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... wish I saw you both better friends— why should it not be so ? " " Because I am no hypocrite , Gertrude ; and , perhaps , also , because - shall I confess my weak- ness to you ? -I am jealous that you should be- stow so much of your ...
... wish I saw you both better friends— why should it not be so ? " " Because I am no hypocrite , Gertrude ; and , perhaps , also , because - shall I confess my weak- ness to you ? -I am jealous that you should be- stow so much of your ...
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... wish it to be unjust and ungrate- ful to all the world beside - such a thing would be no better worth having than this pebble on which I tread , " as she touched one with her foot . " Do not blame me , Gertrude , because con- scious ...
... wish it to be unjust and ungrate- ful to all the world beside - such a thing would be no better worth having than this pebble on which I tread , " as she touched one with her foot . " Do not blame me , Gertrude , because con- scious ...
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... wish'd repose ; nor court the fanning gale , Nor taste the spring . Oh ! by the sacred tears Of widows , mothers , sisters , aunts , forbear ! ARMSTRONG . " WHAT have you done with the Major ? " exclaimed his lady as they entered the ...
... wish'd repose ; nor court the fanning gale , Nor taste the spring . Oh ! by the sacred tears Of widows , mothers , sisters , aunts , forbear ! ARMSTRONG . " WHAT have you done with the Major ? " exclaimed his lady as they entered the ...
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... wish you wud nae compare them , " inter- rupted Mr Ramsay , impatiently ; as his temper was still farther irritated at seeing the haughty , but graceful , air with which Colonel Delmour led the Countess to the top of the table , 16 THE ...
... wish you wud nae compare them , " inter- rupted Mr Ramsay , impatiently ; as his temper was still farther irritated at seeing the haughty , but graceful , air with which Colonel Delmour led the Countess to the top of the table , 16 THE ...
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... , and again his suspicions of her recurred , and he thought- " I wish she may be the thing after all ; she kens owre weel how to shake the dice . " CHAPTER IV . Unless one could cure men of being 24 THE INHERITANCE .
... , and again his suspicions of her recurred , and he thought- " I wish she may be the thing after all ; she kens owre weel how to shake the dice . " CHAPTER IV . Unless one could cure men of being 24 THE INHERITANCE .
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