London Society, Том 3; Том 5James Hogg, Florence Marryat William Clowes and Sons, 1864 |
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... letters of my name are cunningly introduced and twisted round with divers flourishes . Two venerable link- extinguishers which , to my infantile mind , seemed poor relations of my grandmother's ear trumpet , adorn the portal . The ...
... letters of my name are cunningly introduced and twisted round with divers flourishes . Two venerable link- extinguishers which , to my infantile mind , seemed poor relations of my grandmother's ear trumpet , adorn the portal . The ...
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... letters which it formed on the floor behind her would be the initials of the gentleman whom she would make happy for life . They happened to alight in the form of P. S. , which we , with the charming simplicity and ready wit ...
... letters which it formed on the floor behind her would be the initials of the gentleman whom she would make happy for life . They happened to alight in the form of P. S. , which we , with the charming simplicity and ready wit ...
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... letter have we directed for her according to a model address which she always kept , and from which no orthographical deviation was permitted , until she changed her partner . Mister corporal John Taylor , exquire his madgestis ship ...
... letter have we directed for her according to a model address which she always kept , and from which no orthographical deviation was permitted , until she changed her partner . Mister corporal John Taylor , exquire his madgestis ship ...
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... t steal her from me , Jane . She is my own particular friend , and means to continue so . We shall write each other two long , crossed letters a week all the summer , and in the winter meet in Bath , and be Damon A Story of London Life .
... t steal her from me , Jane . She is my own particular friend , and means to continue so . We shall write each other two long , crossed letters a week all the summer , and in the winter meet in Bath , and be Damon A Story of London Life .
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... letters will have died a natural death , and that by the winter you will have for- gotten each other . ' ' Not so bad as that , I think , ' said Esther ; I never forget any one . ' ' What a disagreeable faculty , ' re- marked Jane ...
... letters will have died a natural death , and that by the winter you will have for- gotten each other . ' ' Not so bad as that , I think , ' said Esther ; I never forget any one . ' ' What a disagreeable faculty , ' re- marked Jane ...
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