The valley of the Maude; or, 'On dits' [sic].1862 |
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... church - rates , and significantly mysterious in his hints respecting the ballot , and who went about lecturing on social science at mechanics ' institutes , not then so general as now - even he loved Mr. Mauden , and the dinners at ...
... church - rates , and significantly mysterious in his hints respecting the ballot , and who went about lecturing on social science at mechanics ' institutes , not then so general as now - even he loved Mr. Mauden , and the dinners at ...
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... church , and fresh sweet air . Yet Seaton , at the period of our story , was famous for its good society , not only in the summer , but also in the winter , when unexceptionable hats and gay petticoats were seen wrestling wildly with ...
... church , and fresh sweet air . Yet Seaton , at the period of our story , was famous for its good society , not only in the summer , but also in the winter , when unexceptionable hats and gay petticoats were seen wrestling wildly with ...
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... church , and visiting a ruined abbey , the sole and much prized lion of the neighbourhood . Then he rode every day on the sands , extending his excursions to the dreary and windy wolds that shut out the evening sunshine , and formed a ...
... church , and visiting a ruined abbey , the sole and much prized lion of the neighbourhood . Then he rode every day on the sands , extending his excursions to the dreary and windy wolds that shut out the evening sunshine , and formed a ...
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... church , admired the young ladies , and determined not to lose so fa- vourable an opportunity of beginning an acquaintance with them . They were not disinclined to enter into conversation , and the weather , the sea , the sands , and ...
... church , admired the young ladies , and determined not to lose so fa- vourable an opportunity of beginning an acquaintance with them . They were not disinclined to enter into conversation , and the weather , the sea , the sands , and ...
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... churches , or the scenery . Count Severski , apparently thinking that such old acquaintances must have many early and local associations as mutual objects of interest , left them , and they were thus almost obliged to continue to ...
... churches , or the scenery . Count Severski , apparently thinking that such old acquaintances must have many early and local associations as mutual objects of interest , left them , and they were thus almost obliged to continue to ...
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Page 215 - Ah! if our souls but poise and swing Like the compass in its brazen ring, Ever level and ever true To the toil and the task we have to do, We shall sail securely, and safely reach The Fortunate Isles...