Geraldine Fauconberg, Volume 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808 - English fiction |
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... smiles ; Still , though long the cheat may last , ' Tis but lurking Love at last . VOL . II . BUONDELMONTE . H. L. P. LONDON : PRINTED FOR G. WILKIE AND J. ROBINSON , 57 , PATERNOSTER - ROW . 16 | 41810 GERALDINE FAUCONBERG . LETTER I ...
... smiles ; Still , though long the cheat may last , ' Tis but lurking Love at last . VOL . II . BUONDELMONTE . H. L. P. LONDON : PRINTED FOR G. WILKIE AND J. ROBINSON , 57 , PATERNOSTER - ROW . 16 | 41810 GERALDINE FAUCONBERG . LETTER I ...
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... when the ice is once broken . I hope , " added she , half smiling , " that is beginning to be the case with us , Mr. Lesmore . " " There is so much delicacy and gentleness 1 in your reproof , if indeed you are capable of 2.
... when the ice is once broken . I hope , " added she , half smiling , " that is beginning to be the case with us , Mr. Lesmore . " " There is so much delicacy and gentleness 1 in your reproof , if indeed you are capable of 2.
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... smiling resem- blance , to be out of the way , was put into one of the spare bed - chambers . Mrs. Everley has continually inquired what progress Geraldine was making in her copy ; and , at last , from the mere apprehension of ...
... smiling resem- blance , to be out of the way , was put into one of the spare bed - chambers . Mrs. Everley has continually inquired what progress Geraldine was making in her copy ; and , at last , from the mere apprehension of ...
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... smile upon her face , which yet looks fretful and unsatisfied ; hair almost as light as flax ; no eye - brows ; small , dull , grey eyes ; a faint purplish colour , fixed like a spot , upon the summit of her cheek bones ; a very long ...
... smile upon her face , which yet looks fretful and unsatisfied ; hair almost as light as flax ; no eye - brows ; small , dull , grey eyes ; a faint purplish colour , fixed like a spot , upon the summit of her cheek bones ; a very long ...
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... which seemed to stagger his fair ac- cuser . She put her hand upon his shoulder , and , smiling with an air of placability , said— Gently , gently , good man ! you cannot 66 fight the evil reporter , even were you so dis- 28.
... which seemed to stagger his fair ac- cuser . She put her hand upon his shoulder , and , smiling with an air of placability , said— Gently , gently , good man ! you cannot 66 fight the evil reporter , even were you so dis- 28.
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