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... present : every minute I am expecting major Featherton - what keeps him so long at Tattersall's this morning I cannot conceive . Do you know if my husband is at home ? " 66 Yes , my lady , he has not been out the whole morning ...
... present : every minute I am expecting major Featherton - what keeps him so long at Tattersall's this morning I cannot conceive . Do you know if my husband is at home ? " 66 Yes , my lady , he has not been out the whole morning ...
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... present the major to me as one of your best friends ? on whom you almost commanded me to lavish every attention in my power , be- cause , mean man , you had borrowed of him large sums of money repeatedly- and am I to be thus requited ...
... present the major to me as one of your best friends ? on whom you almost commanded me to lavish every attention in my power , be- cause , mean man , you had borrowed of him large sums of money repeatedly- and am I to be thus requited ...
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... present heir to the Hartington estate , the eldest son of that Mr. Hartington . at whose seat Ardenbrooke and Carleton first became acquainted with their youth- ful brides . She was to reside chiefly with colonel Ardenbrooke , if quite ...
... present heir to the Hartington estate , the eldest son of that Mr. Hartington . at whose seat Ardenbrooke and Carleton first became acquainted with their youth- ful brides . She was to reside chiefly with colonel Ardenbrooke , if quite ...
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... present to excite one spark of envy ; she felt conscious how infinitely she herself was , in outward attractions and finished man- ners , superior to the lovely orphan : flat- tered from her cradle , accustomed to adulation , as a ...
... present to excite one spark of envy ; she felt conscious how infinitely she herself was , in outward attractions and finished man- ners , superior to the lovely orphan : flat- tered from her cradle , accustomed to adulation , as a ...
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... present situation , with so lovely and affectionate a female as lady . Emily Ardenbrooke appeared to be ; nor did she less estimate the tender atten- tion of her guardian towards her ; she lifted up her heart in pious acknowledg- ments ...
... present situation , with so lovely and affectionate a female as lady . Emily Ardenbrooke appeared to be ; nor did she less estimate the tender atten- tion of her guardian towards her ; she lifted up her heart in pious acknowledg- ments ...
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