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... child : that child never could have been given away without his consent ; and as for the consent itself , it is a still greater improbability , seeing that he was always anxious for an heir to Eastleys . " " And so maybe he was ...
... child : that child never could have been given away without his consent ; and as for the consent itself , it is a still greater improbability , seeing that he was always anxious for an heir to Eastleys . " " And so maybe he was ...
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... child were buried together . " Never drew breath , you say , nurse ! " resumed Mr. White , with an air of astonishment ; " why , I have been given to understand , not only that the child was born alive , but that it is actually living ...
... child were buried together . " Never drew breath , you say , nurse ! " resumed Mr. White , with an air of astonishment ; " why , I have been given to understand , not only that the child was born alive , but that it is actually living ...
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... child having been disposed of to Mrs. Hislop , —a fact thus proved , -what was to prevent him ( the counsel ) from going also to the haunts of the tabernian Solons , or anywhere else in the regions of fancy , for the theory that Mr ...
... child having been disposed of to Mrs. Hislop , —a fact thus proved , -what was to prevent him ( the counsel ) from going also to the haunts of the tabernian Solons , or anywhere else in the regions of fancy , for the theory that Mr ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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