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... volume of her novel ; to have to sit up and make small talk , and simper , and smirk ; and all for a man she had almost forgotten . Such was the impression she meant to give , and she gave it . Nevertheless , her sisters were brought ...
... volume of her novel ; to have to sit up and make small talk , and simper , and smirk ; and all for a man she had almost forgotten . Such was the impression she meant to give , and she gave it . Nevertheless , her sisters were brought ...
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... volume , crown 8vo , . BOTANY . A MANUAL OF BOTANY . Anatomical and Physio- logical . For the Use of Students . By ... Volumes , 2s . 6d . each . The above series is well adapted for Ladies ' Schools . ATLAS OF CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY . By A ...
... volume , crown 8vo , . BOTANY . A MANUAL OF BOTANY . Anatomical and Physio- logical . For the Use of Students . By ... Volumes , 2s . 6d . each . The above series is well adapted for Ladies ' Schools . ATLAS OF CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY . By A ...
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... Volume , 3s . " An extraordinary work , which has earned for itself a lasting place in the literature of the country , and within a few years found innumerable readers in every part of the globe . There is no book extant that treats so ...
... Volume , 3s . " An extraordinary work , which has earned for itself a lasting place in the literature of the country , and within a few years found innumerable readers in every part of the globe . There is no book extant that treats so ...
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... volume of verse which shows that Scotland has yet a poet . Full of the true fire , it now stirs and swells like a trumpet - note - now sinks in cadences sad and wild as the wail of a Highland dirge . ' Quarterly Review . Aytoun's Lays ...
... volume of verse which shows that Scotland has yet a poet . Full of the true fire , it now stirs and swells like a trumpet - note - now sinks in cadences sad and wild as the wail of a Highland dirge . ' Quarterly Review . Aytoun's Lays ...
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... volumes which range with Percy's Reliques ' — which , for completeness and accuracy , leave little to be desired— which must henceforth be considered as the standard edition of the Scottish Ballads , and which we commend as a model to ...
... volumes which range with Percy's Reliques ' — which , for completeness and accuracy , leave little to be desired— which must henceforth be considered as the standard edition of the Scottish Ballads , and which we commend as a model to ...
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