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... married a second time , to Elizabeth Ollive , daughter of Samuel Ollive , a Quaker who owned a tobacco shop where Paine worked after the owner's death . His experience as a merchant and his marriage , never consummated , ended somewhat ...
... married a second time , to Elizabeth Ollive , daughter of Samuel Ollive , a Quaker who owned a tobacco shop where Paine worked after the owner's death . His experience as a merchant and his marriage , never consummated , ended somewhat ...
Page 533
... marriage : And I knew that in spite of all the roses and kisses and restaurant dinners a man showered on a woman before he married her , what he secretly wanted when the wedding service ended was for her to flatten out underneath his ...
... marriage : And I knew that in spite of all the roses and kisses and restaurant dinners a man showered on a woman before he married her , what he secretly wanted when the wedding service ended was for her to flatten out underneath his ...
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... married and were using a false name . Such humiliations made Elinor very wary of people . The haughty and beautiful face of the famous Nicholas Muray photograph that frequently forms the frontispiece for volumes of her poetry reflects ...
... married and were using a false name . Such humiliations made Elinor very wary of people . The haughty and beautiful face of the famous Nicholas Muray photograph that frequently forms the frontispiece for volumes of her poetry reflects ...
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