Geraldine Fauconberg, Volume 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808 - English fiction |
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... party in the house . Nothing seems determined , how- ever ; and I own , that his going away at this moment appears to me a very , very serious eyil . Geraldine professes to regret it more than we had reason to suppose she would : but ...
... party in the house . Nothing seems determined , how- ever ; and I own , that his going away at this moment appears to me a very , very serious eyil . Geraldine professes to regret it more than we had reason to suppose she would : but ...
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... party . On entering the drawing - room at Westhill we found the lady of the house , and her seve- ral inmates , disposed of in the most charac- teristic manner imaginable . On a sofa , at` one end of the room , sat , or rather reclined ...
... party . On entering the drawing - room at Westhill we found the lady of the house , and her seve- ral inmates , disposed of in the most charac- teristic manner imaginable . On a sofa , at` one end of the room , sat , or rather reclined ...
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... parties upon the water , walks on the sands , or clambers among the rocks , asked Lady Tresilian , who happened to be her neighbour , whether she had indulged much in any of these amuse- ments during her residence on the coast ? 66 No ...
... parties upon the water , walks on the sands , or clambers among the rocks , asked Lady Tresilian , who happened to be her neighbour , whether she had indulged much in any of these amuse- ments during her residence on the coast ? 66 No ...
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... parties , " said Sir Henry , " are all required to keep alive any degree of spirit in these scenes , which , even with their assistance , soon become wearisome and insipid . " + " Then why did you go into Sussex ? " in- quired Mrs ...
... parties , " said Sir Henry , " are all required to keep alive any degree of spirit in these scenes , which , even with their assistance , soon become wearisome and insipid . " + " Then why did you go into Sussex ? " in- quired Mrs ...
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... party ready to be given up , and observing the diappointment visibly im- pressed on the countenance of the lady for whose amusement it had been proposed , made a sacrifice of her own inclinations , and consented to fill up the unenvied ...
... party ready to be given up , and observing the diappointment visibly im- pressed on the countenance of the lady for whose amusement it had been proposed , made a sacrifice of her own inclinations , and consented to fill up the unenvied ...
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