A Glimpse of the World, Volume 2Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - 537 pages |
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Page 42
... told , on the fourth day of absence from the Hall , that Mr. Cameron was not only as usual gone up to London , but was likely to remain in town that night . She had then the whole day before her , and might manage her business in the ...
... told , on the fourth day of absence from the Hall , that Mr. Cameron was not only as usual gone up to London , but was likely to remain in town that night . She had then the whole day before her , and might manage her business in the ...
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... comfortable . ' Mrs. Patty sat down , though with evident unwil- lingness . ' Mr. Cameron is gone to town ; he won't return to - night . I dare say the servants have told you ; and perhaps it may be better he should not ; he M ...
... comfortable . ' Mrs. Patty sat down , though with evident unwil- lingness . ' Mr. Cameron is gone to town ; he won't return to - night . I dare say the servants have told you ; and perhaps it may be better he should not ; he M ...
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... told me he had sketched the figure from nature . ' ' Are you drawing for a prize , my dear ? ' asked Mrs. Cameron ; ' I never heard of that before . ' Annette slightly blushed . ' Not a prize , mamma , exactly ; but Mr. Brownlow said ...
... told me he had sketched the figure from nature . ' ' Are you drawing for a prize , my dear ? ' asked Mrs. Cameron ; ' I never heard of that before . ' Annette slightly blushed . ' Not a prize , mamma , exactly ; but Mr. Brownlow said ...
Page 62
... others , that she thought very little of her own , except when they brought her into public notice . Then she shrank from them with a sensitiveness which was morbid . To be told that she was awkward was distressing , MY ...
... others , that she thought very little of her own , except when they brought her into public notice . Then she shrank from them with a sensitiveness which was morbid . To be told that she was awkward was distressing , MY ...
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... told of herself she received as undoubted truth ; and certainly there were facts within her own con- sciousness to corroborate what she knew to be the general impression of her character . Bad temper , and that not merely a passionate ...
... told of herself she received as undoubted truth ; and certainly there were facts within her own con- sciousness to corroborate what she knew to be the general impression of her character . Bad temper , and that not merely a passionate ...
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