Delicia, by the author of Miss MollyWilliam Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London, 1879 - 370 pages |
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... pleasant one , with old- fashioned furniture , and quaint bits of old china and several good paintings enlivening the gloom of its walls ; at least you would see all this if your visit were paid in daylight , and not , as now , be ...
... pleasant one , with old- fashioned furniture , and quaint bits of old china and several good paintings enlivening the gloom of its walls ; at least you would see all this if your visit were paid in daylight , and not , as now , be ...
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... pleasant change from her own home , with its little disagreeables , its little worries ; the children always requiring to be scolded or amused ; and , more trying still , a younger sister pushing her way upward with a strong de ...
... pleasant change from her own home , with its little disagreeables , its little worries ; the children always requiring to be scolded or amused ; and , more trying still , a younger sister pushing her way upward with a strong de ...
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... pleasant and very origi- nal . If you come over some afternoon , I will ask the girls to meet you . " No , please don't , dear Delicia . I do not like girls - they do not like me . Ask Jessie ; she would be delighted to come , " she ...
... pleasant and very origi- nal . If you come over some afternoon , I will ask the girls to meet you . " No , please don't , dear Delicia . I do not like girls - they do not like me . Ask Jessie ; she would be delighted to come , " she ...
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... pleasant girl too . You must come and make acquaintance with her one of these days . " Not heeding Delicia's remark , “ I thought , ” he continued , " I should like to paint her as St Cecilia . " " Had St Cecilia sisters ? " asked ...
... pleasant girl too . You must come and make acquaintance with her one of these days . " Not heeding Delicia's remark , “ I thought , ” he continued , " I should like to paint her as St Cecilia . " " Had St Cecilia sisters ? " asked ...
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... pleasant young friend ' ? " " Now Betty , do not scoff , for I am sure that letter took a long time composing . Such intense primness and dulness could never have flowed out of any one's mind spontaneously . " " You are mistaken : ' The ...
... pleasant young friend ' ? " " Now Betty , do not scoff , for I am sure that letter took a long time composing . Such intense primness and dulness could never have flowed out of any one's mind spontaneously . " " You are mistaken : ' The ...
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