Queen MabD. Appleton, 1864 - 476 pages |
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... wish to live in a picturesque neighbour- hood , or would even indulge in conjectures concerning its inhab- itants ? But here the very absence of all that is brilliant or striking is a temptation . In that shady house beyond a student ...
... wish to live in a picturesque neighbour- hood , or would even indulge in conjectures concerning its inhab- itants ? But here the very absence of all that is brilliant or striking is a temptation . In that shady house beyond a student ...
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... wishes to speak to him five minutes - that's all . " Susan obeyed slowly , not without first giving Captain George a suspicious look . He was a tall and handsome man of sixty , or thereabouts . He had brown eyes , dark hair , silvering ...
... wishes to speak to him five minutes - that's all . " Susan obeyed slowly , not without first giving Captain George a suspicious look . He was a tall and handsome man of sixty , or thereabouts . He had brown eyes , dark hair , silvering ...
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... wish , as Mr. Ford's length- ened face expressed . " I put it off , saying Mary Ann was ill in bed , " pursued Susan ; " but that is not all , missus wishes for fruit . Now , sir , Covent - garden is not far off : but I put it to you ...
... wish , as Mr. Ford's length- ened face expressed . " I put it off , saying Mary Ann was ill in bed , " pursued Susan ; " but that is not all , missus wishes for fruit . Now , sir , Covent - garden is not far off : but I put it to you ...
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... wish you would come and try that harmonium for me . I have found one - a good one I am told , but I do not like to take it without trying it . " " I cannot try a harmonium : I never played on one , " said Miss Lavinia , looking ...
... wish you would come and try that harmonium for me . I have found one - a good one I am told , but I do not like to take it without trying it . " " I cannot try a harmonium : I never played on one , " said Miss Lavinia , looking ...
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... wishes for it , " petulantly interrupted Mr. Ford . Miss Ford gave him a timid look , but continued with her quiet obstinacy : " The boys want many things , John . " " Let them . " " And they are good boys , John . ” " So much the worse ...
... wishes for it , " petulantly interrupted Mr. Ford . Miss Ford gave him a timid look , but continued with her quiet obstinacy : " The boys want many things , John . " " Let them . " " And they are good boys , John . ” " So much the worse ...
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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.