Lady Wedderburn's Wish: A Tale of the Crimean War, Том 1Tinsley Brothers, 1870 |
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... ― ' whose mare is dead ? " " But the Baronet did not answer immediately ; he permitted the hand retaining the letter to drop upon his knee , and his chin sank upon his breast as his head drooped forward , and he 4 LADY WEDDERBURN'S WISH .
... ― ' whose mare is dead ? " " But the Baronet did not answer immediately ; he permitted the hand retaining the letter to drop upon his knee , and his chin sank upon his breast as his head drooped forward , and he 4 LADY WEDDERBURN'S WISH .
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... hand , sat gazing into the far vista of the sunny lawn , lost in sad thoughts ; but Lady Wedderburn very deliberately examined the letter in which it was enclosed , and a document which came with it . The letter was from the physician ...
... hand , sat gazing into the far vista of the sunny lawn , lost in sad thoughts ; but Lady Wedderburn very deliberately examined the letter in which it was enclosed , and a document which came with it . The letter was from the physician ...
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... hand and in prospect . " Then as the little heiress would be here anon ; which rooms was she to have ? The best of course , after her own . All these ideas swept in quick succession through her busy brain . Chesters of Chesterhaugh ...
... hand and in prospect . " Then as the little heiress would be here anon ; which rooms was she to have ? The best of course , after her own . All these ideas swept in quick succession through her busy brain . Chesters of Chesterhaugh ...
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... hand he was in arranging pic- nics , or a social " spread " on the roof of a drag at race or review , and he affected to dabble in music too , for he had a fine voice , and many a mysterious air he had bribed the band - master to fudge ...
... hand he was in arranging pic- nics , or a social " spread " on the roof of a drag at race or review , and he affected to dabble in music too , for he had a fine voice , and many a mysterious air he had bribed the band - master to fudge ...
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... hands showed the minute wrinkles and blue veins of time ; yet they were well - shaped and beautiful hands still ; and though she had several rings on them , fully a half of these were black enamel and pearls- the rings in memory of ...
... hands showed the minute wrinkles and blue veins of time ; yet they were well - shaped and beautiful hands still ; and though she had several rings on them , fully a half of these were black enamel and pearls- the rings in memory of ...
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