A Noble Life, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1866 - 184 pages |
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... watching the encounter of keen wits , the talk of clever conversation- alists . His own talent in that line was not small , though he seldom used it in large circles ; but with two or three only about him , the treasures of his well ...
... watching the encounter of keen wits , the talk of clever conversation- alists . His own talent in that line was not small , though he seldom used it in large circles ; but with two or three only about him , the treasures of his well ...
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... 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 housekeeper's fire . said " My bairn , my bairn ...
... 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 housekeeper's fire . said " My bairn , my bairn ...
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... mind always the way I was brought up , and that I was once a minister's daughter in dear and bonnie Cairnforth . " " " " What can she mean by that ? said Mr. Cardross , watching anxiously the Earl's countenance as he 84 A Noble Life .
... mind always the way I was brought up , and that I was once a minister's daughter in dear and bonnie Cairnforth . " " " " What can she mean by that ? said Mr. Cardross , watching anxiously the Earl's countenance as he 84 A Noble Life .
Page 85
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. Mr. Cardross , watching anxiously the Earl's countenance as he read . " I suppose , what Helen always means , exactly what she says . " " That is true . You know , we used Helen could hold her always to say ...
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. Mr. Cardross , watching anxiously the Earl's countenance as he read . " I suppose , what Helen always means , exactly what she says . " " That is true . You know , we used Helen could hold her always to say ...
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... watching , and alone . The rooms which her door opened to view were only two , this top- most flat having been divided in half ; and each half made into just " a but and a ben , " and furnished in the meanest fashion of lodgings to let ...
... watching , and alone . The rooms which her door opened to view were only two , this top- most flat having been divided in half ; and each half made into just " a but and a ben , " and furnished in the meanest fashion of lodgings to let ...
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