Young Lochinvar; or, the romance of real life, Том 1 |
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... tell her so , will you , dear mamma ? 29 And these were the last coherent words he ever uttered , for he raved incessantly during the night and all the next day , becoming visibly worse with every hour until just as the sun was setting ...
... tell her so , will you , dear mamma ? 29 And these were the last coherent words he ever uttered , for he raved incessantly during the night and all the next day , becoming visibly worse with every hour until just as the sun was setting ...
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... telling me the whole truth about Sonnie , and that he never would come back . And then I thought - first , that I ought to try and supply his place ; and next , that I would do so , and , by never thinking of myself at all and devoting ...
... telling me the whole truth about Sonnie , and that he never would come back . And then I thought - first , that I ought to try and supply his place ; and next , that I would do so , and , by never thinking of myself at all and devoting ...
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... telling some anecdotes about her , so I shall proceed to relate one or two . Of course when she and Noey were old enough to go into society , they went - not very much it is true , but occasionally and naturally also ( for they were ...
... telling some anecdotes about her , so I shall proceed to relate one or two . Of course when she and Noey were old enough to go into society , they went - not very much it is true , but occasionally and naturally also ( for they were ...
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... one of the flower - beds at the time , I heard her say to him : " Papa , you must be tired and hungry by this , and I've come to tell you that dinner is ready . " " Dinner ready ! " echoed my poor father in YOUNG LOCHINVAR . 15.
... one of the flower - beds at the time , I heard her say to him : " Papa , you must be tired and hungry by this , and I've come to tell you that dinner is ready . " " Dinner ready ! " echoed my poor father in YOUNG LOCHINVAR . 15.
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... tell me that you have lowered yourself and exposed our poverty to a stranger ? " " Oh papa , Captain Forester isn't quite a stranger , and he was so nice about it , and wanted me to take three - and - sixpence ; but I would not do that ...
... tell me that you have lowered yourself and exposed our poverty to a stranger ? " " Oh papa , Captain Forester isn't quite a stranger , and he was so nice about it , and wanted me to take three - and - sixpence ; but I would not do that ...
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afraid Ajaccio asked aunt Balmacara Bastia beauty believe Blair Blair Castle Captain Forester castle CHAPTER charm Château Delmé Corsica Count course cousin cried Dahlia dark dear Derreigh despair dinner dreadful Edair everything exclaimed eyes face fact father feel felt Foliot Manor girl give glad hand happy hear heard heart heaven hope Howth Ivor's Joey Joey's knew lady laugh least length lichens listen live looking marriage marry Matty maypole means Mimi mind miserable Miss Richmonds morning mother never night Noey oriel window papa passed perfect stranger physiognomist pleasant pleasure poor Ivor postilion present replied Ross-shire scarlatina scene Scotland secret passage seemed sisters smiled Sonnie sorrow sort speak spoke strange sure tell things thought tone uttered utterly voice walking whilst wish woman words Young Lochinvar
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