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... speaking had any idea that the case could ever arrive of Florence and John being obliged to set off to make the journey and voyage from Rome to New York alone . Yet so it was , as will fully appear in the sequel . I ought to say that ...
... speaking had any idea that the case could ever arrive of Florence and John being obliged to set off to make the journey and voyage from Rome to New York alone . Yet so it was , as will fully appear in the sequel . I ought to say that ...
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... speak English tolerably well . She assisted them in getting ready to go to bed , and said she would remain in the parlor for some time , so that in case either of them should wish for any thing they would only have to call . The ...
... speak English tolerably well . She assisted them in getting ready to go to bed , and said she would remain in the parlor for some time , so that in case either of them should wish for any thing they would only have to call . The ...
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... speaking to himself , " Poor things ! They have got a letter telling them that their mother is not coming home till day after to - morrow , when they expected her to - morrow , or some such juvenile calamity as that . " Little did he ...
... speaking to himself , " Poor things ! They have got a letter telling them that their mother is not coming home till day after to - morrow , when they expected her to - morrow , or some such juvenile calamity as that . " Little did he ...
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... speaking in a very eager manner , as if she considered that quite a bright idea . We will go to the Amer- ican consul's . That will be just the thing . ” 66 " I don't think he will care anything about us , " said John , despondingly ...
... speaking in a very eager manner , as if she considered that quite a bright idea . We will go to the Amer- ican consul's . That will be just the thing . ” 66 " I don't think he will care anything about us , " said John , despondingly ...
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... speaking however all the time in French , that he should have been very sorry for the mis- fortune which they had met with in being thus left alone at Rome , were it not for its being the means of giving him such a charming family to ...
... speaking however all the time in French , that he should have been very sorry for the mis- fortune which they had met with in being thus left alone at Rome , were it not for its being the means of giving him such a charming family to ...
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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,