The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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... Underdown , the name of this gentleman , had sailed with him as his friend and secretary , but latterly never permitted his name to be borne on the ship's books ; and he acted thus , because , as being a civilian , it afforded him the ...
... Underdown , the name of this gentleman , had sailed with him as his friend and secretary , but latterly never permitted his name to be borne on the ship's books ; and he acted thus , because , as being a civilian , it afforded him the ...
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... Underdown , who is writing , and her aunt , the quiet Matilda , who is working - she has divested her taper though uncon- fined waist of its long and broad red sash , and is sedulously employed in converting it into a set of splendid ...
... Underdown , who is writing , and her aunt , the quiet Matilda , who is working - she has divested her taper though uncon- fined waist of its long and broad red sash , and is sedulously employed in converting it into a set of splendid ...
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... Underdown , book in hand , was skipping here and there beside her , humbly , yet most urgently , entreating her to forbear a recreation so little suited to her sex , her station , and , he was pleased also to say , the gentleness of her ...
... Underdown , book in hand , was skipping here and there beside her , humbly , yet most urgently , entreating her to forbear a recreation so little suited to her sex , her station , and , he was pleased also to say , the gentleness of her ...
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... Underdown . Thus was passed one day at Trestletree - hall , the seat of the fighting old Commodore , Sir Octavius Bacuissart : and this day was a fair sample of many , or the most of them , that winged their lazy flight over this ...
... Underdown . Thus was passed one day at Trestletree - hall , the seat of the fighting old Commodore , Sir Octavius Bacuissart : and this day was a fair sample of many , or the most of them , that winged their lazy flight over this ...
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... Underdown . The next sister in age was a Mrs. Oliphant , a widow , a very pretty one , very plump , and very happy , notwithstanding that all the Bacuissarts said that she had disgraced herself by marrying a very rich wholesale grocer ...
... Underdown . The next sister in age was a Mrs. Oliphant , a widow , a very pretty one , very plump , and very happy , notwithstanding that all the Bacuissarts said that she had disgraced herself by marrying a very rich wholesale grocer ...
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