The Lairds of Fife ...Constable & Company, 1828 - 920 страница |
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... rest . " The housekeeper shook her head . " What ! did the fellow not speak after he drank the porter ? " " Mem , I believe he was bribed . I never knew such an oyster of a man in my life . " " He told you , however , where they came ...
... rest . " The housekeeper shook her head . " What ! did the fellow not speak after he drank the porter ? " " Mem , I believe he was bribed . I never knew such an oyster of a man in my life . " " He told you , however , where they came ...
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... rest of the world , if we were ever told the truth - were made up of both high and low ; of rich and of poor ; of people of talent ; of people whose ignorance was to be blushed for ; and of persons famous for neither one thing nor ...
... rest of the world , if we were ever told the truth - were made up of both high and low ; of rich and of poor ; of people of talent ; of people whose ignorance was to be blushed for ; and of persons famous for neither one thing nor ...
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... rest the horses at St Andrews , on her route to Lady Lumberfield's , in whose dominions , should no- thing further occur , she was now inclined to seek refuge ; and reflecting seriously on the con- sequences to which her late discovery ...
... rest the horses at St Andrews , on her route to Lady Lumberfield's , in whose dominions , should no- thing further occur , she was now inclined to seek refuge ; and reflecting seriously on the con- sequences to which her late discovery ...
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... of for- mer kindness and hospitality ; though Captain Sham himself had hitherto pretended to do so , under an expectation , however , now luckily set at rest , of finding cheaper quarters somewhere in Mrs THE LAIRDS OF FIFE . 53.
... of for- mer kindness and hospitality ; though Captain Sham himself had hitherto pretended to do so , under an expectation , however , now luckily set at rest , of finding cheaper quarters somewhere in Mrs THE LAIRDS OF FIFE . 53.
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at rest , of finding cheaper quarters somewhere in Mrs Fife's immediate neighbourhood . In the mean time , Mrs Fife's campaign in the kingdom was likely to end where it had , properly speaking , begun - with the Shams . On her arrival ...
at rest , of finding cheaper quarters somewhere in Mrs Fife's immediate neighbourhood . In the mean time , Mrs Fife's campaign in the kingdom was likely to end where it had , properly speaking , begun - with the Shams . On her arrival ...
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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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