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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... round , and worthy all his fame , " - few cabinet - makers surpass him , with his excel- lent wife , and their little daughter Lizzy , the plaything and queen of the village , a child three years old according to the register , but six ...
... round , and worthy all his fame , " - few cabinet - makers surpass him , with his excel- lent wife , and their little daughter Lizzy , the plaything and queen of the village , a child three years old according to the register , but six ...
Page 10
... round the corner , ending in a picturesque wheeler's shop . The dwelling - house is more ambitious . Look at the fine flowered window - blinds , the green door with the brass knocker , and the somewhat prim but very civil person , who ...
... round the corner , ending in a picturesque wheeler's shop . The dwelling - house is more ambitious . Look at the fine flowered window - blinds , the green door with the brass knocker , and the somewhat prim but very civil person , who ...
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... round in its tones , and harmonizing admirably with his bluff , jovial visage . He wore his dark shining hair combed straight over his forehead , and had a trick , when particularly merry , of stroking it down with his hand . The moment ...
... round in its tones , and harmonizing admirably with his bluff , jovial visage . He wore his dark shining hair combed straight over his forehead , and had a trick , when particularly merry , of stroking it down with his hand . The moment ...
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... round his crested head with pyramids of home - made cakes , and sparkling the air of a birth - day belle , to see who ad - bottles of gooseberry - wine , famous all over mires him . What a glorious creature it is ! How thoroughly ...
... round his crested head with pyramids of home - made cakes , and sparkling the air of a birth - day belle , to see who ad - bottles of gooseberry - wine , famous all over mires him . What a glorious creature it is ! How thoroughly ...
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... round and dimpled , with sparkling grey eyes , black eye - brows and eye - lashes , a profusion of dark hair , very red lips , very white teeth , and a complexion that entirely took away the look of vulgarity which the breadth and ...
... round and dimpled , with sparkling grey eyes , black eye - brows and eye - lashes , a profusion of dark hair , very red lips , very white teeth , and a complexion that entirely took away the look of vulgarity which the breadth and ...
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