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... seemed however that I should both be rendering an useful service to society , and paying a not ungraceful tribute to the memory of the man I loved , if I attempted to weave into a connected story the materials which his family placed at ...
... seemed however that I should both be rendering an useful service to society , and paying a not ungraceful tribute to the memory of the man I loved , if I attempted to weave into a connected story the materials which his family placed at ...
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... seemed to feel the least , indeed , I may say no disappointment at my brother's not particularly distinguishing himself in his class . ' You do not understand the boy , ' he would say ; ' I tell you he is a wonderful boy . Look at the ...
... seemed to feel the least , indeed , I may say no disappointment at my brother's not particularly distinguishing himself in his class . ' You do not understand the boy , ' he would say ; ' I tell you he is a wonderful boy . Look at the ...
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... seemed equally her wish to show us every indulgence . Ours was indeed a bright and a happy childhood . " On summer evenings we often walked out with my father , and in whatever direction we first bent our steps , we almost always ...
... seemed equally her wish to show us every indulgence . Ours was indeed a bright and a happy childhood . " On summer evenings we often walked out with my father , and in whatever direction we first bent our steps , we almost always ...
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... seemed animated in recounting them again to his children . He also resembled my father in often becoming their playmate , in relaxing his mind , by bringing it down to the level of their merriment . Frequently , when my mother and aunt ...
... seemed animated in recounting them again to his children . He also resembled my father in often becoming their playmate , in relaxing his mind , by bringing it down to the level of their merriment . Frequently , when my mother and aunt ...
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... seemed ill fitted for the exertions she had but a very short time afterwards to make . She married Sir William de Lancey , and accompanied him within one short month to Waterloo : it was her hands that girded on his sword on the eve of ...
... seemed ill fitted for the exertions she had but a very short time afterwards to make . She married Sir William de Lancey , and accompanied him within one short month to Waterloo : it was her hands that girded on his sword on the eve of ...
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