Passages in the life of mrs. Margaret Maitland [by M.O. Oliphant]. |
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... Jenny in a quiet manner , as she did to me at the which I marvelled , for the two bairns at the Manse , Claud and Mary , ( Mary might be maybe a year younger than Grace , and Claud two or three years older MARGARET MAITLAND . 43.
... Jenny in a quiet manner , as she did to me at the which I marvelled , for the two bairns at the Manse , Claud and Mary , ( Mary might be maybe a year younger than Grace , and Claud two or three years older MARGARET MAITLAND . 43.
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... marvelled , for besides what I learned her myself , and a lesson with Claud , whiles , from the minister , and one quarter at the ladies ' school , which Mrs. Primrose and Miss Violet , her daughter , keeped in Pasturelands , the which ...
... marvelled , for besides what I learned her myself , and a lesson with Claud , whiles , from the minister , and one quarter at the ladies ' school , which Mrs. Primrose and Miss Violet , her daughter , keeped in Pasturelands , the which ...
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... marvelled that a young thing with so warm a heart , should care so little about her own kin . But one Oc- tober morning I was thrown into great tribulation by getting a letter from Mrs. Standright , which I will here put in.- " My dear ...
... marvelled that a young thing with so warm a heart , should care so little about her own kin . But one Oc- tober morning I was thrown into great tribulation by getting a letter from Mrs. Standright , which I will here put in.- " My dear ...
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... marvelled to see a look upon the bairn's face , as if she knew what the stranger's errand was , and truly when I looked upon the young man himself , coming in behind . her , I could not but be taken with him at once , for he had an open ...
... marvelled to see a look upon the bairn's face , as if she knew what the stranger's errand was , and truly when I looked upon the young man himself , coming in behind . her , I could not but be taken with him at once , for he had an open ...
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... marvelled within myself that a lady who had bairns of her own could find it in her heart to speak in such a manner to a young thing of a pleasant nature like my Grace . And I was also troubled with the thought , that it was ill done to ...
... marvelled within myself that a lady who had bairns of her own could find it in her heart to speak in such a manner to a young thing of a pleasant nature like my Grace . And I was also troubled with the thought , that it was ill done to ...
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