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... Berkshire . One spring , two dashing officers of the Guards , then having the military rank of captains , came to pay a visit to one of the most distinguished families in the vicinity of Belmont ; the one was captain Ardenbrooke , the ...
... Berkshire . One spring , two dashing officers of the Guards , then having the military rank of captains , came to pay a visit to one of the most distinguished families in the vicinity of Belmont ; the one was captain Ardenbrooke , the ...
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... Berkshire ? " " I don't know indeed where he be gone ; but I has heard , poor gentleman , as he took a ' lopement , as was made very lately , so much to heart , that he set off from Bath directly ; but I'm al- most sure he ben't gone to ...
... Berkshire ? " " I don't know indeed where he be gone ; but I has heard , poor gentleman , as he took a ' lopement , as was made very lately , so much to heart , that he set off from Bath directly ; but I'm al- most sure he ben't gone to ...
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... Berkshire by the same mail - coach that was to carry the letter on to London . And now leaving our Quixotic travellers , we re- turn to our heroine , just awakened by the noisy pair in the chamber adjoining to her own . CHAP . CHAPTER V ...
... Berkshire by the same mail - coach that was to carry the letter on to London . And now leaving our Quixotic travellers , we re- turn to our heroine , just awakened by the noisy pair in the chamber adjoining to her own . CHAP . CHAPTER V ...
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... Berkshire , she threw her- self into a stage - coach that was imme- diately going to Newbury , and fancied , heedlessly enough to be sure , that her mistress would not stop at Bath , any more than herself , but would post off to Berkshire ...
... Berkshire , she threw her- self into a stage - coach that was imme- diately going to Newbury , and fancied , heedlessly enough to be sure , that her mistress would not stop at Bath , any more than herself , but would post off to Berkshire ...
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... Berkshire with her numerous suite , of a German travelling carriage , filled by her waiting - women , and a train of whis- kered male servants , mounted on long- tailed horses , of the true Hanoverian breed . Madame de Vanville finds ...
... Berkshire with her numerous suite , of a German travelling carriage , filled by her waiting - women , and a train of whis- kered male servants , mounted on long- tailed horses , of the true Hanoverian breed . Madame de Vanville finds ...
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