The Life and Adventures of a Clever Woman: Illustrated with Occasional Extracts from Her Diary, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1854 |
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... morning visit to the widow Buckhurst . Nature never , perhaps , produced a more capricious contrast of character in one family , than when she gave Mrs. Buckhurst to be sister to Mrs. Morris . Having said this , no further description ...
... morning visit to the widow Buckhurst . Nature never , perhaps , produced a more capricious contrast of character in one family , than when she gave Mrs. Buckhurst to be sister to Mrs. Morris . Having said this , no further description ...
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... morning , in doing her lessons in the library , instead of lying upon the drawing - room sofa reading story- books . In return to this gentle question , Miss Char- lotte very unceremoniously replied : " No , aunt Buckhurst , I think it ...
... morning , in doing her lessons in the library , instead of lying upon the drawing - room sofa reading story- books . In return to this gentle question , Miss Char- lotte very unceremoniously replied : " No , aunt Buckhurst , I think it ...
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... morning , before he went to the bank . Mr. Morris stared at her with a mingled expression of surprise and alarm . It had been a pretty nearly daily practice with his departed wife , to request " a few minutes ' conversation with him ...
... morning , before he went to the bank . Mr. Morris stared at her with a mingled expression of surprise and alarm . It had been a pretty nearly daily practice with his departed wife , to request " a few minutes ' conversation with him ...
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... mornings with her niece , watching her incessantly occupied in reading books , which she herself considered as either idle or pernicious , and not daring to propose any employment less dangerous and more profitable , lest she should ...
... mornings with her niece , watching her incessantly occupied in reading books , which she herself considered as either idle or pernicious , and not daring to propose any employment less dangerous and more profitable , lest she should ...
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... mornings in the society of her niece , and Charlotte , therefore , was alone , with a volume of Ma- caulay in her hand , while a lady - like work- box , and a morsel of lady - like work assisted , with a few other well - chosen volumes ...
... mornings in the society of her niece , and Charlotte , therefore , was alone , with a volume of Ma- caulay in her hand , while a lady - like work- box , and a morsel of lady - like work assisted , with a few other well - chosen volumes ...
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