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Page 84
... Excellent advice ! but I understand your eyes are often observed to be heavy- is it from headache ? " " No , sir , only sleepiness . " As Maria spoke , she blushed and looked down ; her kind and judicious interrogator , therefore ...
... Excellent advice ! but I understand your eyes are often observed to be heavy- is it from headache ? " " No , sir , only sleepiness . " As Maria spoke , she blushed and looked down ; her kind and judicious interrogator , therefore ...
Page 103
... excellent wife took him no portion but her invaluable self ; besides , Belle is so investigating , she would see where the error lay . O ! we shall do very well ; every body will wait when they see how the school flourishes . " But the ...
... excellent wife took him no portion but her invaluable self ; besides , Belle is so investigating , she would see where the error lay . O ! we shall do very well ; every body will wait when they see how the school flourishes . " But the ...
Page 130
... excellent teacher to little girls , but she cannot exercise the power and the dis- cretion called for in so momentous a charge as I require . " The tender mother of delicate children , on the other hand , observed , " I dare not commit ...
... excellent teacher to little girls , but she cannot exercise the power and the dis- cretion called for in so momentous a charge as I require . " The tender mother of delicate children , on the other hand , observed , " I dare not commit ...
Page 132
... excellent teacher , utterly unable to return ? ” " Alas ! Sir , I understand her mother is a confirmed invalid from the rheumatism , and she cannot abandon her to the care of servants . " " But she only lives about twelve miles distance ...
... excellent teacher , utterly unable to return ? ” " Alas ! Sir , I understand her mother is a confirmed invalid from the rheumatism , and she cannot abandon her to the care of servants . " " But she only lives about twelve miles distance ...
Page 138
... excellent child , and even risk the injury of her creditors , amounted to errors that could not in her opinion be palliated by her friendship . Mrs. Maynard had been herself the mother of her family for them she had toiled , and me ...
... excellent child , and even risk the injury of her creditors , amounted to errors that could not in her opinion be palliated by her friendship . Mrs. Maynard had been herself the mother of her family for them she had toiled , and me ...
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