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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Page 13
... father's goodness to her and to Susan . She would fetch the cake and wine herself , and would gather , in spite of all re- monstrance , some of her choicest flowers as a parting nosegay . She did , indeed , just hint at her troubles ...
... father's goodness to her and to Susan . She would fetch the cake and wine herself , and would gather , in spite of all re- monstrance , some of her choicest flowers as a parting nosegay . She did , indeed , just hint at her troubles ...
Page 35
... father's eye , the pride and ornament of his house , and the delight and comfort of his life . The two children had been so much alike , and born so nearly together , that the pre- cedence in age had never been definitely set- tled ...
... father's eye , the pride and ornament of his house , and the delight and comfort of his life . The two children had been so much alike , and born so nearly together , that the pre- cedence in age had never been definitely set- tled ...
Page 36
... father's partiality : she never indeed blamed him ; it seemed to her so natural that every one should prefer her sister . Charlotte , on the other hand , used all her influence for Ellen , protected and defended her , and was half ...
... father's partiality : she never indeed blamed him ; it seemed to her so natural that every one should prefer her sister . Charlotte , on the other hand , used all her influence for Ellen , protected and defended her , and was half ...
Page 64
... father , her outstretched frock , is trying to catch them , mother , and children , returning from the wheat and laughing and offering to pelt again as field , the little ones laden with bristling close - often as one bobs against her ...
... father , her outstretched frock , is trying to catch them , mother , and children , returning from the wheat and laughing and offering to pelt again as field , the little ones laden with bristling close - often as one bobs against her ...
Page 82
... father , a staid sober youth , who , by dint of the small - pox and a miraculous gravity , might pass for the father of the fami- ly himself . Then an eldest sister , stout and steady ; a home - keeping Martha North , acting as regent ...
... father , a staid sober youth , who , by dint of the small - pox and a miraculous gravity , might pass for the father of the fami- ly himself . Then an eldest sister , stout and steady ; a home - keeping Martha North , acting as regent ...
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