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Page 113
... talking with you , one hour , than dancing with all the others ! ' This compliment I fully appreciated , as he really during the evening , talked more sensibly than I ever heard him The party broke up , and all left , excepting the ...
... talking with you , one hour , than dancing with all the others ! ' This compliment I fully appreciated , as he really during the evening , talked more sensibly than I ever heard him The party broke up , and all left , excepting the ...
Page 119
... talking about me - I heard yesterday a speech - The person spoken of is living - and it was only because on former occasions the one talked of was dead , that I forgave Mr McL.'s speeches - The second offence is unpardonable Both ...
... talking about me - I heard yesterday a speech - The person spoken of is living - and it was only because on former occasions the one talked of was dead , that I forgave Mr McL.'s speeches - The second offence is unpardonable Both ...
Page 121
... talking today of marriages - Capt Campbell said ' I am buying Briggs ' cattle and Gun ; he had better sell me his daughter ' I said he could not do better - He says he does not like very young men ; they require to see the World ...
... talking today of marriages - Capt Campbell said ' I am buying Briggs ' cattle and Gun ; he had better sell me his daughter ' I said he could not do better - He says he does not like very young men ; they require to see the World ...
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Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Annie Baxter | 86 |
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