The experience of life, by the author of 'Amy Herbert'.Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853 - 471 páginas |
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... afraid was not brought up to be economical . You might , perhaps , I don't say it with the least feeling of unkindness , you might , perhaps , have done better by marry- ing a person more accustomed to superintend do- mestic matters ...
... afraid was not brought up to be economical . You might , perhaps , I don't say it with the least feeling of unkindness , you might , perhaps , have done better by marry- ing a person more accustomed to superintend do- mestic matters ...
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... afraid of her . We all , indeed , had a habit of deferring to her ; and this may , perhaps , have increased the great fault of her disposition , selfishness . Some characters expand , but never rise ; others rise , but never expand ...
... afraid of her . We all , indeed , had a habit of deferring to her ; and this may , perhaps , have increased the great fault of her disposition , selfishness . Some characters expand , but never rise ; others rise , but never expand ...
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... afraid there was no simplicity in this . Sim- plicity cannot be a question of large or small rooms , costly furniture or plain , splendid entertainments or homely ones . The daughter of a nobleman may be simple in the midst of luxury ...
... afraid there was no simplicity in this . Sim- plicity cannot be a question of large or small rooms , costly furniture or plain , splendid entertainments or homely ones . The daughter of a nobleman may be simple in the midst of luxury ...
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... afraid it was a wish of duty more than inclination . I should have liked very much to see the luncheon , and I thought to myself several times what a cheerful party there must be down stairs , but I felt that it would do me harm to be ...
... afraid it was a wish of duty more than inclination . I should have liked very much to see the luncheon , and I thought to myself several times what a cheerful party there must be down stairs , but I felt that it would do me harm to be ...
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... afraid . There seemed to be some family secret , pur- posely kept from us . My mother did not converse much about our relations , and this Horatia Gray might be the cause . I thought of talking to my sisters , but Joanna was so ...
... afraid . There seemed to be some family secret , pur- posely kept from us . My mother did not converse much about our relations , and this Horatia Gray might be the cause . I thought of talking to my sisters , but Joanna was so ...
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