Geraldine Fauconberg, Volume 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808 - English fiction |
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... idea that I meant to insinuate the slightest reproach . Pray believe me when I assure you , that nothing was further from my mind : and never again solicit pardon from one who has no offence to forgive . " Now this we know to be untrue ...
... idea that I meant to insinuate the slightest reproach . Pray believe me when I assure you , that nothing was further from my mind : and never again solicit pardon from one who has no offence to forgive . " Now this we know to be untrue ...
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... fill him with anxiety and dis- may . The idea of Lord Litchmere as a rival seems never to have entered his imagination . If there is any one in this vicinity whom he appears disposed to consider in that light , it is 5.
... fill him with anxiety and dis- may . The idea of Lord Litchmere as a rival seems never to have entered his imagination . If there is any one in this vicinity whom he appears disposed to consider in that light , it is 5.
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... idea of making the poor child so notable , that she keeps her , whether in town or country , continually employed in plying a needle ; and the good girl , I suspect , has no greater relish for that sort of pastime , 13.
... idea of making the poor child so notable , that she keeps her , whether in town or country , continually employed in plying a needle ; and the good girl , I suspect , has no greater relish for that sort of pastime , 13.
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... idea of performing to a pro- fessor : but I have no indulgence for those who refuse to exert themselves because they think their auditors too ignorant to estimate their talents as they ought . " Geraldine , laughing and rising , now ...
... idea of performing to a pro- fessor : but I have no indulgence for those who refuse to exert themselves because they think their auditors too ignorant to estimate their talents as they ought . " Geraldine , laughing and rising , now ...
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... idea of the strange jumble of indeterminate ideas that float in the fickle artist's brain . " ( 6 " Or what think you , " said Lesmore , of a statue of the god Terminus , which might be placed upon the boundary of her estate , and the ...
... idea of the strange jumble of indeterminate ideas that float in the fickle artist's brain . " ( 6 " Or what think you , " said Lesmore , of a statue of the god Terminus , which might be placed upon the boundary of her estate , and the ...
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