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... ? I shall love her , however , dearly ; poor innocent ! she cannot help — I am sure - oh yes , I must love her . " This expression was repeated with some degree of sentiment , This 8 PARENTS AND WIVES . "Ah!" thought Harrison, "with all ...
... ? I shall love her , however , dearly ; poor innocent ! she cannot help — I am sure - oh yes , I must love her . " This expression was repeated with some degree of sentiment , This 8 PARENTS AND WIVES . "Ah!" thought Harrison, "with all ...
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... ; but they were both poor , through their own prodigality . Never , in the whole circle of their acquaintance , had the two female cou- sins - beheld men so prepossessing ; the officers also sins 18 PARENTS AND WIVES . * ...
... ; but they were both poor , through their own prodigality . Never , in the whole circle of their acquaintance , had the two female cou- sins - beheld men so prepossessing ; the officers also sins 18 PARENTS AND WIVES . * ...
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... folly they have been guilty of , mi- sery ; by making their lot poor , I per- haps render their rash proceeding fatal . In the mean time , depend upon it I will VOL . I. с take $ take care of my daughter , at any rate PARENTS AND WIVES .
... folly they have been guilty of , mi- sery ; by making their lot poor , I per- haps render their rash proceeding fatal . In the mean time , depend upon it I will VOL . I. с take $ take care of my daughter , at any rate PARENTS AND WIVES .
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... that he hoped her affection to the man of her choice would always prompt her to be generous to him out of her large allow- ance , whenever she found occasion . Alas ! poor hand- poor Emily had nothing to spare , some as 28 PARENTS AND WIVES ...
... that he hoped her affection to the man of her choice would always prompt her to be generous to him out of her large allow- ance , whenever she found occasion . Alas ! poor hand- poor Emily had nothing to spare , some as 28 PARENTS AND WIVES ...
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Sarah Green. hand- poor Emily had nothing to spare , some as was this independence , but was generally in arrears long before her quar- terly payments became due . Marriages of this hasty kind seldom terminate happily ; the young men ...
Sarah Green. hand- poor Emily had nothing to spare , some as was this independence , but was generally in arrears long before her quar- terly payments became due . Marriages of this hasty kind seldom terminate happily ; the young men ...
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Parents and Wives: Or, Inconsistency and Mistakes: a Novel;, Volume 1 Green No preview available - 2017 |
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