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Page 82
... seen . It is now a little subsided for an instant , and the white waves of the estuary are seen again . Thunder , and how the wind sweeps thro ' the trees . I shall prepare to make my exit to the dining room . It has been blowing ...
... seen . It is now a little subsided for an instant , and the white waves of the estuary are seen again . Thunder , and how the wind sweeps thro ' the trees . I shall prepare to make my exit to the dining room . It has been blowing ...
Page 131
... seen more Nobility ( Mobility ? ) in one week than your Aunt ever did in her whole life ! Why , I have frequently stood by their Car- riages on Drawing room days , and seen hundreds of Noblemen with their Families ! ' Oh ! this is ...
... seen more Nobility ( Mobility ? ) in one week than your Aunt ever did in her whole life ! Why , I have frequently stood by their Car- riages on Drawing room days , and seen hundreds of Noblemen with their Families ! ' Oh ! this is ...
Page 206
... seen more of life , of the springs of action in people , their ways , and peculiarities , than I ever did in my life before & I have travelled & seen much . Perhaps it is because there is less reserve , less stiffness , less of the ...
... seen more of life , of the springs of action in people , their ways , and peculiarities , than I ever did in my life before & I have travelled & seen much . Perhaps it is because there is less reserve , less stiffness , less of the ...
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Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Annie Baxter | 86 |
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