Half a dozen daughters. By J. Masterman, Volumen11871 |
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... wife or sister than the loftier one of " lovely " or " intellectual . " Comfort and hap- piness go with the one , and what does comfort not represent in daily family intercourse ? Mr. and Mrs. Shrugg were not rich as the world stands ...
... wife or sister than the loftier one of " lovely " or " intellectual . " Comfort and hap- piness go with the one , and what does comfort not represent in daily family intercourse ? Mr. and Mrs. Shrugg were not rich as the world stands ...
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... wife chose to live on his estate , therefore the Hall was closed to him ; his daughter was married ; his son serving in the army abroad ; with wife and children , he yet was a widower and childless . Naturally an affectionate man ...
... wife chose to live on his estate , therefore the Hall was closed to him ; his daughter was married ; his son serving in the army abroad ; with wife and children , he yet was a widower and childless . Naturally an affectionate man ...
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... wife's terror lest he should some day blow up herself and children , that he converted a room in the old dower house in the adjacent little town into a laboratory , and allowed his factotum , Jeremiah Clacker , to open the front parlour ...
... wife's terror lest he should some day blow up herself and children , that he converted a room in the old dower house in the adjacent little town into a laboratory , and allowed his factotum , Jeremiah Clacker , to open the front parlour ...
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... wife . " Who is Mr. Theodore , papa ? " It was Norah who asked the question . Norah , the fifth daughter , a very precocious young lady of fifteen ; who , because she re- sembled her father both in person and taste more than any of her ...
... wife . " Who is Mr. Theodore , papa ? " It was Norah who asked the question . Norah , the fifth daughter , a very precocious young lady of fifteen ; who , because she re- sembled her father both in person and taste more than any of her ...
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... wife . " I dare say you'll find it in Burke , if you look in the right place . " Norah considered herself , and so she was , very sharp " generally ; but this time she failed to notice that her two elder sisters looked down as if they ...
... wife . " I dare say you'll find it in Burke , if you look in the right place . " Norah considered herself , and so she was , very sharp " generally ; but this time she failed to notice that her two elder sisters looked down as if they ...
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