The valley of the Maude; or, 'On dits' [sic].1862 |
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Louisa Stewart. in the direction of his home , Mauden Hall , a bulk of mellow brickwork , ' the clustered chimneys of which became visi- ble after he had climbed for some two hundred yards up the wooded and boulder- strewn bank ... Mauden ...
Louisa Stewart. in the direction of his home , Mauden Hall , a bulk of mellow brickwork , ' the clustered chimneys of which became visi- ble after he had climbed for some two hundred yards up the wooded and boulder- strewn bank ... Mauden ...
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... Mauden Hall . It had been intended for a dowager - house for the widows of the squires . Sometimes it was occupied by the vicar of Mauden , when he happened to possess fortune enough to keep it up ; sometimes it was let to some old ...
... Mauden Hall . It had been intended for a dowager - house for the widows of the squires . Sometimes it was occupied by the vicar of Mauden , when he happened to possess fortune enough to keep it up ; sometimes it was let to some old ...
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Louisa Stewart. society was valued by the owner of the Hall . As Mauden was five miles from the London road when such ... Mauden when a post - chaise with four horses dashed VOL . I. с rapidly rapidly through it , on a windy and fitfully ...
Louisa Stewart. society was valued by the owner of the Hall . As Mauden was five miles from the London road when such ... Mauden when a post - chaise with four horses dashed VOL . I. с rapidly rapidly through it , on a windy and fitfully ...
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... Mauden Hall , where sat Mrs. Mauden , a matron , still handsome , and with the quiet unos- tentatious tentatious air of true good breeding per- vading her person 34 The Valley of the Maude.
... Mauden Hall , where sat Mrs. Mauden , a matron , still handsome , and with the quiet unos- tentatious tentatious air of true good breeding per- vading her person 34 The Valley of the Maude.
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... Mauden . Though perhaps it might be that the arrangements of the room and the table were a few seasons behind - hand in style , yet they were always in good taste , and no one ever criticised anything at Mauden Hall , or ever thought of ...
... Mauden . Though perhaps it might be that the arrangements of the room and the table were a few seasons behind - hand in style , yet they were always in good taste , and no one ever criticised anything at Mauden Hall , or ever thought of ...
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