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... felt fonder and more grateful than ever . And how rosy , smiling , and loving , the mother looks ! One sees at a glance how fully she enjoys her pleasant worldly lot . That warm , cheerful winter room , with its crimson paper and ...
... felt fonder and more grateful than ever . And how rosy , smiling , and loving , the mother looks ! One sees at a glance how fully she enjoys her pleasant worldly lot . That warm , cheerful winter room , with its crimson paper and ...
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... felt bound to call on her daughter to renounce . Bad enough , she had always said , to have Frank raving about a com- mission , without Grace entering the army ! Having carried the day , Dr. Mansell could afford to be generous ; and he ...
... felt bound to call on her daughter to renounce . Bad enough , she had always said , to have Frank raving about a com- mission , without Grace entering the army ! Having carried the day , Dr. Mansell could afford to be generous ; and he ...
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... felt - that which leads to the yielding up of our own instincts of right to the prejudices or tastes of those we love . Grace , young and tender , was in this predicament . Casual speeches during the day had enlightened her as to Dr ...
... felt - that which leads to the yielding up of our own instincts of right to the prejudices or tastes of those we love . Grace , young and tender , was in this predicament . Casual speeches during the day had enlightened her as to Dr ...
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... felt all this . One good result there certainly was ; for if she failed in imparting to Mrs. Lloyd the confidence she herself expressed with such animation , Grace at any rate gradually began to put faith in her own words . This helped ...
... felt all this . One good result there certainly was ; for if she failed in imparting to Mrs. Lloyd the confidence she herself expressed with such animation , Grace at any rate gradually began to put faith in her own words . This helped ...
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... felt and stoutly done ? All that he had of manly or generous was roused in Dr. Mansell by this effort of Grace . He saw how much it cost her to offer this renunciation , and he was capti- vated by her loveliness in her subdued grief ...
... felt and stoutly done ? All that he had of manly or generous was roused in Dr. Mansell by this effort of Grace . He saw how much it cost her to offer this renunciation , and he was capti- vated by her loveliness in her subdued grief ...
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Page 292 - Surnames. Alphabetical Index to the Daughters of Viscounts and Barons, who, having married Commoners, are styled Honourable Mrs. ; and, in case of the husband being a Baronet or Knight, Honourable Lady. Mottoes alphabetically arranged and translated. "A work which corrects all errors of former works. It is a most useful publication. We are happy to bear testimony to the fact that scrupulous accuracy is a distinguishing feature of this book.
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Page 169 - Experience might have taught you there's many a slip between the cup and the lip ; and the Millers were saying the other day that they had heard Dr.