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Page 18
... seated herself , whilst her mother , taking her hand affectionately , began to criticise and alter the minutiae of her daughter's costume . " My dear creature , what a figure you are ! Let me smooth your hair . Your collar is quite ...
... seated herself , whilst her mother , taking her hand affectionately , began to criticise and alter the minutiae of her daughter's costume . " My dear creature , what a figure you are ! Let me smooth your hair . Your collar is quite ...
Page 32
... seated himself by the fire , and sticking his pipe into the coals , commenced puffing tobacco - smoke from his mouth and nostrils in huge volumes . Recognizing in this half - drunken visitor Jack Harrill , the husband of Margaret ...
... seated himself by the fire , and sticking his pipe into the coals , commenced puffing tobacco - smoke from his mouth and nostrils in huge volumes . Recognizing in this half - drunken visitor Jack Harrill , the husband of Margaret ...
Page 50
... seated at the dinner - table before the guests entered the room . It had rather a solemn appearance , this spectacle of a gentleman already seated , and put Gertrude in mind of the skeleton at the table of an Egyptian feast . Nugent was ...
... seated at the dinner - table before the guests entered the room . It had rather a solemn appearance , this spectacle of a gentleman already seated , and put Gertrude in mind of the skeleton at the table of an Egyptian feast . Nugent was ...
Page 52
... seated in human society . " " To be sure , Mr. Lovell , " now joined in Mr. Usherwood , who was considerably taken aback by Sir Eliot's views . " To be sure - that's it ! Just like measles or scarlet fever . Never mind the eruption ...
... seated in human society . " " To be sure , Mr. Lovell , " now joined in Mr. Usherwood , who was considerably taken aback by Sir Eliot's views . " To be sure - that's it ! Just like measles or scarlet fever . Never mind the eruption ...
Page 66
... seated at the foot of one of the trees adjacent , a young lady with a sketch - book on her lap , on which she had been drawing . But her eyes were now turned towards Nugent , and her hand no longer held the pencil . It was Gertrude ...
... seated at the foot of one of the trees adjacent , a young lady with a sketch - book on her lap , on which she had been drawing . But her eyes were now turned towards Nugent , and her hand no longer held the pencil . It was Gertrude ...
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