Delicia, by the author of Miss MollyWilliam Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London, 1879 - 370 pages |
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Page 38
... Betty , I am not going to laugh , however much you may strive to be witty , so you may as well go on buttoning your boots and leave off act- ing . You know quite well what I mean : you must not be amused to - night - no , you must not ...
... Betty , I am not going to laugh , however much you may strive to be witty , so you may as well go on buttoning your boots and leave off act- ing . You know quite well what I mean : you must not be amused to - night - no , you must not ...
Page 43
... Betty , " I fancy that , notwithstanding the economy , he has almost been led to wish there were not quite so many ... Betty's and my pleasing duty to take off their ordinary garments , dress them in artistic rags , black their faces ...
... Betty , " I fancy that , notwithstanding the economy , he has almost been led to wish there were not quite so many ... Betty's and my pleasing duty to take off their ordinary garments , dress them in artistic rags , black their faces ...
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... Betty , who , after looking at her sister for a moment as if to make quite sure that she was observed , took off her ... Betty's eyes twinkled as they followed her sister's ; and what eyes they were , now that the spectacles were not ...
... Betty , who , after looking at her sister for a moment as if to make quite sure that she was observed , took off her ... Betty's eyes twinkled as they followed her sister's ; and what eyes they were , now that the spectacles were not ...
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... Betty . " " If you recognised it as a sneer , my brother , you must allow me to differ from you . " From which speech we may infer , as Betty was very seldom betrayed into a disagreeable speech to her own family , that she was not ...
... Betty . " " If you recognised it as a sneer , my brother , you must allow me to differ from you . " From which speech we may infer , as Betty was very seldom betrayed into a disagreeable speech to her own family , that she was not ...
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... Betty ; don't chaff . I say , " looking back from the door , as an after - thought struck him , " can I help you ? " 66 Yes , certainly . No , on second thoughts , I am much obliged , but I would rather not . A boy , at the best of ...
... Betty ; don't chaff . I say , " looking back from the door , as an after - thought struck him , " can I help you ? " 66 Yes , certainly . No , on second thoughts , I am much obliged , but I would rather not . A boy , at the best of ...
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