The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ...: Told by Herself in Letters to Her Friends, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1870 |
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... taken to the " Lady's Magazine , " and promises , if not " indemnity for the past , security for the fu- ture . " I told you , I believe , that the late editor had run away upward of forty pounds in my debt , after having , chief- ly by ...
... taken to the " Lady's Magazine , " and promises , if not " indemnity for the past , security for the fu- ture . " I told you , I believe , that the late editor had run away upward of forty pounds in my debt , after having , chief- ly by ...
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... taken from our heads by her recovery . God grant that it may be perma- nent ! You may imagine that this has been no slight inter- ruption to my business . Nevertheless , I am hoping to get out a little volume of very playful prose ...
... taken from our heads by her recovery . God grant that it may be perma- nent ! You may imagine that this has been no slight inter- ruption to my business . Nevertheless , I am hoping to get out a little volume of very playful prose ...
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... taken in . I therefore turned to the loiterers in the aisles , and picking out my man- a fine spirited - looking person , the most anti - puritanical that you can imagine — I said to him , " Sir , this lady is indisposed , and that ...
... taken in . I therefore turned to the loiterers in the aisles , and picking out my man- a fine spirited - looking person , the most anti - puritanical that you can imagine — I said to him , " Sir , this lady is indisposed , and that ...
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... taken particular care of - depend upon it . When I last saw my portrait it seemed to me as like as what I see every day in the looking - glass ; and even if it were as ugly as Medusa I should always think it the greatest honor of my ...
... taken particular care of - depend upon it . When I last saw my portrait it seemed to me as like as what I see every day in the looking - glass ; and even if it were as ugly as Medusa I should always think it the greatest honor of my ...
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... taken great hold of my imagination : -Henry the Second - introducing , by a pardon- able anachronism , the whole story of Becket , Eleanor , and Rosamond , and the rebellious sons . I should only take the best and worst of these , Henry ...
... taken great hold of my imagination : -Henry the Second - introducing , by a pardon- able anachronism , the whole story of Becket , Eleanor , and Rosamond , and the rebellious sons . I should only take the best and worst of these , Henry ...
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