The Lady of the Manor, 3. köideHoulston and Stoneman, 1841 |
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... replied the lady of the ma- nor , " I am by no means such a barbarian as to wish the destruction of a single interesting vestige of ancient days ; neither do I believe it to be any offence against the Al- mighty to study the writings of ...
... replied the lady of the ma- nor , " I am by no means such a barbarian as to wish the destruction of a single interesting vestige of ancient days ; neither do I believe it to be any offence against the Al- mighty to study the writings of ...
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... society here present . ' " My arrival ? I replied ; ' how can it be possible that the expectation of seeing a person of so little im- portance as myself should have affected a single indivi- dual THE LADY OF THE MANOR . 31.
... society here present . ' " My arrival ? I replied ; ' how can it be possible that the expectation of seeing a person of so little im- portance as myself should have affected a single indivi- dual THE LADY OF THE MANOR . 31.
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... replied . " " Perhaps I may , ' she said ; ' yet not of so dark a nature , but that you might readily understand them , did you only know your own advantages . ' " My wit was not so blunt , but that I then began to comprehend her ...
... replied . " " Perhaps I may , ' she said ; ' yet not of so dark a nature , but that you might readily understand them , did you only know your own advantages . ' " My wit was not so blunt , but that I then began to comprehend her ...
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... replied , in a graver manner ; ' the mythology of the ancients is as much superior to our barbarous monkish conceptions of it , as the Iliad of Homer surpasses the Contes de Feés de Monsieur Pe- rault . And , ' added he , ' the ...
... replied , in a graver manner ; ' the mythology of the ancients is as much superior to our barbarous monkish conceptions of it , as the Iliad of Homer surpasses the Contes de Feés de Monsieur Pe- rault . And , ' added he , ' the ...
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... replied my father , parting the golden ringlets on the brow of the child , while the lovely boy raised his gentle eyes to his grandfather , as if to en- quire what we were saying of him , this is no ordinary , no common , no vulgar ...
... replied my father , parting the golden ringlets on the brow of the child , while the lovely boy raised his gentle eyes to his grandfather , as if to en- quire what we were saying of him , this is no ordinary , no common , no vulgar ...
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