Our Island: Comprising Forgery, a Tale; and The Lunatic, a Tale ...E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... Alfred was the favourite , she gained at the age of seventeen a high reputation for grace and beauty throughout the surrounding country . Alfred , however , was indeed his mother's darling . She beheld in him symptoms of promise which ...
... Alfred was the favourite , she gained at the age of seventeen a high reputation for grace and beauty throughout the surrounding country . Alfred , however , was indeed his mother's darling . She beheld in him symptoms of promise which ...
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... Alfred could be at school , and the communi- cation by steam between the two islands was safe , con- stant , and speedy , so that there would be no longings for home , nor apprehensions on the voyage . But then , Sir John had never been ...
... Alfred could be at school , and the communi- cation by steam between the two islands was safe , con- stant , and speedy , so that there would be no longings for home , nor apprehensions on the voyage . But then , Sir John had never been ...
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... Alfred being nearly twenty - four , and Flora about a year older , it was arranged that the whole family should visit Portland Place . Flora always looked forward to these holidays with undiminished delight ; and Alfred's curiosity was ...
... Alfred being nearly twenty - four , and Flora about a year older , it was arranged that the whole family should visit Portland Place . Flora always looked forward to these holidays with undiminished delight ; and Alfred's curiosity was ...
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... Alfred , overjoyed at the sight of London , was indifferent , and said nothing . Finding himself entirely in the minority , Sir John , ( like a cer- tain Sir William of old , who , when the populace refu- sed to hear him , was wont to ...
... Alfred , overjoyed at the sight of London , was indifferent , and said nothing . Finding himself entirely in the minority , Sir John , ( like a cer- tain Sir William of old , who , when the populace refu- sed to hear him , was wont to ...
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... Alfred , with a hasty interruption . " Pshaw ! Verses , Alfred , you should go to mamma ; and let me see , what else are we to go to ? " " What else ? why there's enough , I think , ” replied the young man . " For my part , I mean to ...
... Alfred , with a hasty interruption . " Pshaw ! Verses , Alfred , you should go to mamma ; and let me see , what else are we to go to ? " " What else ? why there's enough , I think , ” replied the young man . " For my part , I mean to ...
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Our Island– Comprising Forgery, a Tale ; and The Lunatic, a Tale, 1 tomas Humphry William Woolrych Visos knygos peržiūra - 1833 |
Our Island– Comprising Forgery : a Tale and The Lunatic : a Tale Humphry William Woolrych Visos knygos peržiūra - 1832 |
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