Dorothy: A TaleBernhard Tauchnitz, 1856 - 315 páginas |
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... father on board the vessel which bore him from the shores of the Hooghley . Mr. Clifford still remained in India , and Colonel Mowbray had consented to receive his son , in memory of their youthful friend- ship . But the shy and sickly ...
... father on board the vessel which bore him from the shores of the Hooghley . Mr. Clifford still remained in India , and Colonel Mowbray had consented to receive his son , in memory of their youthful friend- ship . But the shy and sickly ...
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... father , with a smile ; ' why do you not enjoy yourself in a natural way , with young people of your own age ? ' ' Because I like you best , papa . You are quite the pleasantest person I know , and I would rather sit silent with you ...
... father , with a smile ; ' why do you not enjoy yourself in a natural way , with young people of your own age ? ' ' Because I like you best , papa . You are quite the pleasantest person I know , and I would rather sit silent with you ...
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... father at the break- fast - table . The Colonel stirred his tea with philo- sophical indifference , and bade her , by all means , do what was proper ; only stipulating that he should not be considered responsible for the entertainment ...
... father at the break- fast - table . The Colonel stirred his tea with philo- sophical indifference , and bade her , by all means , do what was proper ; only stipulating that he should not be considered responsible for the entertainment ...
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... father that you have no vocation for the army . ' Being what I am , ' repeated Lance , bitterly ; ' there is the very thing . If I had energy or clever- ness , —if I could even rely on physical strength , I might choose my own ...
... father that you have no vocation for the army . ' Being what I am , ' repeated Lance , bitterly ; ' there is the very thing . If I had energy or clever- ness , —if I could even rely on physical strength , I might choose my own ...
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... father , and there are scarcely two years between us . ' This passes all ! ' irritated and amused ; to find that it is the exclaimed Dorothy , at once after all my careful nurture , object of your ambition to become a second Robert ...
... father , and there are scarcely two years between us . ' This passes all ! ' irritated and amused ; to find that it is the exclaimed Dorothy , at once after all my careful nurture , object of your ambition to become a second Robert ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance admiration afraid answer anxious Arthur Vaughan asked Aunt Emma Bagley believe Bessy Blanche Blanche's Broadstairs Chud Chudleigh Clewer Colonel Mow Colonel Mowbray colour considered cousin daughter dear dinner Dora Dora's Dorothy's drawing-room expression eyes Fatal Ring father feeling felt girls glad hand happy hear heard heart Hetherington Chase Hooghley hope Julia Kensington Gardens knew Lady Allan Lance Clifford Lance's laughing least leave Lennox letter looked mamma manner marriage Maude mind Miss Mowbray Mowbray's never Octavo once opinion Oriel College painful papa party pleased quiet racter Ramsgate Rectory remarked repeated ride Robert Selby round satisfaction scarcely seemed silence Sir Stephen sister smile soon speak spirits spoken stay suppose sure talk tears tell things thought tion told tone took turned uncon voice waiting walk wish wonder words young
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