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... turned to the right along the main road , you would find beyond this grove a spacious piece of pasture studded with clumps of trees , which sloped upwards for awhile towards the crest of the hill , but was soon lost in coppice and ...
... turned to the right along the main road , you would find beyond this grove a spacious piece of pasture studded with clumps of trees , which sloped upwards for awhile towards the crest of the hill , but was soon lost in coppice and ...
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... turned and you saw his face , you immediately recognised the thoughtful expression of one whose intellect had not merely been trained , but duly used and exercised . His features were somewhat strongly marked ; the nose aquiline , the ...
... turned and you saw his face , you immediately recognised the thoughtful expression of one whose intellect had not merely been trained , but duly used and exercised . His features were somewhat strongly marked ; the nose aquiline , the ...
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... turning to her ladyship " one of your ladyship's servants - who has been so il lately . " " Oh , Lucy ! " rejoined Lady Maud , slightly blushing . " Yes , poor thing ! I wonder my people have not sent her what she wants . Will she ...
... turning to her ladyship " one of your ladyship's servants - who has been so il lately . " " Oh , Lucy ! " rejoined Lady Maud , slightly blushing . " Yes , poor thing ! I wonder my people have not sent her what she wants . Will she ...
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... but occasionally there was that peculiar break - down , followed by an awful pause , which implied the perpetration of a blunder and the infliction of a scolding . Lady Maud , on hearing the accustomed sounds , turned 14 BELOW THE SURFACE .
... but occasionally there was that peculiar break - down , followed by an awful pause , which implied the perpetration of a blunder and the infliction of a scolding . Lady Maud , on hearing the accustomed sounds , turned 14 BELOW THE SURFACE .
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... turned and went hastily to the door , fol- lowed by Gertrude . As soon as they were outside , she seized her fair pupil by the wrist , and exclaimed with much excite- ment , " We part ! " and so saying , vanished down the passage , and ...
... turned and went hastily to the door , fol- lowed by Gertrude . As soon as they were outside , she seized her fair pupil by the wrist , and exclaimed with much excite- ment , " We part ! " and so saying , vanished down the passage , and ...
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