Geraldine Fauconberg, Volume 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808 - English fiction |
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... young relation of theirs . We met them all whilst we were riding out yes- terday ; and I thought , for you know I am become a prodigious scrutinizer of Lesmore's countenance , that , on first seeing Sir Henry , he looked - I cannot ...
... young relation of theirs . We met them all whilst we were riding out yes- terday ; and I thought , for you know I am become a prodigious scrutinizer of Lesmore's countenance , that , on first seeing Sir Henry , he looked - I cannot ...
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... young lady he happens to be in company with : he is a universal flirt , with no more heart or meaning , probably , than a wooden doll . Yet Ferdinand , who has had less opportunity of observing Lord Litchmere than I have had , and has ...
... young lady he happens to be in company with : he is a universal flirt , with no more heart or meaning , probably , than a wooden doll . Yet Ferdinand , who has had less opportunity of observing Lord Litchmere than I have had , and has ...
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... young ladies of the present day , can all sing , and dance , and play , and converse in foreign languages ; but half of them do not know how to hold a needle . " " Very likely , my dear : however , I thought health of more importance ...
... young ladies of the present day , can all sing , and dance , and play , and converse in foreign languages ; but half of them do not know how to hold a needle . " " Very likely , my dear : however , I thought health of more importance ...
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... young protegée , was summoned to follow the example : and aunt and niece be gan working as if contending for a prize ! Meanwhile , we were all , except Mrs. Neville , in the most laughable distress ; for not a creature amongst us was ...
... young protegée , was summoned to follow the example : and aunt and niece be gan working as if contending for a prize ! Meanwhile , we were all , except Mrs. Neville , in the most laughable distress ; for not a creature amongst us was ...
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... young niece , whom with good- humoured fondness , not unmixed , however , with some degree of roughness , he did every thing he could to disturb from her employ- ment , and render rude and noisy . The poor girl , probably afraid of ...
... young niece , whom with good- humoured fondness , not unmixed , however , with some degree of roughness , he did every thing he could to disturb from her employ- ment , and render rude and noisy . The poor girl , probably afraid of ...
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