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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Page 12
... light youthful figure , exquisitely graceful and rapid in all its movements ; springy , elastic , and buoyant as a bird , and almost as shy ; a fair innocent face with downcast blue eyes , and smiles and blushes coming and going almost ...
... light youthful figure , exquisitely graceful and rapid in all its movements ; springy , elastic , and buoyant as a bird , and almost as shy ; a fair innocent face with downcast blue eyes , and smiles and blushes coming and going almost ...
Page 13
... light and simple , and tasteful and elegant , with nothing fine except some beautiful green- mixture of sweetness and modesty , a little more respectful than usual , and far more shamefaced ! Poor thing ! her cheeks must have pained her ...
... light and simple , and tasteful and elegant , with nothing fine except some beautiful green- mixture of sweetness and modesty , a little more respectful than usual , and far more shamefaced ! Poor thing ! her cheeks must have pained her ...
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... light as dren than coddling . Nothing better for chil- blains than exercise . Besides , I don't believe she has any and as to breaking her bones in sliding , I don't suppose there's a slide on the common . These murmuring cogitations ...
... light as dren than coddling . Nothing better for chil- blains than exercise . Besides , I don't believe she has any and as to breaking her bones in sliding , I don't suppose there's a slide on the common . These murmuring cogitations ...
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... light carriage , against such a wind as this , by a blood horse at his height of speed . Walking comes next to it ; but walking is not quite so luxurious or so spiritual , not quite so much what one fan- cies of flying , or being ...
... light carriage , against such a wind as this , by a blood horse at his height of speed . Walking comes next to it ; but walking is not quite so luxurious or so spiritual , not quite so much what one fan- cies of flying , or being ...
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... light - hearted poverty . Twenty years ago Rachel Hilton was the prettiest and merriest lass in the country . Her father , an old game - keeper , had retired to a village ale- house , where his good beer , his social humour , and his ...
... light - hearted poverty . Twenty years ago Rachel Hilton was the prettiest and merriest lass in the country . Her father , an old game - keeper , had retired to a village ale- house , where his good beer , his social humour , and his ...
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