Lady Wedderburn's Wish: A Tale of the Crimean War, Том 1Tinsley Brothers, 1870 |
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... turned inquiringly towards him . John " Sir John Wedderburn , Bart . of Nova Scotia , and Willowdean , in the Merse - creation , 1628 , " as the heralds have it , was a remarkably good - looking man , and fully six feet in height ...
... turned inquiringly towards him . John " Sir John Wedderburn , Bart . of Nova Scotia , and Willowdean , in the Merse - creation , 1628 , " as the heralds have it , was a remarkably good - looking man , and fully six feet in height ...
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... " Chesters at Lonewoodlee ! By Heaven , I must look to this ! " he muttered , as he turned and walked slowly back to the house . CHAPTER III . LADY WEDDERBURN'S HOPE . DINNER at Willowdean 20 LADY WEDDERBURN'S WISH .
... " Chesters at Lonewoodlee ! By Heaven , I must look to this ! " he muttered , as he turned and walked slowly back to the house . CHAPTER III . LADY WEDDERBURN'S HOPE . DINNER at Willowdean 20 LADY WEDDERBURN'S WISH .
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... turned to threads of glittering silver his thin white hair that had once been a rich dark brown . Seated on a tabouret or little stool by his side , was his daughter Mary , a girl not quite of twenty years ; perhaps the only true friend ...
... turned to threads of glittering silver his thin white hair that had once been a rich dark brown . Seated on a tabouret or little stool by his side , was his daughter Mary , a girl not quite of twenty years ; perhaps the only true friend ...
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... turned to the fatal Gazette , and the next name that caught my eye among the killed -the killed in action - was that of my own boy , Harry Lennox ! " 66 Hush , papa , oh hush ! " said Mary , looking round anxiously ; for it was this ...
... turned to the fatal Gazette , and the next name that caught my eye among the killed -the killed in action - was that of my own boy , Harry Lennox ! " 66 Hush , papa , oh hush ! " said Mary , looking round anxiously ; for it was this ...
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... turned up , and where tufts of the white snowdrop and rows of the yellow crocus or purple violets were appearing , had all gradually vanished , and Cyril found himself amid a voiceless and pastoral solitude , dotted only by black ...
... turned up , and where tufts of the white snowdrop and rows of the yellow crocus or purple violets were appearing , had all gradually vanished , and Cyril found himself amid a voiceless and pastoral solitude , dotted only by black ...
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