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... asked Mr. Gorton if it would not be convenient soon to pay a visit to Chester . He answered that his arrangements would not admit of it at present ; and coldly and cruelly asked her if she had yet heard of Grandmama Nichols's decease ...
... asked Mr. Gorton if it would not be convenient soon to pay a visit to Chester . He answered that his arrangements would not admit of it at present ; and coldly and cruelly asked her if she had yet heard of Grandmama Nichols's decease ...
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... asked him why she slept so long ! Few knew why Ellen died so suddenly and so young ; but while Mr. Gorton preserved in his heart the memory of her virtues , he remembered , and mourned in bitterness and unavailing anguish , that it was ...
... asked him why she slept so long ! Few knew why Ellen died so suddenly and so young ; but while Mr. Gorton preserved in his heart the memory of her virtues , he remembered , and mourned in bitterness and unavailing anguish , that it was ...
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... asked her if it was because she loved money that she was so grateful for it . She answered , " Yes Paul ; I love your money , because you have worked for it ; and when you give it to me , it seems to our outer life what truth is to our ...
... asked her if it was because she loved money that she was so grateful for it . She answered , " Yes Paul ; I love your money , because you have worked for it ; and when you give it to me , it seems to our outer life what truth is to our ...
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... asked the child . Far , far better than any earthly parent , my dear one . " 66 A radiant smile illumined the countenance of the dying child . The fond words of her mother were sweet music to her ear . The father approached , and bent ...
... asked the child . Far , far better than any earthly parent , my dear one . " 66 A radiant smile illumined the countenance of the dying child . The fond words of her mother were sweet music to her ear . The father approached , and bent ...
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... asked for his wife . " She is in her own room , sir , " said the servant . Without saying a word , Hamilton again hast- ened to Lizzie's room , where he found her reading a new magazine with affected indifference . " Madam , " cried he ...
... asked for his wife . " She is in her own room , sir , " said the servant . Without saying a word , Hamilton again hast- ened to Lizzie's room , where he found her reading a new magazine with affected indifference . " Madam , " cried he ...
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