The Three Perils of Woman; Or, Love, Leasing and Jealousy: A Series of Domestic Scottish Tales, Volume 1E. Duyckinck, 1823 - English fiction |
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... Joseph were wont to do it at play . But she was re- solved to have a great deal of conversation with her nurse about love that day , for she had neither sister nor friend to whom she could unbosom her thoughts , but to Mrs. Johnson she ...
... Joseph were wont to do it at play . But she was re- solved to have a great deal of conversation with her nurse about love that day , for she had neither sister nor friend to whom she could unbosom her thoughts , but to Mrs. Johnson she ...
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... Joseph looked after his sister , and broke out with a loud provoking laugh . " Go your ways , " said he to himself , taking up anew his minnow tackle , hung on three neat brass swivels , and surveying it with delight continued , -- " Go ...
... Joseph looked after his sister , and broke out with a loud provoking laugh . " Go your ways , " said he to himself , taking up anew his minnow tackle , hung on three neat brass swivels , and surveying it with delight continued , -- " Go ...
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... Joseph were frowning , and cutting at each other with sharp and bitter words ; so that that morning old Daniel had for a while no one to listen to his grievances with regard to the great depression in the prices of sheep and wool . It ...
... Joseph were frowning , and cutting at each other with sharp and bitter words ; so that that morning old Daniel had for a while no one to listen to his grievances with regard to the great depression in the prices of sheep and wool . It ...
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... Joseph liked much better to live with Mrs. Johnson and his sister , than with a mer- cenary and selfish landlady , who not only overcharged him for every article of diet , but piqued him with her impertinence beside . Agatha rejoiced in ...
... Joseph liked much better to live with Mrs. Johnson and his sister , than with a mer- cenary and selfish landlady , who not only overcharged him for every article of diet , but piqued him with her impertinence beside . Agatha rejoiced in ...
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... Joseph again as his fellow - lodger , but at the same time manifested his resolution of taking up his winter resi- dence as near them as possible , that he might have as much of his young friend's society as his studies would permit ...
... Joseph again as his fellow - lodger , but at the same time manifested his resolution of taking up his winter resi- dence as near them as possible , that he might have as much of his young friend's society as his studies would permit ...
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