Not for Him: the Story of a Forgotten HeroR. Carter & Brothers, 1883 - 224 pages |
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... question . The very idea of consulting her on any point of it , would have struck a mediæval mother with astonish- ment and dismay . Why ladies should have been considered competent in all instances to educate anybody's daughters but ...
... question . The very idea of consulting her on any point of it , would have struck a mediæval mother with astonish- ment and dismay . Why ladies should have been considered competent in all instances to educate anybody's daughters but ...
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... question . The very idea of consulting her on any point of it , would have struck a mediæval mother with astonish- ment and dismay . Why ladies should have been considered competent in all instances to educate anybody's daughters but ...
... question . The very idea of consulting her on any point of it , would have struck a mediæval mother with astonish- ment and dismay . Why ladies should have been considered competent in all instances to educate anybody's daughters but ...
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... question , and it is quite possible that they did not entirely correspond with those which her mother was instilling . " Now look on me , Clarice , " pursued Dame La Theyn , earnestly . " When I was a young maid I had foolish fancies ...
... question , and it is quite possible that they did not entirely correspond with those which her mother was instilling . " Now look on me , Clarice , " pursued Dame La Theyn , earnestly . " When I was a young maid I had foolish fancies ...
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... question , but it was not necessary by any means . Parents , at that time , kept it out of the matter as much as possible , and regarded it as more of an encumbrance than anything else . " It is a very sad tale , Clarice , " answered ...
... question , but it was not necessary by any means . Parents , at that time , kept it out of the matter as much as possible , and regarded it as more of an encumbrance than anything else . " It is a very sad tale , Clarice , " answered ...
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... question , but because she delighted in taking the opposite side to Diana . " Let them go , then ! " responded Diana , rather sharply . " They can keep it to themselves , can't they ? " " Well , I don't know , " said Elaine , laughing ...
... question , but because she delighted in taking the opposite side to Diana . " Let them go , then ! " responded Diana , rather sharply . " They can keep it to themselves , can't they ? " " Well , I don't know , " said Elaine , laughing ...
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