The Home: Or, Life in Sweden. And Strife and PeaceG. Bell, 1892 - 518 pages |
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... speaking , " said she , " I think it is better as it is . " 66 66 Yes , that is always the way with ladies , " returned he ; they will have nothing touched , nothing done , nothing changed , even to obtain improvement and convenience ...
... speaking , " said she , " I think it is better as it is . " 66 66 Yes , that is always the way with ladies , " returned he ; they will have nothing touched , nothing done , nothing changed , even to obtain improvement and convenience ...
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... speak of the article , " said Judge Frank . " It is directed against my writing on the condition of the poor in the province , is it not ? " " Yes ; or more properly no , " replied the Assessor , " for the extraordinary fact is , that ...
... speak of the article , " said Judge Frank . " It is directed against my writing on the condition of the poor in the province , is it not ? " " Yes ; or more properly no , " replied the Assessor , " for the extraordinary fact is , that ...
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... speak , " Let me be quiet ! " It is hardly possible that she can be other than plain , but , with God's help , I hope to make her good and happy . My beloved , plain child ! " say I sometimes to her as I clasp her tenderly in my arms ...
... speak , " Let me be quiet ! " It is hardly possible that she can be other than plain , but , with God's help , I hope to make her good and happy . My beloved , plain child ! " say I sometimes to her as I clasp her tenderly in my arms ...
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... speak so stupidly as when I observed that he listened . Aunt Lisette gave me one day this maxim : " My dear , remember what I now tell thee : if a man thinks that thou art a fool , it does not injure thee the least in his opinion ; but ...
... speak so stupidly as when I observed that he listened . Aunt Lisette gave me one day this maxim : " My dear , remember what I now tell thee : if a man thinks that thou art a fool , it does not injure thee the least in his opinion ; but ...
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... speaking of certain dis- tinguished men in the University from which he was just come . Elise mentioned one celebrated man whom she had a great desire to see , upon which Jacobi said he had lately made a little sketch of him , which ...
... speaking of certain dis- tinguished men in the University from which he was just come . Elise mentioned one celebrated man whom she had a great desire to see , upon which Jacobi said he had lately made a little sketch of him , which ...
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