A Noble Life, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1866 - 184 pages |
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... child or Woman and something more - intense respect . His high sense of honour , his true manliness , attracted the best of all the notabilities then consti- tuting that brilliant set ; and there was not one of them worth having for a ...
... child or Woman and something more - intense respect . His high sense of honour , his true manliness , attracted the best of all the notabilities then consti- tuting that brilliant set ; and there was not one of them worth having for a ...
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... children . He placed some at school , and others . at college ; those who were already afloat in the world he aided with money and influence an Earl's name was SO very influential , as , with an amused smile , he occasionally discovered ...
... children . He placed some at school , and others . at college ; those who were already afloat in the world he aided with money and influence an Earl's name was SO very influential , as , with an amused smile , he occasionally discovered ...
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... it , he believed glad - if them , and rested in their affection with the simple faith of a child . But if they seemed to neglect him , he still was ready to conclude the slight was accidental ; and ances had A Noble Life . 15.
... it , he believed glad - if them , and rested in their affection with the simple faith of a child . But if they seemed to neglect him , he still was ready to conclude the slight was accidental ; and ances had A Noble Life . 15.
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... child , through the pleasant woods of Cairnforth , up to the Castle - door . Nobody had expected them ; and there was nothing ready . " It's no matter , -- no matter , " fecbly said the Earl , and allowed himself to be placed in an arm ...
... child , through the pleasant woods of Cairnforth , up to the Castle - door . Nobody had expected them ; and there was nothing ready . " It's no matter , -- no matter , " fecbly said the Earl , and allowed himself to be placed in an arm ...
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... child . For hours she sat by his bed , watching him , but scarcely speak- ing a word ; and for hours he lay , his eyes wide open , but with that blank expression in them which Mrs. Campbell had first noticed when he sat by the ...
... child . For hours she sat by his bed , watching him , but scarcely speak- ing a word ; and for hours he lay , his eyes wide open , but with that blank expression in them which Mrs. Campbell had first noticed when he sat by the ...
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