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... Major 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 ...
... Major 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 ...
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... Major Bridgenorth is , and leave the rest to me ; or let me but know by what address your letters reach him , and I will forthwith essay to discover his dwelling . " " Do not attempt it , I charge you , " said Alice . " He is already a ...
... Major Bridgenorth is , and leave the rest to me ; or let me but know by what address your letters reach him , and I will forthwith essay to discover his dwelling . " " Do not attempt it , I charge you , " said Alice . " He is already a ...
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Walter Scott. jor Bridgenorth , and then sunk them on the ground . The Major continued to regard him in profound silence ; his looks were melancholy and even austere ; but there was nothing which indi- cated either agitation or keen ...
Walter Scott. jor Bridgenorth , and then sunk them on the ground . The Major continued to regard him in profound silence ; his looks were melancholy and even austere ; but there was nothing which indi- cated either agitation or keen ...
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... Major paused for an instant , and then an- swered , " In some respects , certainly not . Had it done so had there seemed aught on your side , or on my daughter's , to have rendered your vi- sits here dangerous to her , or displeasing to ...
... Major paused for an instant , and then an- swered , " In some respects , certainly not . Had it done so had there seemed aught on your side , or on my daughter's , to have rendered your vi- sits here dangerous to her , or displeasing to ...
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... Major Bridgenorth was finally to arrive , did not care to interrupt . Accordingly , in a few minutes the latter proceeded . " These things , " he said , " I recal not in bitterness , so far as they are personal to me - I recal them not ...
... Major Bridgenorth was finally to arrive , did not care to interrupt . Accordingly , in a few minutes the latter proceeded . " These things , " he said , " I recal not in bitterness , so far as they are personal to me - I recal them not ...
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