The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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... beautiful plague - a splendid vexation- something , at once to be feared , admired , and loved . She had been dismissed from three boarding - schools for high spirits ; had fought with , scratched , and bitten , twice that number of ...
... beautiful plague - a splendid vexation- something , at once to be feared , admired , and loved . She had been dismissed from three boarding - schools for high spirits ; had fought with , scratched , and bitten , twice that number of ...
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... beautiful Amazon , and , placing her face of flushed loveliness almost in con- tact , and in complete contrast , to the parental and infuriated ugli- ness , she firmly , with both her hands , held his muscular wrist . " You sha'n't ...
... beautiful Amazon , and , placing her face of flushed loveliness almost in con- tact , and in complete contrast , to the parental and infuriated ugli- ness , she firmly , with both her hands , held his muscular wrist . " You sha'n't ...
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... beautiful residence . CHAPTER III . " Be good ; but in thy vanity ask not Of Heaven to prove thy worth , by sending woes . " OLD PLAY . SIR OCTAVIUS , notwithstanding his large and unencumbered estates , and his high reputation for ...
... beautiful residence . CHAPTER III . " Be good ; but in thy vanity ask not Of Heaven to prove thy worth , by sending woes . " OLD PLAY . SIR OCTAVIUS , notwithstanding his large and unencumbered estates , and his high reputation for ...
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... she had been an enthusiast , but an enthusiast only in her love for the beautiful and the just . If ever a being loved virtue for its exceeding loveliness , it was Lady Astell . She had accustomed B 2 THE OLD COMMODORE . 15.
... she had been an enthusiast , but an enthusiast only in her love for the beautiful and the just . If ever a being loved virtue for its exceeding loveliness , it was Lady Astell . She had accustomed B 2 THE OLD COMMODORE . 15.
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... beautiful . " No one ever reproached her for having used a harsh word , or of having bestowed a disdainful look ; yet , in her pertinacity of keeping in what her conscience told her was the right course , she was immoveable . If she had ...
... beautiful . " No one ever reproached her for having used a harsh word , or of having bestowed a disdainful look ; yet , in her pertinacity of keeping in what her conscience told her was the right course , she was immoveable . If she had ...
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