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... ride , which is giving her very high praise indeed . On a hot summer's day , if you had crossed the watershed from the northward , from the head - waters of the Ouse , for instance , and if you found yourself in this desolate , lonely ...
... ride , which is giving her very high praise indeed . On a hot summer's day , if you had crossed the watershed from the northward , from the head - waters of the Ouse , for instance , and if you found yourself in this desolate , lonely ...
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... ride ; nay , O Shade of Hannah More ! to hunt . He was so very distinct about this , the first point on which he had ever opposed them , that they knowing that although he was so easy - going to them , yet had among men the character of ...
... ride ; nay , O Shade of Hannah More ! to hunt . He was so very distinct about this , the first point on which he had ever opposed them , that they knowing that although he was so easy - going to them , yet had among men the character of ...
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... ride ? " " Don't ask me . I have nearly broken my neck looking after him . Absolutely superb ! " " Tell me some more about him . ” " What makes you so eager ? " Never you mind ; are his manners good ? ” " Yes , I should say so . He is ...
... ride ? " " Don't ask me . I have nearly broken my neck looking after him . Absolutely superb ! " " Tell me some more about him . ” " What makes you so eager ? " Never you mind ; are his manners good ? ” " Yes , I should say so . He is ...
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... ride or shoot . He could n't ride about with her . It would never do , shall never be . How could you dare to think of such a mon- strous arrangement , Emily ? But Laura can take care of her- self , that is one comfort . There he comes ...
... ride or shoot . He could n't ride about with her . It would never do , shall never be . How could you dare to think of such a mon- strous arrangement , Emily ? But Laura can take care of her- self , that is one comfort . There he comes ...
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... ride with her father in the cold , wild morning , up one of the more secluded lowland valleys , through ever - rising lanes , which grew more steep until the cottages grew scarcer , and the hedges less cared for , until there were no ...
... ride with her father in the cold , wild morning , up one of the more secluded lowland valleys , through ever - rising lanes , which grew more steep until the cottages grew scarcer , and the hedges less cared for , until there were no ...
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