The Metropolitan Magazine, Volume 33Saunders and Otley, 1842 |
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... better than being obliged to talk . Whether , notwithstanding her philosophy , Constance might not have grown somewhat fidgety , had this state of things continued long , it is impossible to say , as the experiment upon her patience was ...
... better than being obliged to talk . Whether , notwithstanding her philosophy , Constance might not have grown somewhat fidgety , had this state of things continued long , it is impossible to say , as the experiment upon her patience was ...
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... better of it , he said , " Did she indeed ever name me to you ? " Now Constance instantly saw that this was very little better than a trap , set on purpose to discover if they had conversed together about him , and in what tone . He ...
... better of it , he said , " Did she indeed ever name me to you ? " Now Constance instantly saw that this was very little better than a trap , set on purpose to discover if they had conversed together about him , and in what tone . He ...
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... better let me alone , Sir James , when I try from politeness to put a restraint upon myself , " said her ladyship , adjusting her bracelets , and affecting to laugh a little . " I am sure , my dear , I have never any objection to doing ...
... better let me alone , Sir James , when I try from politeness to put a restraint upon myself , " said her ladyship , adjusting her bracelets , and affecting to laugh a little . " I am sure , my dear , I have never any objection to doing ...
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... better for you both , after what has passed , that you should not meet . But as to the man- ner in which this should be managed , your second proposition , namely , that you should plead illness , and keep your room , appears to me the ...
... better for you both , after what has passed , that you should not meet . But as to the man- ner in which this should be managed , your second proposition , namely , that you should plead illness , and keep your room , appears to me the ...
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... better reserved for some other occasion . A young man , just called to the bar , had no business to interfere , and push himself into premature notoriety by coming forward at such a crisis- he should have left to the hoary bigot , or ...
... better reserved for some other occasion . A young man , just called to the bar , had no business to interfere , and push himself into premature notoriety by coming forward at such a crisis- he should have left to the hoary bigot , or ...
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