The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ...: Told by Herself in Letters to Her Friends, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1870 |
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... four hours with such violence that I have feared , night after night , that she would die in my arms . At last , the very great skill of a medical gentleman in this neighborhood relieved her ; though the remedies were so severe that for ...
... four hours with such violence that I have feared , night after night , that she would die in my arms . At last , the very great skill of a medical gentleman in this neighborhood relieved her ; though the remedies were so severe that for ...
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... four times , to my great delight ; I am sure it will do them both so much good . My great amusement is in my garden . I am so glad you have a little demesne of your own too ; it is a pretty thing to be queen over roses and lilies , is ...
... four times , to my great delight ; I am sure it will do them both so much good . My great amusement is in my garden . I am so glad you have a little demesne of your own too ; it is a pretty thing to be queen over roses and lilies , is ...
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... four or five of us invited already ! " Better be at Three - mile Cross , my dear Emily , or in your wilder and more beautiful country , than in that polished prison - that Ear of Dionysius . What weather for the seaside ! How you must ...
... four or five of us invited already ! " Better be at Three - mile Cross , my dear Emily , or in your wilder and more beautiful country , than in that polished prison - that Ear of Dionysius . What weather for the seaside ! How you must ...
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... four and twenty , a Miss Clive , arrives ; and , shortly afterward , come the nobleman and his son - ap- parently to finish the sale , but in reality to commence the courtship . The father is much more anxious for this match than the ...
... four and twenty , a Miss Clive , arrives ; and , shortly afterward , come the nobleman and his son - ap- parently to finish the sale , but in reality to commence the courtship . The father is much more anxious for this match than the ...
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... four hundred pounds for that book has any reason to complain ? I do not say that so delightful a writer - so great a one as he has been , so pleasant a one as he is - is overpaid , but simply that he is well paid and can afford a few ...
... four hundred pounds for that book has any reason to complain ? I do not say that so delightful a writer - so great a one as he has been , so pleasant a one as he is - is overpaid , but simply that he is well paid and can afford a few ...
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