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From the moment of welcoming the little fellow to his modest wicker cradle , he
regarded him less as the second child of his happy wedlock , than as the heir - in
- tail to the family estates ; and the sort of consequence he assigned to his infant ...
From the moment of welcoming the little fellow to his modest wicker cradle , he
regarded him less as the second child of his happy wedlock , than as the heir - in
- tail to the family estates ; and the sort of consequence he assigned to his infant ...
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With house - agents and land - agents , he had commenced a series of treaties
for a more suitable residence ; usually breaking off at the last moment
negociations which regarded the investment of some enormous sum , on a
quibble or ...
With house - agents and land - agents , he had commenced a series of treaties
for a more suitable residence ; usually breaking off at the last moment
negociations which regarded the investment of some enormous sum , on a
quibble or ...
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... or drying post ; while pictures which had cost thousands to the penurious old
man , who grudged not the purchase , because , aware that he could at any
moment sell them again at a high premium , he regarded them simply as an
investment ...
... or drying post ; while pictures which had cost thousands to the penurious old
man , who grudged not the purchase , because , aware that he could at any
moment sell them again at a high premium , he regarded them simply as an
investment ...
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... himself ; and when Mrs . Woolston was sufficiently recovered to take
possession of the apartments he had engaged for her at the Clarendon Hotel ,
with the kind Sophy as her companion , his only prohibition regarded visits from
his family .
... himself ; and when Mrs . Woolston was sufficiently recovered to take
possession of the apartments he had engaged for her at the Clarendon Hotel ,
with the kind Sophy as her companion , his only prohibition regarded visits from
his family .
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... as was to be made by allowing his little girl to eat her roast mutton and rice -
pudding in Wilton Place , he bargained , in return for the concession , that Maria
would not commit herself as regarded an engagement with Miss Avesford .
... as was to be made by allowing his little girl to eat her roast mutton and rice -
pudding in Wilton Place , he bargained , in return for the concession , that Maria
would not commit herself as regarded an engagement with Miss Avesford .
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Mammon: or, the hardships of an heiress : in 2 vol Catherine Grace Frances Gore Полный просмотр - 1855 |
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