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... never mind , ' repeated Petito , muttering to herself as she looked after the ladies whilst they ran downstairs . ' I can't abide to dress any young lady who says never mind , and it will do very well . That , and her never talking to ...
... never mind , ' repeated Petito , muttering to herself as she looked after the ladies whilst they ran downstairs . ' I can't abide to dress any young lady who says never mind , and it will do very well . That , and her never talking to ...
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... never straught him – dead deal will never be laid to his back , make your market of that , for I hae it frae a sure hand . ' - ' Will it be his lot to die on the battle ground then , Ailsie Gourlay ? ' ' Ask nae mair questions about it ...
... never straught him – dead deal will never be laid to his back , make your market of that , for I hae it frae a sure hand . ' - ' Will it be his lot to die on the battle ground then , Ailsie Gourlay ? ' ' Ask nae mair questions about it ...
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... never healed . We could guess as much if the passionate indignation of the second chapter of David Copperfield were our only evidence ; and David was in a sense more fortunate than Dickens had been . At least his parents were dead . It ...
... never healed . We could guess as much if the passionate indignation of the second chapter of David Copperfield were our only evidence ; and David was in a sense more fortunate than Dickens had been . At least his parents were dead . It ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
Copyright | |
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