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... beautiful Duchess of Grammont would have been as nothing compared to simple Mary Brown . All which is very amiable and very necessary ; for if it had been so ordained that people should feel the exquisite sensations of love in ...
... beautiful Duchess of Grammont would have been as nothing compared to simple Mary Brown . All which is very amiable and very necessary ; for if it had been so ordained that people should feel the exquisite sensations of love in ...
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... beautiful as the love that exists be- tween a good mother and a good daughter . For so much we may be safe by having recourse to instinct , which is deeper than any secondary causes we poor mortals can see . But beyond this , there were ...
... beautiful as the love that exists be- tween a good mother and a good daughter . For so much we may be safe by having recourse to instinct , which is deeper than any secondary causes we poor mortals can see . But beyond this , there were ...
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... beautiful features , which were lovely , though the shadow of death was then over them , almost its hand upon them . In truth , he had never gazed upon a fairer face , and when she spoke , he had never listened to a sweeter or a gentler ...
... beautiful features , which were lovely , though the shadow of death was then over them , almost its hand upon them . In truth , he had never gazed upon a fairer face , and when she spoke , he had never listened to a sweeter or a gentler ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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