Lawrie Todd [pseud.]: Or The Settlers in the Woods, Том 2J. & J. Harper, 1830 - 199 страници |
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... Cockspur . " No , " said he ; " I mastered my passion when young , res- pected , and amid the assurances of good fortune ; -- can I now , an old man , bent beneath the burden of many disappointments , with a withered heart and a shaking ...
... Cockspur . " No , " said he ; " I mastered my passion when young , res- pected , and amid the assurances of good fortune ; -- can I now , an old man , bent beneath the burden of many disappointments , with a withered heart and a shaking ...
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... Cockspur to take a seat with me on a pleasant bank , where the young men had raised a bench that overlooked the river ; Miss Volumnia , in the mean time , having undertaken to prepare tea for us . After some general discourse on divers ...
... Cockspur to take a seat with me on a pleasant bank , where the young men had raised a bench that overlooked the river ; Miss Volumnia , in the mean time , having undertaken to prepare tea for us . After some general discourse on divers ...
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... Cockspur laid her hand on mine , he put his head between us , and exclaimed , chuckling with delight , " Will ye deny noo , Mr. Todd - will ye deny noo ? -- haven't I catched you in the fact ? " Although , of all the manifold ...
... Cockspur laid her hand on mine , he put his head between us , and exclaimed , chuckling with delight , " Will ye deny noo , Mr. Todd - will ye deny noo ? -- haven't I catched you in the fact ? " Although , of all the manifold ...
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... Cockspur and me , yet it is by no means either a clear or a settled point . ' 29 " I saw , " replied he , a little seriously , " that ye had your difficulties , Mr. Todd . It's a tough job to woo and win a widow , for widows are kittle ...
... Cockspur and me , yet it is by no means either a clear or a settled point . ' 29 " I saw , " replied he , a little seriously , " that ye had your difficulties , Mr. Todd . It's a tough job to woo and win a widow , for widows are kittle ...
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... Cockspur , as a suppose , for well I know nobody of your breeding would ever look on the likes of Mr. Todd , ) that if he were to throw a sheep's - eye at you , and ye had a neb in your heart to pick it up , there would be nothing ...
... Cockspur , as a suppose , for well I know nobody of your breeding would ever look on the likes of Mr. Todd , ) that if he were to throw a sheep's - eye at you , and ye had a neb in your heart to pick it up , there would be nothing ...
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