Queen MabD. Appleton, 1864 - 476 pages |
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Page 17
... Norton could not do without admiring her husband , and it was impossible to live with Mr. Ford and to admire him , spite some sterling qualities . His want of judgment had given her pride a great shock , his folly in alienating men whom ...
... Norton could not do without admiring her husband , and it was impossible to live with Mr. Ford and to admire him , spite some sterling qualities . His want of judgment had given her pride a great shock , his folly in alienating men whom ...
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... Norton , to be the mother of a race of fools and of social outcasts ? She went upstairs that night in an agony of tumultuous feel- ings and of wounded pride . The child , a third boy , was born before the morning . Its sex gave her the ...
... Norton , to be the mother of a race of fools and of social outcasts ? She went upstairs that night in an agony of tumultuous feel- ings and of wounded pride . The child , a third boy , was born before the morning . Its sex gave her the ...
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... Norton , rising as she spoke . Seven years had passed since Robert Norton had been laid in his grave at Melbourne , but the heart of his widow beat for him still , and tears stood in her eyes , and her lips quivered , as she vindicated ...
... Norton , rising as she spoke . Seven years had passed since Robert Norton had been laid in his grave at Melbourne , but the heart of his widow beat for him still , and tears stood in her eyes , and her lips quivered , as she vindicated ...
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Julia Kavanagh. she is not a bit like you , " continued Mrs. Norton , looking up in her sister - in - law's face .. " She is not mine , " was the icy reply . " Mr. Ford has adopted her . " Mrs. Norton whistled ; gave Mab another ...
Julia Kavanagh. she is not a bit like you , " continued Mrs. Norton , looking up in her sister - in - law's face .. " She is not mine , " was the icy reply . " Mr. Ford has adopted her . " Mrs. Norton whistled ; gave Mab another ...
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... Norton , after a short pause , " and in one's whole person , too ! Now , my dear husband could never endure tall women . He had not seen me since we were children , and he took it in his head that I was tall . Not a bit , ' said his ...
... Norton , after a short pause , " and in one's whole person , too ! Now , my dear husband could never endure tall women . He had not seen me since we were children , and he took it in his head that I was tall . Not a bit , ' said his ...
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Page 278 - He began walking up and down the room, with his hands in his pockets, talking aloud, and feeling with his old irritated fingers the two watches which he wore in his two fobs.