Jane Bouverie; Or, Prosperity and AdversityWilliam Whyte and Company, 1846 - 320 pages |
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... Lord Charles Bouverie , and Lady Laura Meredith my mother , among many rich and noble connections , belonged to that very unpopular species denominated " poor relations . " They were considered to have married imprudently on nothing ...
... Lord Charles Bouverie , and Lady Laura Meredith my mother , among many rich and noble connections , belonged to that very unpopular species denominated " poor relations . " They were considered to have married imprudently on nothing ...
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... Lord Charles , having long ex- perienced that his commission in the Guards gave him scarcely a tenth of the income that it took away , at once sold out , and retired with his bride , to kindle " sober joy's domes- tic flame , " in one ...
... Lord Charles , having long ex- perienced that his commission in the Guards gave him scarcely a tenth of the income that it took away , at once sold out , and retired with his bride , to kindle " sober joy's domes- tic flame , " in one ...
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... Lord Charles , with nearly a poet's extacy , delighted in all the works of nature , and tried to impress on the hearts of his children that fervent admiration which he felt himself for the glories of creation . How often has he led us ...
... Lord Charles , with nearly a poet's extacy , delighted in all the works of nature , and tried to impress on the hearts of his children that fervent admiration which he felt himself for the glories of creation . How often has he led us ...
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... Lord Charles , who never after his mar- riage kept horses for himself , used good- humouredly to say sometimes , when alluding to the necessity he had found of parting with his stud , that only the eldest son in JANE BOUVERIE . 29.
... Lord Charles , who never after his mar- riage kept horses for himself , used good- humouredly to say sometimes , when alluding to the necessity he had found of parting with his stud , that only the eldest son in JANE BOUVERIE . 29.
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... Lord Charles , in the exulta- tion of exhibiting his success to visitors , used to boast , that " not a thimbleful of earth was without a leaf , and that if he planted weeds they would come up flowers . " 66 " Of all the occupations in ...
... Lord Charles , in the exulta- tion of exhibiting his success to visitors , used to boast , that " not a thimbleful of earth was without a leaf , and that if he planted weeds they would come up flowers . " 66 " Of all the occupations in ...
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