Vandeleur; or, Animal magnetism [by M. Pisani].1836 |
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... attention , was that of a young girl , apparently about fifteen or sixteen years of age , and a boy somewhat younger , whose arms fond- ly entwined around each other , as they appear- ed to stroll along , gave one the idea of what ...
... attention , was that of a young girl , apparently about fifteen or sixteen years of age , and a boy somewhat younger , whose arms fond- ly entwined around each other , as they appear- ed to stroll along , gave one the idea of what ...
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... attention from this fatal subject ; and she even undertook , as the children advanced from infancy to childhood , to be their instruc- tress . But this could not continue long : both the children , as will sometimes happen , inherited ...
... attention from this fatal subject ; and she even undertook , as the children advanced from infancy to childhood , to be their instruc- tress . But this could not continue long : both the children , as will sometimes happen , inherited ...
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... attention to her task , which she too frequently evaded by a bound from the glass door of the summer sitting - room , down the flowery slope on which it opened , with a pro- mise from its base , that if he found her amongst the various ...
... attention to her task , which she too frequently evaded by a bound from the glass door of the summer sitting - room , down the flowery slope on which it opened , with a pro- mise from its base , that if he found her amongst the various ...
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... attention was arrested by hearing a light , at least a female's , step in the library . He was surprised , but resolved to wait until the unwelcome visiter , who had probably merely come in search of some old romance , should have ...
... attention was arrested by hearing a light , at least a female's , step in the library . He was surprised , but resolved to wait until the unwelcome visiter , who had probably merely come in search of some old romance , should have ...
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... attention , and strict economy , to avoid the guilt of bringing a family into the world to abject poverty , and its almost constant attendant , vice . The education which the young ladies had received , the cultivation of their father ...
... attention , and strict economy , to avoid the guilt of bringing a family into the world to abject poverty , and its almost constant attendant , vice . The education which the young ladies had received , the cultivation of their father ...
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