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... POOR MISS FINCH . MISS or MRS . ? The NEW MAGDALEN . The FROZEN DEEP . MY MISCELLANIES . The LAW and the LADY . A Novel . 3 vols . crown 8vo . 31s . 6d . CHATTO & WINDUS , 74 & 75 PICCADILLY , W. NUMBER SEVENTEEN LONDON : PRINTED BY ...
... POOR MISS FINCH . MISS or MRS . ? The NEW MAGDALEN . The FROZEN DEEP . MY MISCELLANIES . The LAW and the LADY . A Novel . 3 vols . crown 8vo . 31s . 6d . CHATTO & WINDUS , 74 & 75 PICCADILLY , W. NUMBER SEVENTEEN LONDON : PRINTED BY ...
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... poor woman had from the first accepted her position most humbly : she thanked Lord Festiniog and Lord Rhyader most heartily for their assistance , pointed out frankly to the family that she had six thousand pounds left her by her ...
... poor woman had from the first accepted her position most humbly : she thanked Lord Festiniog and Lord Rhyader most heartily for their assistance , pointed out frankly to the family that she had six thousand pounds left her by her ...
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... poor woman , tell me so . Our family have done her the most irreparable wrong ; if you think of marrying her , I will most certainly make her a very handsome settlement . ' 6 6 My lord , ' he replied , there are insuper- able objections ...
... poor woman , tell me so . Our family have done her the most irreparable wrong ; if you think of marrying her , I will most certainly make her a very handsome settlement . ' 6 6 My lord , ' he replied , there are insuper- able objections ...
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... poor Saint , Iltyd , made a most innocent mistake . That is all . You must not use that word again to me , my lord ; ' and she rose and looked at him in a way he did not like . 6 Come , ' he said , ' do not call me my lord , call me ...
... poor Saint , Iltyd , made a most innocent mistake . That is all . You must not use that word again to me , my lord ; ' and she rose and looked at him in a way he did not like . 6 Come , ' he said , ' do not call me my lord , call me ...
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... said ; I have not brought him up to the law . He is in the Home office ; a poor appointment as yet . You have heard surely how painful my married life was ? 6 ' Yes , Lord Festiniog told me some of 30 NUMBER SEVENTEEN .
... said ; I have not brought him up to the law . He is in the Home office ; a poor appointment as yet . You have heard surely how painful my married life was ? 6 ' Yes , Lord Festiniog told me some of 30 NUMBER SEVENTEEN .
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