The oak staircase; or, Stories of lord and lady Desmond, by M. & C. Lee |
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... speak them- selves ; wouldn't it , Silvia ? ' ' Not quite , I think , ' Silvia said , with a doubtful glance at Uncle Algernon . You see , it would be so nice to hear all that they used to think , and how Horsemandown looked in those ...
... speak them- selves ; wouldn't it , Silvia ? ' ' Not quite , I think , ' Silvia said , with a doubtful glance at Uncle Algernon . You see , it would be so nice to hear all that they used to think , and how Horsemandown looked in those ...
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... speaking . ' I don't know , I can't think , unless he means to write a story about her . You know he does write books ; so perhaps But at this juncture the discussion came to an end , for the lamp blazed up in the hall below , and ...
... speaking . ' I don't know , I can't think , unless he means to write a story about her . You know he does write books ; so perhaps But at this juncture the discussion came to an end , for the lamp blazed up in the hall below , and ...
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... earnest . Lady Greensleeves is going to tell you her history , only through me ; for , you see , she only condescends to speak directly to a very old intimate friend like myself ; so she has dictated it A Wet Half - Holiday . 13.
... earnest . Lady Greensleeves is going to tell you her history , only through me ; for , you see , she only condescends to speak directly to a very old intimate friend like myself ; so she has dictated it A Wet Half - Holiday . 13.
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... speak in very fast and eager undertones . Now and then I caught my own name , but that only made me 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 ...
... speak in very fast and eager undertones . Now and then I caught my own name , but that only made me 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 ...
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... speak in the company of one's elders , without being spoken to , was a proceeding unthought of in those days . I could only glance from Sir Harry's to my mother's face , and then for the first time I noticed how sad and anxious it ...
... speak in the company of one's elders , without being spoken to , was a proceeding unthought of in those days . I could only glance from Sir Harry's to my mother's face , and then for the first time I noticed how sad and anxious it ...
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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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