Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing TractsWilliam and Robert Chambers, 1854 |
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... Fordyce , the daughters of one father , should be brought up not only as strangers to each other , but , she feared , with an admixture of animosity on one side at least . Fordyce , who continued to be an only child , for Mary had no ...
... Fordyce , the daughters of one father , should be brought up not only as strangers to each other , but , she feared , with an admixture of animosity on one side at least . Fordyce , who continued to be an only child , for Mary had no ...
Page 7
... Fordyce being tall and beautiful , and clever and gay , considered a comparison was drawn with their niece , who , as the elder sister , ought to be far more considered than the daughter of a mere Mary Ringles . No such unamiable ...
... Fordyce being tall and beautiful , and clever and gay , considered a comparison was drawn with their niece , who , as the elder sister , ought to be far more considered than the daughter of a mere Mary Ringles . No such unamiable ...
Page 8
... Fordyce would have pined herself thin . She had been a star at home , all in all to her doting mother ; she had never heard a cold word or seen a reproving look ; and Adelaide was cold and hard - Adelaide , who was a star at Lisbourne ...
... Fordyce would have pined herself thin . She had been a star at home , all in all to her doting mother ; she had never heard a cold word or seen a reproving look ; and Adelaide was cold and hard - Adelaide , who was a star at Lisbourne ...
Page 9
... Fordyce at length returned home , and her mamma promised her that they should never be parted again . ' Never to be parted again ? ' that fond mother and idolised child ! Yes , parted again , and parted for ever on earth . Fordyce had ...
... Fordyce at length returned home , and her mamma promised her that they should never be parted again . ' Never to be parted again ? ' that fond mother and idolised child ! Yes , parted again , and parted for ever on earth . Fordyce had ...
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... Fordyce had wished to decline the invitation , it seemed like ingratitude to do so . But Fordyce was indifferent where she went , so that she could often see her father ; and the fresh terrible sorrow had eradicated from her memory the ...
... Fordyce had wished to decline the invitation , it seemed like ingratitude to do so . But Fordyce was indifferent where she went , so that she could often see her father ; and the fresh terrible sorrow had eradicated from her memory the ...
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