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, 1846 - 672 pages |
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... better or kinder people than his host and hostess ; and there is a reflection of clerical impor- tance about them , since their connection with the church , which is quite edifying - a de- corum , a gravity , a solemn politeness . Oh ...
... better or kinder people than his host and hostess ; and there is a reflection of clerical impor- tance about them , since their connection with the church , which is quite edifying - a de- corum , a gravity , a solemn politeness . Oh ...
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... better eye for colour than the florist . The butterfly is also a dilettante . Rover though he be , he generally prefers the blossoms that become him best . What a pretty picture it is , in a sunshiny autumn day , to see a bright spotted ...
... better eye for colour than the florist . The butterfly is also a dilettante . Rover though he be , he generally prefers the blossoms that become him best . What a pretty picture it is , in a sunshiny autumn day , to see a bright spotted ...
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... better and rarer than a thousand ghosts , dearer even han nightingales and glow - worms , there is a primrose , the first of the year ; a tuft of prim- roses , springing in yonder sheltered nook , from the mossy roots of an old willow ...
... better and rarer than a thousand ghosts , dearer even han nightingales and glow - worms , there is a primrose , the first of the year ; a tuft of prim- roses , springing in yonder sheltered nook , from the mossy roots of an old willow ...
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... better adapted to conversation , poet , -and finally wrote his name on the mar- who could blend more happily the most va- gin . She moved as in a dream - a dream as ried and extensive knowledge with the most innocent as it was delicious ...
... better adapted to conversation , poet , -and finally wrote his name on the mar- who could blend more happily the most va- gin . She moved as in a dream - a dream as ried and extensive knowledge with the most innocent as it was delicious ...
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... better . " And then we talked of Ellen , dear Ellen , -talked and praised till even the lover's heart was sa- tisfied . I am convinced that he went away that morning , persuaded that I was one of the cleverest women , and the best ...
... better . " And then we talked of Ellen , dear Ellen , -talked and praised till even the lover's heart was sa- tisfied . I am convinced that he went away that morning , persuaded that I was one of the cleverest women , and the best ...
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