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... Mansell's chair , and dabbling at the brown curls . " Down , Toby . Take him down , Frank , my dear , " said Mrs. Lloyd . " We got him in a legacy , Dr. Mansell , from an old bachelor , who left me this very teapot and cream - ewer , on ...
... Mansell's chair , and dabbling at the brown curls . " Down , Toby . Take him down , Frank , my dear , " said Mrs. Lloyd . " We got him in a legacy , Dr. Mansell , from an old bachelor , who left me this very teapot and cream - ewer , on ...
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... Mansell's head was wanting in veneration and conscientious- ness ; Grace laughingly contended that the curls were ... Mansell was so proud ; in vain did she show by the plates in her fine copy of Lavater , that the bridge of his nose was ...
... Mansell's head was wanting in veneration and conscientious- ness ; Grace laughingly contended that the curls were ... Mansell was so proud ; in vain did she show by the plates in her fine copy of Lavater , that the bridge of his nose was ...
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... Mansell's tact and suavity . Dr. Mansell had , in fact , relieved Mrs. Lloyd of one dread - that of Grace fancy- ing a red coat . Soldiers were among the pomps and vanities Mrs. Lloyd would have felt bound to call on her daughter to ...
... Mansell's tact and suavity . Dr. Mansell had , in fact , relieved Mrs. Lloyd of one dread - that of Grace fancy- ing a red coat . Soldiers were among the pomps and vanities Mrs. Lloyd would have felt bound to call on her daughter to ...
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... Mansell's attention , were still in perfect preservation ; one was simple and un- adorned , the other had a crown of thorns ingeniously twined round its arms . " Is it not a pretty church ? " asked Grace , as they came to the turnstile ...
... Mansell's attention , were still in perfect preservation ; one was simple and un- adorned , the other had a crown of thorns ingeniously twined round its arms . " Is it not a pretty church ? " asked Grace , as they came to the turnstile ...
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... Mansell's dislike of the sort of party they were going to have ; and , for the first time in her life , she was ashamed of the kind old friends they were expecting . She was sorry they were coming , though she knew the enjoyment it was ...
... Mansell's dislike of the sort of party they were going to have ; and , for the first time in her life , she was ashamed of the kind old friends they were expecting . She was sorry they were coming , though she knew the enjoyment it was ...
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