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... lady . Miss Gregory still lost , and had to pawn her snuff box to Lady Dace . She consoled herself by an insinuation , ' My lady , you touched your wedding ring . That was a sign to your partner here ' -'Nay , Madame , ' twas but a sign ...
... lady . Miss Gregory still lost , and had to pawn her snuff box to Lady Dace . She consoled herself by an insinuation , ' My lady , you touched your wedding ring . That was a sign to your partner here ' -'Nay , Madame , ' twas but a sign ...
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... devotion of Lady Castle- wood , may be worth embalming . " Strange what a man may do , and a woman yet think him an angel ! " MARS DENIQUE . " The Star - Spangled Banner , and “ To 8 January , THE AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST .
... devotion of Lady Castle- wood , may be worth embalming . " Strange what a man may do , and a woman yet think him an angel ! " MARS DENIQUE . " The Star - Spangled Banner , and “ To 8 January , THE AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST .
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... lady . After some time , countrymen walking that way spied the disaster , and soon got word of what had happened ... lady's body conveyed in such a fashion . When he found that the men would not budge , he declared that he would carry ...
... lady . After some time , countrymen walking that way spied the disaster , and soon got word of what had happened ... lady's body conveyed in such a fashion . When he found that the men would not budge , he declared that he would carry ...
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... ladies ( as they walk through the streets ) upon silver salvers in the hands of footmen ! The London " Cabby , " moreover , as he is drawn here from the life by John Leech , appears occasionally almost — if that be within the bounds of ...
... ladies ( as they walk through the streets ) upon silver salvers in the hands of footmen ! The London " Cabby , " moreover , as he is drawn here from the life by John Leech , appears occasionally almost — if that be within the bounds of ...
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... ladies , and to be ambitious ehiefly to lie upon drawing - room tables ; others seek to please small literary coteries , and lisp with affected simplicity in archaic costumes ; and some who boast of shocking the proprieties only suc ...
... ladies , and to be ambitious ehiefly to lie upon drawing - room tables ; others seek to please small literary coteries , and lisp with affected simplicity in archaic costumes ; and some who boast of shocking the proprieties only suc ...
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