The First Lieutenant's Story, Volume 140Routledge, 1856 - 455 pages |
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lady Catharine Long. cordial ties which are in general such softeners of the human character . The only being to whom he was really attached , excepting Mary Sydney , was his sister , Lady Davenport ; but her character partaking of all ...
lady Catharine Long. cordial ties which are in general such softeners of the human character . The only being to whom he was really attached , excepting Mary Sydney , was his sister , Lady Davenport ; but her character partaking of all ...
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lady Catharine Long. " you will come with us ; my father is always so gentle ... woman , with a manner , which though ladylike , was also very dictatorial and ... Davenport's visits to him . She replied that she did not wish to tell him ...
lady Catharine Long. " you will come with us ; my father is always so gentle ... woman , with a manner , which though ladylike , was also very dictatorial and ... Davenport's visits to him . She replied that she did not wish to tell him ...
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... Lady Davenport stopped his hand . 66 66 Your promise , faithless man ! " Well , what do you wish to say , for I am hurried ? " " That letter is - to Miss Sydney , I imagine . " He nodded assent . " Haven't you seen her to - day ? " " I ...
... Lady Davenport stopped his hand . 66 66 Your promise , faithless man ! " Well , what do you wish to say , for I am hurried ? " " That letter is - to Miss Sydney , I imagine . " He nodded assent . " Haven't you seen her to - day ? " " I ...
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... Lady Davenport had . The good , as well as the weak part of his character aided in this subjugation of his mind to her , for , harsh to all other living things , yet , knowing that her love to him was unbounded , his almost equal ...
... Lady Davenport had . The good , as well as the weak part of his character aided in this subjugation of his mind to her , for , harsh to all other living things , yet , knowing that her love to him was unbounded , his almost equal ...
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... Lady Davenport's could endure a rival in her brother's heart ; but the very excess of it had the unusual effect of excluding jealousy . Her heart was set upon her brother's happiness , let it consist in what it might ; and if Mary ...
... Lady Davenport's could endure a rival in her brother's heart ; but the very excess of it had the unusual effect of excluding jealousy . Her heart was set upon her brother's happiness , let it consist in what it might ; and if Mary ...
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Page 329 - Blest power of sunshine ! — genial Day, What balm, what life is in thy ray ! To feel thee is such real bliss, That had the world no joy but this, To sit in sunshine calm and sweet, — It were a world too exquisite For man to leave it for the gloom, The deep, cold shadow of the tomb.
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