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Sarah Green. " Ah ! " thought Harrison , " with all her feeling , her head , thank Heaven , is still full of new fashions ; " she however made the laconical reply aloud of— “ No , my lady . " " Dilatory ... thought Harrison, "with all ...
Sarah Green. " Ah ! " thought Harrison , " with all her feeling , her head , thank Heaven , is still full of new fashions ; " she however made the laconical reply aloud of— “ No , my lady . " " Dilatory ... thought Harrison, "with all ...
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... thought proper to forbid his wife from writing to her cousin , and from re- ceiving any more letters from her : they thought themselves , however , fully jus- tified in continuing their usual corre- spondence by stealth , and servants ...
... thought proper to forbid his wife from writing to her cousin , and from re- ceiving any more letters from her : they thought themselves , however , fully jus- tified in continuing their usual corre- spondence by stealth , and servants ...
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... thought at that moment she could not sufficiently appreciate the generous proceeding of her husband ; she pressed him and her friend to her bosom by turns , and for a short time all was love and harmony bé- tween this truly ...
... thought at that moment she could not sufficiently appreciate the generous proceeding of her husband ; she pressed him and her friend to her bosom by turns , and for a short time all was love and harmony bé- tween this truly ...
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... thought within herself how prosing old men are in their would - be polite speeches ! She , however , made use of her most winning manners to her new guest , and told her , that some little alterations she had found requisite to make in ...
... thought within herself how prosing old men are in their would - be polite speeches ! She , however , made use of her most winning manners to her new guest , and told her , that some little alterations she had found requisite to make in ...
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Sarah Green. - what she thought a very prompt excuse , but she coldly replied " Oh , he is no stranger ; he lived with colonel Arden- brooke's father . " Clarissa thought she never should ar- rive at the last story in this lofty man ...
Sarah Green. - what she thought a very prompt excuse , but she coldly replied " Oh , he is no stranger ; he lived with colonel Arden- brooke's father . " Clarissa thought she never should ar- rive at the last story in this lofty man ...
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