The Story of My Wardship, 1. köideRichard Bentley, 1856 |
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... saw nature in her richest dress - in her most splendid robes . No haze veiled the sunlight , no fog obscured the distant landscape ; but clear , bright , and VOL . I. B gorgeous was the scene on which the being new to THE STORY ...
... saw nature in her richest dress - in her most splendid robes . No haze veiled the sunlight , no fog obscured the distant landscape ; but clear , bright , and VOL . I. B gorgeous was the scene on which the being new to THE STORY ...
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... dresses ! Dreary - dreary I felt when I found myself on the evening of a wretched day , newly arrived at the house of the guardian to whose care I was consigned by my father's will - at the residence of Lord D'Arville in Berkeley Square ...
... dresses ! Dreary - dreary I felt when I found myself on the evening of a wretched day , newly arrived at the house of the guardian to whose care I was consigned by my father's will - at the residence of Lord D'Arville in Berkeley Square ...
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... dress and appearance without reserve , while my guardian subjected me to a catechetical examination which in no wise raised me in his opinion . I was asked what I could do , and questioned as to the extent of my acquirements . They were ...
... dress and appearance without reserve , while my guardian subjected me to a catechetical examination which in no wise raised me in his opinion . I was asked what I could do , and questioned as to the extent of my acquirements . They were ...
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... dresses , and many were the visits to the milliner in the neighbouring town , which that young lady paid . Hour after hour was passed in deliberation upon the important matters of the toilet : ribbons , silks and laces passing in review ...
... dresses , and many were the visits to the milliner in the neighbouring town , which that young lady paid . Hour after hour was passed in deliberation upon the important matters of the toilet : ribbons , silks and laces passing in review ...
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... rich weeds , and no dress could suit her better - it seems to chasten the brilliancy of beauty which , in youth , must have been dazzling , and to the sombre garb she gives a grace - an interest of her own . 64 THE STORY.
... rich weeds , and no dress could suit her better - it seems to chasten the brilliancy of beauty which , in youth , must have been dazzling , and to the sombre garb she gives a grace - an interest of her own . 64 THE STORY.
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