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... , and con- signing it to her reticule , she next im- patiently desired to know if the last dress she had ordered from madame Le Roy at Paris had arrived ? B 4 " Ah ! " " Ah ! " thought Harrison , " with all PARENTS AND WIVES . 7.
... , and con- signing it to her reticule , she next im- patiently desired to know if the last dress she had ordered from madame Le Roy at Paris had arrived ? B 4 " Ah ! " " Ah ! " thought Harrison , " with all PARENTS AND WIVES . 7.
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... whenever she wished to be alone , and when she desired to write to a dearly - beloved friend , she should be free from all interruption . She She could not forbear expressing her satisfaction . " Yes 74 PARENTS AND WIVES .
... whenever she wished to be alone , and when she desired to write to a dearly - beloved friend , she should be free from all interruption . She She could not forbear expressing her satisfaction . " Yes 74 PARENTS AND WIVES .
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... desired to be left alone . With the cheerful and grateful feel- ings so natural to a young and unconta- minated mind , she could not but highly appreciate her present situation , with so lovely and affectionate a female as lady . Emily ...
... desired to be left alone . With the cheerful and grateful feel- ings so natural to a young and unconta- minated mind , she could not but highly appreciate her present situation , with so lovely and affectionate a female as lady . Emily ...
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... desired the company of Julia , for all her guests were of her age ; but she could not exclude her sis- ters ; and as her polite note requested to be indulged with the company of the Misses Hartington , the father took his two eldest ...
... desired the company of Julia , for all her guests were of her age ; but she could not exclude her sis- ters ; and as her polite note requested to be indulged with the company of the Misses Hartington , the father took his two eldest ...
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... desired , by his vain and beautiful mo- ther , that he should be sent out of the kingdom , on his travels through France and Italy . The colonel was averse to this expence , and thought , more wisely , that it would be better to exert ...
... desired , by his vain and beautiful mo- ther , that he should be sent out of the kingdom , on his travels through France and Italy . The colonel was averse to this expence , and thought , more wisely , that it would be better to exert ...
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Parents and Wives: Or, Inconsistency and Mistakes: a Novel;, Volume 1 Green No preview available - 2017 |
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