The Lairds of Fife ...Constable & Company, 1828 - 920 страница |
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... better pay our visit at the Hall to- morrow , and get rid of our necessity at once ? " " The weather favours , too , " said Miss Brown ; and she rose to adjourn to the music- room , to observe Mr Squeake simper and prelude upon the ...
... better pay our visit at the Hall to- morrow , and get rid of our necessity at once ? " " The weather favours , too , " said Miss Brown ; and she rose to adjourn to the music- room , to observe Mr Squeake simper and prelude upon the ...
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... better information of some odd stray glove , who had just called in search of that and similar communications , - " Arrived at Fife - hall , Fife- shire , Mrs Fife . " Now , of all the oddest of oddities was this same Mrs Fife . This ...
... better information of some odd stray glove , who had just called in search of that and similar communications , - " Arrived at Fife - hall , Fife- shire , Mrs Fife . " Now , of all the oddest of oddities was this same Mrs Fife . This ...
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... occasionally in- fested , and who were now the better encouraged to approach by the Macadamization of a certain cross road , of great shortening importance , in the vicinity of the Fife - hall gates ; and of 14 THE LAIRDS OF FIFE .
... occasionally in- fested , and who were now the better encouraged to approach by the Macadamization of a certain cross road , of great shortening importance , in the vicinity of the Fife - hall gates ; and of 14 THE LAIRDS OF FIFE .
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... better watch , note , and observe all the mo- tions of the welcome invaders . From this high and exalted position , therefore , could Mrs Fife command the persons of a young lady and gentleman ; and , for the sake of convenience and ...
... better watch , note , and observe all the mo- tions of the welcome invaders . From this high and exalted position , therefore , could Mrs Fife command the persons of a young lady and gentleman ; and , for the sake of convenience and ...
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... better begin and laugh too - pray , join me , Mrs Dudd . " " He ! he he ! he he ! -ha ! ha ! ho ! ho !!! He ! he he ! he ! he ! ha ! ha ! -ha ! " - stop ! In the gap which the self - dismissed page had left in the folding doors , stood ...
... better begin and laugh too - pray , join me , Mrs Dudd . " " He ! he he ! he he ! -ha ! ha ! ho ! ho !!! He ! he he ! he ! he ! ha ! ha ! -ha ! " - stop ! In the gap which the self - dismissed page had left in the folding doors , stood ...
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agreeable Akenside amongst answer aunt began better body called carriage Cecilia clack cold Colonel Brown compliments crasy cried Miss cried Mrs Fife daughter dear Miss Leslie dear Mrs Fife dexterity dinner door Dudd Edmonstones father favour Fife-hall Fife's Fifeshire friends game at chess gentleman Gregory happy hear heard Hochytoch honour hope Horn Regular Hyndford intend invitation Jemima John Lady Methodical lady's laugh look Lord Aloof Lums Lumsdaine's M'Pech Ma'am Madam Mademoiselle Antoinette Madrake Madrake's Marchmont Maringle mean mind Miss Brown Miss Kicklecackle Miss M'Tavish Monotony morning never night o'clock observed occasion odd trick once papa party person play poor pray pretended pretty racter rake rest returned seat seems sometimes sort Squeake suppose talk taste tell thing thought tion uncon voice vomitory Vonpepper and M'Ginger wish wonder young lady
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