HENTY GELLIE gilt edges girl gone governess Grannie hand HARRISON WEIR hear heard hope Huntingdon Isola Bella Jack Jack Bruce laughed Leonora Clarke Lily look Lord Maintree luncheon MARRYAT NORRIS Meredith Miss Adelaide Miss Elfrida Miss Firths Miss Ponsonby mother never niece o'clock Ponsonby's poor child Price Reginald Reuben seemed Shillings Shillings and Sixpence Signor Montalozzi sister song soon stood Stories sure Susie Bruce talk telegram tell thing Thorpe Bishop thought Titmouse to-day to-morrow told Uncle Rex Vicarage voice W. H. G. KINGSTON wait walked window wish wonder young lady
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