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... AMONGST WORKING BEES , X. NOT YET CURED OF HIS PREJUDICES , XI . A HAPPY MEETING , • XII . MAURICE CEASES TO BE A DRONE , XIII . A TREASURE BURIED IN THE DRACHENFELS , XIV . A GENEROUS HEART WANTS NO REWARD , XV . NO LONGER A COXCOMB ...
... AMONGST WORKING BEES , X. NOT YET CURED OF HIS PREJUDICES , XI . A HAPPY MEETING , • XII . MAURICE CEASES TO BE A DRONE , XIII . A TREASURE BURIED IN THE DRACHENFELS , XIV . A GENEROUS HEART WANTS NO REWARD , XV . NO LONGER A COXCOMB ...
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... amongst the frivolities of the Court , the Dowager was fully imbued with all the pre- judices in favour of rank and title current in France down to the outbreak of the great Revolution . entertained a rooted conviction that persons of ...
... amongst the frivolities of the Court , the Dowager was fully imbued with all the pre- judices in favour of rank and title current in France down to the outbreak of the great Revolution . entertained a rooted conviction that persons of ...
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... amongst the crowd . For , as before hinted , the worldly - minded , though well - meaning , lady had no feeling for the moral beauty of the ceremony , and only viewed it as a vehicle for showing their neigh- bours , the townspeople ...
... amongst the crowd . For , as before hinted , the worldly - minded , though well - meaning , lady had no feeling for the moral beauty of the ceremony , and only viewed it as a vehicle for showing their neigh- bours , the townspeople ...
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... amongst the apples , chestnuts , preserves , and sweetmeats that composed the dessert , a sudden thought struck him , and he exclaimed- “ Grandmamma is to give me a present to - day ; do you know what it is , Pierre ? " Suppose I did ...
... amongst the apples , chestnuts , preserves , and sweetmeats that composed the dessert , a sudden thought struck him , and he exclaimed- “ Grandmamma is to give me a present to - day ; do you know what it is , Pierre ? " Suppose I did ...
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... bullet after you , which does sometimes happen to colonels who get a bad name amongst their men . ' Maurice made an impatient movement with his shoulders , to express his contempt for his uncle's re- AN INDULGENT BUT SILLY GRANDMother . 27.
... bullet after you , which does sometimes happen to colonels who get a bad name amongst their men . ' Maurice made an impatient movement with his shoulders , to express his contempt for his uncle's re- AN INDULGENT BUT SILLY GRANDMother . 27.
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