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... colonel Ardenbrooke , did not give much away , and for a very good reason , be cause his improvident inconsistencies left him nothing to give . But we must return to lady Emily , who , after having somewhat recovered from her surprise ...
... colonel Ardenbrooke , did not give much away , and for a very good reason , be cause his improvident inconsistencies left him nothing to give . But we must return to lady Emily , who , after having somewhat recovered from her surprise ...
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... colonel for the fit- ting up of these apartments , so much the better he ought to do it , for it is to oblige my husband I - But then I dare not ask him , for though he carefully avoids mentioning the blue room , and never goes into it ...
... colonel for the fit- ting up of these apartments , so much the better he ought to do it , for it is to oblige my husband I - But then I dare not ask him , for though he carefully avoids mentioning the blue room , and never goes into it ...
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... Colonel Ardenbrooke , for very soon after his marriage he obtained rapid pro- motion , was far from being a worthless character ; but like too many fashionists , be he appeared not to have the veneration for the duty 30 PARENTS AND WIVES.
... Colonel Ardenbrooke , for very soon after his marriage he obtained rapid pro- motion , was far from being a worthless character ; but like too many fashionists , be he appeared not to have the veneration for the duty 30 PARENTS AND WIVES.
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... colonel , when he became angry at the frequency of his lady's correspondence with her earliest friend ; he knew they had no concealments from each other , and he thought proper to forbid his wife from writing to her cousin , and from re ...
... colonel , when he became angry at the frequency of his lady's correspondence with her earliest friend ; he knew they had no concealments from each other , and he thought proper to forbid his wife from writing to her cousin , and from re ...
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... colonel's character , again caused him to relapse into his former little vexatious caprices , and perhaps we may call it jealousy , of his lady prefer ring any one before himself . He cer tainly did not tell lady Laura Carleton , who ...
... colonel's character , again caused him to relapse into his former little vexatious caprices , and perhaps we may call it jealousy , of his lady prefer ring any one before himself . He cer tainly did not tell lady Laura Carleton , who ...
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Parents and Wives: Or, Inconsistency and Mistakes: a Novel;, Volume 1 Green No preview available - 2017 |
Parents and Wives: Or, Inconsistency and Mistakes: a Novel;, Volume 1 Green No preview available - 2017 |
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