Lady Wedderburn's Wish: A Tale of the Crimean War, Том 1Tinsley Brothers, 1870 |
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... fell in torrents . " " And the course was soft ? " " Soft as butter , " replied Chesters , filling his mouth with toast to check a rising malediction . " How can you talk so gaily and so lightly , Cyril ? " urged his mother ...
... fell in torrents . " " And the course was soft ? " " Soft as butter , " replied Chesters , filling his mouth with toast to check a rising malediction . " How can you talk so gaily and so lightly , Cyril ? " urged his mother ...
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... fell on her husband , who had remained perfectly silent , " what is the matter ? You look quite pale , and -and - the letter you have read is wafered with black ! " " And edged with black , too , " added Robert Wedderburn , a ...
... fell on her husband , who had remained perfectly silent , " what is the matter ? You look quite pale , and -and - the letter you have read is wafered with black ! " " And edged with black , too , " added Robert Wedderburn , a ...
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... fell upon me , I had fondly hoped to be with you once again , to inhale the pure , cool breeze that sweeps over the purple Lammer- muir and all down bonnie Lauderdale ; but God has willed it otherwise . I cannot live more than two or ...
... fell upon me , I had fondly hoped to be with you once again , to inhale the pure , cool breeze that sweeps over the purple Lammer- muir and all down bonnie Lauderdale ; but God has willed it otherwise . I cannot live more than two or ...
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... fell to the great Celtic line of the M'Caw . Horace Ramornie remembered that eight years before this he too had come an orphan to Willow- dean , but " so poor ; " and now he had no thought or interest in the matter , save surprise to ...
... fell to the great Celtic line of the M'Caw . Horace Ramornie remembered that eight years before this he too had come an orphan to Willow- dean , but " so poor ; " and now he had no thought or interest in the matter , save surprise to ...
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... fell with lappets at each side , finishing a coquettish demi - toilette that somehow became her matronly character . " Pass the wine , Cyril ; you are very silent , " said Sir John ; " and let us drink kindly to the memory of your poor ...
... fell with lappets at each side , finishing a coquettish demi - toilette that somehow became her matronly character . " Pass the wine , Cyril ; you are very silent , " said Sir John ; " and let us drink kindly to the memory of your poor ...
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