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... reason the per- petual card parties in the house I inhabit , the never- ending histories of Spadille and Manille of my good old aunts , became more irksome to me than before . I discontinued totally their sociétés , which I found quite ...
... reason the per- petual card parties in the house I inhabit , the never- ending histories of Spadille and Manille of my good old aunts , became more irksome to me than before . I discontinued totally their sociétés , which I found quite ...
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... slender exertion of writing a letter . Poor Mr. Spragg would have said , Oh ! a nervous affection ; but my correspondents ( I think ) have greater reason to say , a nervous disaffection . - But what is to be said now ! for thus far.
... slender exertion of writing a letter . Poor Mr. Spragg would have said , Oh ! a nervous affection ; but my correspondents ( I think ) have greater reason to say , a nervous disaffection . - But what is to be said now ! for thus far.
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... reason , and by our agree- ment : -moreover , my dear friend , no one is equal to the task but you . Have you received the Are- narias of Piedmont ? & c . I long to know how go on in that charming genus . you God bless you for your ...
... reason , and by our agree- ment : -moreover , my dear friend , no one is equal to the task but you . Have you received the Are- narias of Piedmont ? & c . I long to know how go on in that charming genus . you God bless you for your ...
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... reason , for I have not been able to sit down to answer them as they deserve , so have deferred it . Nevertheless , I must thank you for them now , and answer them fully when I can . I am now in the midst of my zoological and botanical ...
... reason , for I have not been able to sit down to answer them as they deserve , so have deferred it . Nevertheless , I must thank you for them now , and answer them fully when I can . I am now in the midst of my zoological and botanical ...
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... reason , was formed as the resting - place of my best friend- ship , -had I not experienced on my return here such marks of reciprocal good - will , as are greater far than I had any reason or hope to expect , I should now be , as it ...
... reason , was formed as the resting - place of my best friend- ship , -had I not experienced on my return here such marks of reciprocal good - will , as are greater far than I had any reason or hope to expect , I should now be , as it ...
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