The St. Petersburg English Review, of Literature, the Arts, and Sciences, Том 4Hauer and Company, 1842 |
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... suddenly rising , she hurried down stairs . ' - vol . i . pp . 174-176 . If all this egotism had been , as it professes , intended for the confidential eye of a sister , it would have been in some degree excusable : but it was not so ...
... suddenly rising , she hurried down stairs . ' - vol . i . pp . 174-176 . If all this egotism had been , as it professes , intended for the confidential eye of a sister , it would have been in some degree excusable : but it was not so ...
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... suddenly , but very gently , said " Will you read a paper while I work ? » " ' I was quite consternated ! I had not then the smallest expec- tation of such a request . I said nothing , and held the book un- opened . She took it from me ...
... suddenly , but very gently , said " Will you read a paper while I work ? » " ' I was quite consternated ! I had not then the smallest expec- tation of such a request . I said nothing , and held the book un- opened . She took it from me ...
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... suddenly made to the Queen , expressive of much concern for her late distress , and the highest and most profound veneration for her amiable and exalted character . - The Queen could scarcely bear it , though she had already , I doubt ...
... suddenly made to the Queen , expressive of much concern for her late distress , and the highest and most profound veneration for her amiable and exalted character . - The Queen could scarcely bear it , though she had already , I doubt ...
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... Suddenly he stopped . From a turning in the path which he was pursuing , a high and singularly - shap- ed mountain came into view - it was Il Monte di Fato ! There was the sloping wood which led up its only accessible side , its rocky ...
... Suddenly he stopped . From a turning in the path which he was pursuing , a high and singularly - shap- ed mountain came into view - it was Il Monte di Fato ! There was the sloping wood which led up its only accessible side , its rocky ...
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... suddenly , and thus preventing his being denied , and mis- sing the opportunity of speaking to him . Fortune , however , favoured him ; the grazier made his appearance , as if coming out for a walk , or going about some business at his ...
... suddenly , and thus preventing his being denied , and mis- sing the opportunity of speaking to him . Fortune , however , favoured him ; the grazier made his appearance , as if coming out for a walk , or going about some business at his ...
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