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... admiring the image reflected from her mirror , having just , with the assist- ance of a soubrette , truly accomplished in her art , put the finishing hand to the adjustment of a most fashionable and becoming morning costume , the ...
... admiring the image reflected from her mirror , having just , with the assist- ance of a soubrette , truly accomplished in her art , put the finishing hand to the adjustment of a most fashionable and becoming morning costume , the ...
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... admiration having been bestowed on a new and younger face ; for lady Emily , though still eminently lovely , had just attained her thirty - ninth year . Harrison , however , patiently endured all the starts of ill - humour which not ...
... admiration having been bestowed on a new and younger face ; for lady Emily , though still eminently lovely , had just attained her thirty - ninth year . Harrison , however , patiently endured all the starts of ill - humour which not ...
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... admiration as her due , and she obtained it easily for meither anxiety , of mind , nor increasing years , seemed to have in anywise diminished her resplendent beauty , which was su- perior to that of her cousin , lady Laura , but in the ...
... admiration as her due , and she obtained it easily for meither anxiety , of mind , nor increasing years , seemed to have in anywise diminished her resplendent beauty , which was su- perior to that of her cousin , lady Laura , but in the ...
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... admired his wife more than he really loved her ; and though the birth of a son in the first year of their mar riage seemed to tie him more to home , the repinings of his wife at her requi- site confinement , which kept her from sharing ...
... admired his wife more than he really loved her ; and though the birth of a son in the first year of their mar riage seemed to tie him more to home , the repinings of his wife at her requi- site confinement , which kept her from sharing ...
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... admiration with which Clarissa regarded every elegance that pre- sented itself to her view ; yet there was not any thing that was awkward in that admiration , nothing that shewed an ig- norance of such objects or of any of the usages of ...
... admiration with which Clarissa regarded every elegance that pre- sented itself to her view ; yet there was not any thing that was awkward in that admiration , nothing that shewed an ig- norance of such objects or of any of the usages of ...
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Parents and Wives: Or, Inconsistency and Mistakes: a Novel;, Volume 1 Green No preview available - 2017 |
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