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... Bridgenorth entered , at length , the parlour where her anxious lover had so long expected her , it was with a slow step , and a com- posed manner . Her dress was arranged with an accurate attention to form , which at once enhan- ced ...
... Bridgenorth entered , at length , the parlour where her anxious lover had so long expected her , it was with a slow step , and a com- posed manner . Her dress was arranged with an accurate attention to form , which at once enhan- ced ...
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... Bridgenorth's ; but an exquisite form , though not , as yet , sufficiently rounded in the outlines to produce the perfection of female beauty , was able to sustain and give grace even to this un- becoming dress . Her countenance , fair ...
... Bridgenorth's ; but an exquisite form , though not , as yet , sufficiently rounded in the outlines to produce the perfection of female beauty , was able to sustain and give grace even to this un- becoming dress . Her countenance , fair ...
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... Bridgenorth ; " that which is unpleasant , our selfish and stubborn will repre- sents as impossible . I have no confidence in the plan you propose - no confidence in your reso- lution , and less than none in the protection of Deborah ...
... Bridgenorth ; " that which is unpleasant , our selfish and stubborn will repre- sents as impossible . I have no confidence in the plan you propose - no confidence in your reso- lution , and less than none in the protection of Deborah ...
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... Bridgenorth says to Julian Peveril ? ” " Indeed — indeed , Julian , " said the almost weeping girl , " I do not say so - I say nothing , and I ought not to say any thing concerning what I might do , in a state of things which can never ...
... Bridgenorth says to Julian Peveril ? ” " Indeed — indeed , Julian , " said the almost weeping girl , " I do not say so - I say nothing , and I ought not to say any thing concerning what I might do , in a state of things which can never ...
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... Bridgenorth , by my mother's account , is a worthy and an estimable man . I will remind him , that to my mother's care he owes the dear- est treasure and comfort of his life ; and I will ask him if it is a just retribution to make that ...
... Bridgenorth , by my mother's account , is a worthy and an estimable man . I will remind him , that to my mother's care he owes the dear- est treasure and comfort of his life ; and I will ask him if it is a just retribution to make that ...
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