A Glimpse of the World, Volume 2Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - 537 pages |
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... Doctor was an old gentleman with strongly- marked features , which in youth might have been called handsome . The brown wig , pushed rather to one side , gave them an incongruous expression now . It cut off a portion of his forehead ...
... Doctor was an old gentleman with strongly- marked features , which in youth might have been called handsome . The brown wig , pushed rather to one side , gave them an incongruous expression now . It cut off a portion of his forehead ...
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... Doctor , dear ! ' , The affectionate epithet did its work . The Doctor gave a slight sigh as he made a memorandum on a sheet of paper which lay on his desk , and then con- fronted his medical advisers . ' It isn't so very bad , after ...
... Doctor , dear ! ' , The affectionate epithet did its work . The Doctor gave a slight sigh as he made a memorandum on a sheet of paper which lay on his desk , and then con- fronted his medical advisers . ' It isn't so very bad , after ...
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... Doctor's rejoinder ; ' mind you let me have them . ' ' We will see , Doctor , dear ; don't think anything more about it ; there is some nice porridge for dinner . Shall you want anything more before I go out ? ' ' Nothing , ' was the ...
... Doctor's rejoinder ; ' mind you let me have them . ' ' We will see , Doctor , dear ; don't think anything more about it ; there is some nice porridge for dinner . Shall you want anything more before I go out ? ' ' Nothing , ' was the ...
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... Doctor's being unwell ; and she said it would be making a fuss . There is nothing the matter . Catharine Verney is there- that is Mrs. Verney's niece , you know ; and she and Myra were talking , and not looking where they went , and ...
... Doctor's being unwell ; and she said it would be making a fuss . There is nothing the matter . Catharine Verney is there- that is Mrs. Verney's niece , you know ; and she and Myra were talking , and not looking where they went , and ...
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... Doctor to bed when I think he is likely to take cold , and he says he quite enjoys it ; only he can't go on with St. Augustine's Commentary . So now we will just rap at the drawing - room door , and tell your mamma all about it ...
... Doctor to bed when I think he is likely to take cold , and he says he quite enjoys it ; only he can't go on with St. Augustine's Commentary . So now we will just rap at the drawing - room door , and tell your mamma all about it ...
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