The Life and Adventures of a Clever Woman: Illustrated with Occasional Extracts from Her Diary, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1854 |
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... keep as long as he pos- sibly could , or at any rate till some splendid marriage should come in her way . My heroine's father was not what could be properly called a proud man , but he might have been fairly classed as a vain one . He ...
... keep as long as he pos- sibly could , or at any rate till some splendid marriage should come in her way . My heroine's father was not what could be properly called a proud man , but he might have been fairly classed as a vain one . He ...
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... use of the house- keeping authority vested in her might have shrunk from making , had it not been from her conscientious and very well - founded mistrust of her own influence in restricting the appetite of her A CLEVER WOMAN . 21.
... use of the house- keeping authority vested in her might have shrunk from making , had it not been from her conscientious and very well - founded mistrust of her own influence in restricting the appetite of her A CLEVER WOMAN . 21.
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... keep her pupil from more promiscuous reading , both in French and English , than she quite approved . But Miss Smith's keen study of incipient character had led her to discover other traits in Charlotte Morris than her inaptitude to ...
... keep her pupil from more promiscuous reading , both in French and English , than she quite approved . But Miss Smith's keen study of incipient character had led her to discover other traits in Charlotte Morris than her inaptitude to ...
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... keep a carriage . Fortunately for the young lady's future welfare , her father had lived long enough in the world , to have seen a consider- able number of easy fortunes made very un- easy , by a very small excess of expenditure ...
... keep a carriage . Fortunately for the young lady's future welfare , her father had lived long enough in the world , to have seen a consider- able number of easy fortunes made very un- easy , by a very small excess of expenditure ...
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... keeping silence , nor commit the contemptible folly of telling a lie about it . I must , there- fore , confess to you fairly , that I am quite certain I cannot dress , as your daughter ought to dress , for less than sixty pounds a ...
... keeping silence , nor commit the contemptible folly of telling a lie about it . I must , there- fore , confess to you fairly , that I am quite certain I cannot dress , as your daughter ought to dress , for less than sixty pounds a ...
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acquaintance admiration agreeable amusement aunt Buckhurst ball Baroness d'Oberkirch beautiful believe BLACKETT'S NEW PUBLICATIONS carriage certainly Char Charlotte Morris CIRCASSIA clever CONNAUGHT RANGERS dancing daugh daughter dear Charlotte decidedly delightful dinner dinner-party doubt drawing-room dress EDMUND SPENCER exactly eyes fashion father feel felt Folkstone gentleman give Gloucester Place handsome heart Herbert heroine hope HURST AND BLACKETT'S important interest intimacy invitation kind Knighton family laughing look LORD GEORGE BENTINCK lotte Louisa Knighton mamma manner Margaret Margaret Maitland Marie de Medicis means meditation mind Miss Charlotte Miss Morris Miss Smith Misses Knighton morning mother narrative neighbours never object papa partner party perfectly perhaps person pleasure present pretty reader replied Charlotte returned Richards SAM SLICK smile society SONG OF ROLAND sort sure tell thing thought vols volumes Wilcox Smith wish woman word young lady Zelah
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