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... daughter of one Cuthbert Piercey Manwaring , a gentleman of very ancient family , and of competent , although. PITE of the natural desire of the reader to THE SQUIRE OF HOLMCASTLE . -HOLMCASTLE MANOR, -HOLMCASTLE MANOR,
... daughter of one Cuthbert Piercey Manwaring , a gentleman of very ancient family , and of competent , although. PITE of the natural desire of the reader to THE SQUIRE OF HOLMCASTLE . -HOLMCASTLE MANOR, -HOLMCASTLE MANOR,
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... daughter of the last Earl of Ingleborough . This lady bore to her husband three children - first , a boy named Lionel ; and then , after an interval of five years , a daughter , Evelyn ; and lastly , the following year , another boy ...
... daughter of the last Earl of Ingleborough . This lady bore to her husband three children - first , a boy named Lionel ; and then , after an interval of five years , a daughter , Evelyn ; and lastly , the following year , another boy ...
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... daughters to be provided for ; and he was perfectly content that it should be so . He had felt , and he had felt rightly , that it was dis- honourable to marry a woman for her money , and therefore , since family considerations ...
... daughters to be provided for ; and he was perfectly content that it should be so . He had felt , and he had felt rightly , that it was dis- honourable to marry a woman for her money , and therefore , since family considerations ...
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... daughter to her disgusted spouse , who would have been glad of a male heir to the family of Potts . " When the Head of the Family heard of this ill- starred and ignominious match , he felt it his duty to make an example of the chief ...
... daughter to her disgusted spouse , who would have been glad of a male heir to the family of Potts . " When the Head of the Family heard of this ill- starred and ignominious match , he felt it his duty to make an example of the chief ...
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... daughter and his two sons . Lionel went to Eton , where most of his ancestors , for three hundred years , had been before him ; and thence , after a brilliant career at the Academy at Woolwich , he passed into the army , and speedily ...
... daughter and his two sons . Lionel went to Eton , where most of his ancestors , for three hundred years , had been before him ; and thence , after a brilliant career at the Academy at Woolwich , he passed into the army , and speedily ...
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Admiral amidst amongst ancient answered Apollonia arrived barracks beautiful brother Captain Barlow CHAPTER Clitheroe Colonel Strong cousin cried Cubleigh Dale daughter dear dearest dreadful Duchess of Ribblesdale Duke of Ribblesdale Ehrenbreitstein Elthorne Evelyn Manwaring eyes father fell felt fforester gentleman girl glad Grace Hampton Court Hampton Court Palace hands Hazelhursts heard heart Holmcastle honour kissed Kleptomania knew Lady Lavinia Lady M'Adam Lancashire letter Lomax looked Lord Guttleborough Manor Manwaring's Massenger Massenger's ment Merivale Miss Hazelhursts Miss Manwaring Miss Scheimes Miss Strong Moodle mother neighbour never noble once Ormskirk Palace Pinfold poor Queen Rector regiment royal seemed Sergeant sister sorrow Sprattles Squire Stanwick sure TABLEAU VIVANT tears tell things thought took Tresham Potts turned Victoria Cross Wilfred Manwaring Wilfred's Wilmot young Duke
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Page 25 - ... just as if there were no such things in the world as daughters to be provided for; and he was perfectly content that it should be so.
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