Miss Aylmer; or, The maid's husband |
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... sure ! Perhaps the gentry would like to walk round to the place called the Barbican ? it is only to step out to the moat , and whip over the drawbridge : " then relapsing into her show tone of voice ; " This is the grated port - cullis ...
... sure ! Perhaps the gentry would like to walk round to the place called the Barbican ? it is only to step out to the moat , and whip over the drawbridge : " then relapsing into her show tone of voice ; " This is the grated port - cullis ...
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... sure , to watch the dull countenance of my husband as he slept after dinner . Company we could not well afford ; so there was no alternative for me . It is a pity men sleep so much ; it is quite , to my mind , one of the drawbacks in ...
... sure , to watch the dull countenance of my husband as he slept after dinner . Company we could not well afford ; so there was no alternative for me . It is a pity men sleep so much ; it is quite , to my mind , one of the drawbacks in ...
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... sure there are plenty such , my Yes , I grant you , there are ; but let them . live single , with no feeling of shame attached to the name of old maid . Let them not con- ceal from their acquaintance , from their friends , that it is at ...
... sure there are plenty such , my Yes , I grant you , there are ; but let them . live single , with no feeling of shame attached to the name of old maid . Let them not con- ceal from their acquaintance , from their friends , that it is at ...
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... to comfort her ! " and the old man shook as he ceased speaking , as much from feeling as from weakness , till roused by the well - known sound of his wife's voice , saying : 1 Dr. Crotch ! Dr. Crotch ! I am sure I 76 MISS AYLMER ; OR ,
... to comfort her ! " and the old man shook as he ceased speaking , as much from feeling as from weakness , till roused by the well - known sound of his wife's voice , saying : 1 Dr. Crotch ! Dr. Crotch ! I am sure I 76 MISS AYLMER ; OR ,
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... sure I do not know well what more you could have said ; you were here from morning till night ! I do not see what more you could have done upon the occasion . " It was evident the doctor had got into the beginning of a lecture ; and ...
... sure I do not know well what more you could have said ; you were here from morning till night ! I do not see what more you could have done upon the occasion . " It was evident the doctor had got into the beginning of a lecture ; and ...
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affection asked better Bracken calm Carneades carriage cerned cheerful cold confess countenance creature Crotch dear dinner eau de Cologne expected eyes fancy fat friend fear feel felt Francis Oglander girls give gone guardian hand happiness Haveringham heart hope husband John Bracken knew Lady Oglander laugh leave live live single look round lover Major Burlton manner married matrimony ment Milman mind Miss Aylmer nature ness never once passed passion Peter of Blois pity pleasure poor pretty racter recollection replied RICHARD BENTLEY rienced Rosalind seemed servant sigh silent single Sir Francis smile soon sorrow sort soul spirit spoke Strick Strickland sweet taken talk tears tell tender thing thought tion tone turn uncon voice wait Waldegrave walked whilst wife wished woman women word Worthington
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Сторінка 59 - ... to travel round their circle with perpetual success and peace and love! It is when a woman has attained this inward mastery, that she truly makes the husband whom she loves a master: her attention will acquire all sorts of knowledge; her activity will turn them all to profit. Thus is she dependent upon no one; and she procures her husband genuine independence, that which is interior and domestic: whatever he possesses, he beholds secured; what he earns, well employed...
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Сторінка 59 - ... her activity will turn them all to profit. Thus is she dependent upon no one ; and she procures her husband genuine independence, that which is interior and domestic : whatever he possesses, he beholds secured ; what he earns, well employed ; and thus he can direct his mind to lofty objects, and if fortune favours, he may act in the state the same character which so well becomes his wife at home.
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