Fraud and friendship: or, The orphan and the foundling of the king's printing-house, by the author of 'Jessie Melville'.1857 |
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... passed over its little helpless body . The mother shuddered , and looked wildly up . " O Richard ! " she exclaimed , pleadingly , " do let me go this once ? Another appeal may soften his heart , and our boy may yet be saved . Once more ...
... passed over its little helpless body . The mother shuddered , and looked wildly up . " O Richard ! " she exclaimed , pleadingly , " do let me go this once ? Another appeal may soften his heart , and our boy may yet be saved . Once more ...
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... passing giddiness , " said the wife , with a faint smile . Alas ! it was extreme weakness , caused by want . Another long look , a passionate kiss on the little white face of the sufferer , and the heart - broken mother left the ...
... passing giddiness , " said the wife , with a faint smile . Alas ! it was extreme weakness , caused by want . Another long look , a passionate kiss on the little white face of the sufferer , and the heart - broken mother left the ...
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... passed through his hands , and he was about to close one of the drawers , when an open aperture at the back caught his eye . A secret spring had been neglected to be fastened , and in the cavity to which it gave access lay two letters ...
... passed through his hands , and he was about to close one of the drawers , when an open aperture at the back caught his eye . A secret spring had been neglected to be fastened , and in the cavity to which it gave access lay two letters ...
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... passed on , and no trace could be had of those he so earnestly sought . Yet the knowledge that such an one lived , and that he had the means to prove his right to the estate , rested over the gloomy soul of Sir Edward like a shadow ...
... passed on , and no trace could be had of those he so earnestly sought . Yet the knowledge that such an one lived , and that he had the means to prove his right to the estate , rested over the gloomy soul of Sir Edward like a shadow ...
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... passed ; and he gnawed his lips with agony , and cursed the baronet through his clenched teeth . Then , as the poor mother reiterated in her madness the doom she had pronounced on her father , his burning spirit echoed it fiercely back ...
... passed ; and he gnawed his lips with agony , and cursed the baronet through his clenched teeth . Then , as the poor mother reiterated in her madness the doom she had pronounced on her father , his burning spirit echoed it fiercely back ...
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