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... NIGHT AT A HOTEL .... 74 VIII . - PROGRESS OF THE JOURNEY .. 86 IX . - IMAGINARY DANGERS .. 96 X. - WILLIE WILLEY ... 112 XI . - ABOUT COURIERS ... 119 XII . - EDWIN 127 XIII - THE MOSAIC .. .... 143 XIV . - THE SOUVENIR .. 156 XV ...
... NIGHT AT A HOTEL .... 74 VIII . - PROGRESS OF THE JOURNEY .. 86 IX . - IMAGINARY DANGERS .. 96 X. - WILLIE WILLEY ... 112 XI . - ABOUT COURIERS ... 119 XII . - EDWIN 127 XIII - THE MOSAIC .. .... 143 XIV . - THE SOUVENIR .. 156 XV ...
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... until Saturday night , and then Mr. and Mrs. Otis will be here , and we can return to America with them . " The case did not seem by any means so plain to Mrs. Morelle as it did to her daughter . 20 AN UNEXPECTED CONTINGENCY .
... until Saturday night , and then Mr. and Mrs. Otis will be here , and we can return to America with them . " The case did not seem by any means so plain to Mrs. Morelle as it did to her daughter . 20 AN UNEXPECTED CONTINGENCY .
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... night . Long before morn- ing , however , she determined that she would go to her husband . " The danger to my children , " she said to her- self , " in leaving them here to go home with . Mrs. Otis is only nominal and imaginary , while ...
... night . Long before morn- ing , however , she determined that she would go to her husband . " The danger to my children , " she said to her- self , " in leaving them here to go home with . Mrs. Otis is only nominal and imaginary , while ...
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Jacob Abbott. CHAPTER III . STILL MORE ALONE . JOHN slept soundly all night , but Florence woke up several times , and when she awoke she found herself oppressed with a painful sense of loneliness and fear . In the morning , however ...
Jacob Abbott. CHAPTER III . STILL MORE ALONE . JOHN slept soundly all night , but Florence woke up several times , and when she awoke she found herself oppressed with a painful sense of loneliness and fear . In the morning , however ...
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... might have come from Civita Vecchia to Rome in the night . They were right in this anticipation , for when they reached the banker's , they found a letter there from their mother , and also another letter addressed 34 STILL MORE ALONE .
... might have come from Civita Vecchia to Rome in the night . They were right in this anticipation , for when they reached the banker's , they found a letter there from their mother , and also another letter addressed 34 STILL MORE ALONE .
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Page 6 - NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 200 BROADWAY. MDCCCXLH. V ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Conrt of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
Page 35 - ... income serve for your own expenses, as (I fear) from the narrowness of my present prospects It will not be in my power to afford you assistance. I had flattered myself with the contrary persuasion, and this is one of my airy Castles, the destruction of which gives me the most pain and disappointment. I assure you, it is a great source of satisfaction to me to think, that at least you have a comfortable House, where you are secure from vulgar intrusion, and vulgar occurrences; and I cannot but...
Page 71 - M sat at a window which was hall raised to admit the breath of a balmy summer day, and she had a book in her hand which she had been reading aloud to three of her daughters, who were engaged in useful and ornamental work.
Page 108 - So my mother was convinced that he was a thief, and that he had come in to steal the money from the pockets of her dresses.
Page 39 - Give my love to the children, and believe me, as ever, " Your very affectionate friend,