Lawrie Todd [pseud.]: Or The Settlers in the Woods, Том 2J. & J. Harper, 1830 - 199 страници |
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... lady . I have already mentioned how I was obliged to Mr. Brad- shaw Cockspur for the plan of the house and store , and how the business concerning the same led to an intimacy with the family . This intimacy allowed me the freedom of ...
... lady . I have already mentioned how I was obliged to Mr. Brad- shaw Cockspur for the plan of the house and store , and how the business concerning the same led to an intimacy with the family . This intimacy allowed me the freedom of ...
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... lady ; so I found a way and method to get Mrs. 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 ...
... lady ; so I found a way and method to get Mrs. 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 ...
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... ladies , per- plexed him . It was plain he was fidgeting for an opportunity to throw a javelin both at Mrs. Cockspur and me , but he was awed by her serenity , and deterred by delicacy , lest it might disturb the young lady ; for no ...
... ladies , per- plexed him . It was plain he was fidgeting for an opportunity to throw a javelin both at Mrs. Cockspur and me , but he was awed by her serenity , and deterred by delicacy , lest it might disturb the young lady ; for no ...
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... ladies , concerning second marriages , and marriages late in life ; to both of which he expressed himself propitious , believing I was wiling him into the conversation for some intent with Mrs. Cockspur , notwithstanding the assurance I ...
... ladies , concerning second marriages , and marriages late in life ; to both of which he expressed himself propitious , believing I was wiling him into the conversation for some intent with Mrs. Cockspur , notwithstanding the assurance I ...
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... lady ; nor , indeed , though I had been in a gayer mood , would the time , so immediately after it , have been fitting for jocularity : but I requested him to spare me half an hour at his earliest convenience to consider of his own ...
... lady ; nor , indeed , though I had been in a gayer mood , would the time , so immediately after it , have been fitting for jocularity : but I requested him to spare me half an hour at his earliest convenience to consider of his own ...
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