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... feel very uncomfortable , and very much ashamed of myself , though I did not exactly know why . However , it was not very often that this happened , for I B saw very little of my father ; and , to Lady Greensleeves ' Story . 17.
... feel very uncomfortable , and very much ashamed of myself , though I did not exactly know why . However , it was not very often that this happened , for I B saw very little of my father ; and , to Lady Greensleeves ' Story . 17.
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... feel , one does not like to be called so before a stranger ; so I held up my head , and made a tremendous effort to look dignified and self - possessed , as became Mistress Frances Dalrymple of Horsemandown . Sir Harry shook hands good ...
... feel , one does not like to be called so before a stranger ; so I held up my head , and made a tremendous effort to look dignified and self - possessed , as became Mistress Frances Dalrymple of Horsemandown . Sir Harry shook hands good ...
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... feel more aggrieved at not understanding anything else . So I cried on like a silly child , " because I'd nothing else to do " ( as that Irish song says , that Christie is always singing when she goes up and down stairs ) . At last Sir ...
... feel more aggrieved at not understanding anything else . So I cried on like a silly child , " because I'd nothing else to do " ( as that Irish song says , that Christie is always singing when she goes up and down stairs ) . At last Sir ...
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... feeling that my mother would dislike him , though I could not feel sure why . As we rode up to the house , Miles and Roger came tearing out of the poultry- yard to see who we were , but , upon closer inspection , tore back again , and ...
... feeling that my mother would dislike him , though I could not feel sure why . As we rode up to the house , Miles and Roger came tearing out of the poultry- yard to see who we were , but , upon closer inspection , tore back again , and ...
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... splendid position at court " at once , after all , instead of waiting till the far - off time of being grown - up . I could not help feeling considerable pride and satisfaction in these new clothes of mine ; they 52 The Oak Staircase .
... splendid position at court " at once , after all , instead of waiting till the far - off time of being grown - up . I could not help feeling considerable pride and satisfaction in these new clothes of mine ; they 52 The Oak Staircase .
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Agnes answer asked Aubert Beatrice Bessie Bessie's boys brother cloth Colonel Dare coloured Countess of Desmond Court cried dear door Duke of Mon Duke of Monmouth Earl of Desmond eyes face Father Niccolo Fcap fear feel felt Fortescue gilt edges girls glance hand HARRISON WEIR head hear heard heart Hebe Henrietta Horsemandown Illustrations Judge Jeffreys King knew Lady Dalrymple Lady Greensleeves Lady Sarah laugh looked Lord Desmond Madame St mamma Master Noakes matter mind Mistress Frances morning never nurse Oliver Oliver's Pauline perhaps plain poor Post 8vo Power Queen remember replied Robin Royal 16mo Second Edition seemed Shad silence Silvia Sir Bernard Sir Harry Mountfort smile speak story Super-royal 16mo suppose sure talking Taunton tell things THOMAS DARNELL thought told tone Uncle Algernon voice WEIR whispered wife wish words
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