The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse, Viz Our Village, Belford Regis, Country Stories, Finden's Tableaux, Foscari, Julian, Rienzi, Charles the FirstCrissy & Markley, 1850 - 672 pages |
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... daughter of Dr. Rus- sell , of Ashe , in Hampshire ; this lady was a gularly good classical scholar , and it would have been strange if under such auspices , the educa- tion of her daughter had not been liberally plan- ned and carefully ...
... daughter of Dr. Rus- sell , of Ashe , in Hampshire ; this lady was a gularly good classical scholar , and it would have been strange if under such auspices , the educa- tion of her daughter had not been liberally plan- ned and carefully ...
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... Daughter . 332 The Lost Dahlia . 538 ....... Suppers and Balls ... 336 Honor O'Callaghan . 545 The Old Emigré .. 339 Aunt Deborah .... 549 The Tambourine ... 347 EXTRACTS FROM FINDEN'S TABLEAUX . Mrs. Hollis , the Fruiterer .... 351 ...
... Daughter . 332 The Lost Dahlia . 538 ....... Suppers and Balls ... 336 Honor O'Callaghan . 545 The Old Emigré .. 339 Aunt Deborah .... 549 The Tambourine ... 347 EXTRACTS FROM FINDEN'S TABLEAUX . Mrs. Hollis , the Fruiterer .... 351 ...
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... daughter , a light , delicate , fair - haired girl of fourteen , the champion , protectress , and playfellow of every brat under three years old , whom she jumps , dances , dandles , and feeds all day long . A very at- tractive person ...
... daughter , a light , delicate , fair - haired girl of fourteen , the champion , protectress , and playfellow of every brat under three years old , whom she jumps , dances , dandles , and feeds all day long . A very at- tractive person ...
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... daughter , the belle of the village ; not so pretty as the fair nymph of the shoe - shop , and far less elegant , but ten times as fine ; all curl - papers in the morning , like a porcupine , all curls in the afternoon , like a poodle ...
... daughter , the belle of the village ; not so pretty as the fair nymph of the shoe - shop , and far less elegant , but ten times as fine ; all curl - papers in the morning , like a porcupine , all curls in the afternoon , like a poodle ...
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... daughter , and grand- daughter , of a long line of gardeners , and no contemptible one herself . It is very mag- nanimous in me not to hate her ; for she beats me in my own way , in chrysanthemums , and dahlias , and the like gauds ...
... daughter , and grand- daughter , of a long line of gardeners , and no contemptible one herself . It is very mag- nanimous in me not to hate her ; for she beats me in my own way , in chrysanthemums , and dahlias , and the like gauds ...
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