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... dinner when there is a large company for the general use and benefit . It chanced one unlucky day that there was a good deal of singing after dinner which detaind the ladies some time longer in the eating room than was usual . The bell ...
... dinner when there is a large company for the general use and benefit . It chanced one unlucky day that there was a good deal of singing after dinner which detaind the ladies some time longer in the eating room than was usual . The bell ...
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... Dinner was usually an- nounced for a particular hour and Napoleon's business often made him late . She was not permitted to sit down to table an etiquette which was reasonable enough . But from the hour of dinner till the emperor ...
... Dinner was usually an- nounced for a particular hour and Napoleon's business often made him late . She was not permitted to sit down to table an etiquette which was reasonable enough . But from the hour of dinner till the emperor ...
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... dinner time . - 33. their elder son John Hugh Lockhart ( 1821-1831 ) . 34. house on the Abbotsford estate , formerly occupied by the Lockharts . 35. But who should watch the guardian herself ? ( Juvenal : Satires VI . 347. ) 36. the ...
... dinner time . - 33. their elder son John Hugh Lockhart ( 1821-1831 ) . 34. house on the Abbotsford estate , formerly occupied by the Lockharts . 35. But who should watch the guardian herself ? ( Juvenal : Satires VI . 347. ) 36. the ...
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Memoirs | 1 |
Letters on Love and Marriage 17951797 | 45 |
Letters to Lady Abercorn 18061810 | 58 |
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