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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... hour . " Were it other- wise , we should not have need to dwell , even thus briefly , upon the distinctive merits of Miss Mit- ford's tragedies . " Midford was Midford when Morpeth was nane , Midford shall be Midford when Morpeth is ...
... hour . " Were it other- wise , we should not have need to dwell , even thus briefly , upon the distinctive merits of Miss Mit- ford's tragedies . " Midford was Midford when Morpeth was nane , Midford shall be Midford when Morpeth is ...
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... hour , the limping clerk made his appearance ; and , walking through our little hall , I saw a fine athletic young man , the very image of health and vigour , mental and bodily , holding the hand of a young woman , who , with her head ...
... hour , the limping clerk made his appearance ; and , walking through our little hall , I saw a fine athletic young man , the very image of health and vigour , mental and bodily , holding the hand of a young woman , who , with her head ...
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... hour the time of his return ; and did not dislike a little gentle raillery on the subject — even I - But , traitress to my sex , how can I jest with such feelings ? Rather let me sigh over the world of woe , that in fifty years of ...
... hour the time of his return ; and did not dislike a little gentle raillery on the subject — even I - But , traitress to my sex , how can I jest with such feelings ? Rather let me sigh over the world of woe , that in fifty years of ...
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... hour's end and I have still the murmur of her adieux to the starting - post , the weather , and the whole resounding in my ears , like the indistinct hum story of the sopping , the drying , the clothes- of the air on a frosty night . It ...
... hour's end and I have still the murmur of her adieux to the starting - post , the weather , and the whole resounding in my ears , like the indistinct hum story of the sopping , the drying , the clothes- of the air on a frosty night . It ...
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... hour after hour in a green arbour , em- bowered in leafiness , letting thought and fancy float as they would . Those day - dreams were pretty things in their way ; there is no deny- ing that . But then , if one half of the world were to ...
... hour after hour in a green arbour , em- bowered in leafiness , letting thought and fancy float as they would . Those day - dreams were pretty things in their way ; there is no deny- ing that . But then , if one half of the world were to ...
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