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... once- wonderful subjugator of Europe , whose glory faded like that of a dazzling me- teor , leaving no trace behind . On the memorable C5 6 memorable plain of Waterloo , amongst the victims of PARENTS AND WIVES . 33 :
... once- wonderful subjugator of Europe , whose glory faded like that of a dazzling me- teor , leaving no trace behind . On the memorable C5 6 memorable plain of Waterloo , amongst the victims of PARENTS AND WIVES . 33 :
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... once - blooming girl , who had accompanied him , with his friend Carleton and his Emily , on their matrimonial expedition . His own heart , deeply lacerated by the loss he had sus tained in his friend Dorrington , left it 1 open open ...
... once - blooming girl , who had accompanied him , with his friend Carleton and his Emily , on their matrimonial expedition . His own heart , deeply lacerated by the loss he had sus tained in his friend Dorrington , left it 1 open open ...
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... was some independent chit , with whom she should not be able to take any kind of freedom ; and once , on her saying " Allow me , Miss Dorring- • ton , ton , this is now most fashionable , " she 66 PARENTS AND WIVES .
... was some independent chit , with whom she should not be able to take any kind of freedom ; and once , on her saying " Allow me , Miss Dorring- • ton , ton , this is now most fashionable , " she 66 PARENTS AND WIVES .
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... departure for Bath . The archdeacon had the utmost abhorrence for what he always called the sin of duelling ; and though he wished VOL . I. H his his once favourite Henry Ardenbrooke a better wife than his PARENTS AND WIVES . 145.
... departure for Bath . The archdeacon had the utmost abhorrence for what he always called the sin of duelling ; and though he wished VOL . I. H his his once favourite Henry Ardenbrooke a better wife than his PARENTS AND WIVES . 145.
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Sarah Green. his once favourite Henry Ardenbrooke a better wife than his niece Maria was likely to make , yet the good man would have been happy to have seen him so nearly allied to his family ; but ... once favourite Henry Ardenbrooke ...
Sarah Green. his once favourite Henry Ardenbrooke a better wife than his niece Maria was likely to make , yet the good man would have been happy to have seen him so nearly allied to his family ; but ... once favourite Henry Ardenbrooke ...
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