Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2Hurst and Blackett, 1858 - 407 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 62–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... wife she lent them , and such fortune accompanied them , that he won back all he had lost . In gratitude to his wife he promised her with an oath never again to play with cards or dice . He doubtless intended to keep his word , for ...
... wife she lent them , and such fortune accompanied them , that he won back all he had lost . In gratitude to his wife he promised her with an oath never again to play with cards or dice . He doubtless intended to keep his word , for ...
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... wife being the sister of his second , and he had twenty - one children . In early life he was a man of fashion ; his con- cluding years were spent in zealous exertions for the benefit of his tenantry , and poorer neighbours - in ...
... wife being the sister of his second , and he had twenty - one children . In early life he was a man of fashion ; his con- cluding years were spent in zealous exertions for the benefit of his tenantry , and poorer neighbours - in ...
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... wife and mother , she was well inclined to be Mrs. Opie , but she trembled at what Mrs. Grundy would say . " I could almost resolve , " she acknowledged , " to break all fetters , and relinquish too the wide , and often aristocratic ...
... wife and mother , she was well inclined to be Mrs. Opie , but she trembled at what Mrs. Grundy would say . " I could almost resolve , " she acknowledged , " to break all fetters , and relinquish too the wide , and often aristocratic ...
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... wife . " And she was simple enough , and woman enough to be so pleased with the compliment as to chronicle it ; though what girl is there who on becoming engaged is not assured that her chosen one sings , or sketches , or writes , or ...
... wife . " And she was simple enough , and woman enough to be so pleased with the compliment as to chronicle it ; though what girl is there who on becoming engaged is not assured that her chosen one sings , or sketches , or writes , or ...
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... Wife " is in the press , I wish to tell thee this is a falsehood ; that my publishers advertised this only begun work , unknown to me , and that I have written to say the said work is not written , nor ever will be . I must own to thee ...
... Wife " is in the press , I wish to tell thee this is a falsehood ; that my publishers advertised this only begun work , unknown to me , and that I have written to say the said work is not written , nor ever will be . I must own to thee ...
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Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 1 John Cordy Jeaffreson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 1 John Cordy Jeaffreson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
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