Recollections of a HousekeeperHarper & Brothers, 1834 - 155 páginas |
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... delightful must be the spectacle of a series of these beautiful curves , performed to slow and appropriate mu- sic , by so attractive a couple as I certainly be- lieved Clarissa Gray and my partner Benjamin Homes to be 8 RECOLLECTIONS OF ...
... delightful must be the spectacle of a series of these beautiful curves , performed to slow and appropriate mu- sic , by so attractive a couple as I certainly be- lieved Clarissa Gray and my partner Benjamin Homes to be 8 RECOLLECTIONS OF ...
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... beautiful figures we sometimes see painted on the sterns of ves- sels ; while he appeared like the good stout ship , which , though destined to bear her through winds and waves , was powerful enough to do it safely . When our good ...
... beautiful figures we sometimes see painted on the sterns of ves- sels ; while he appeared like the good stout ship , which , though destined to bear her through winds and waves , was powerful enough to do it safely . When our good ...
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... beautiful evening cap , and thrown a slight scarf over her shoulders ; and there she stood , with an air of the most complacent satis- faction , gazing at her own charms . The joke was too good to be lost . Mam'selle tripped down , and ...
... beautiful evening cap , and thrown a slight scarf over her shoulders ; and there she stood , with an air of the most complacent satis- faction , gazing at her own charms . The joke was too good to be lost . Mam'selle tripped down , and ...
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... beautiful . I gradually lightened her heavier employments , and gave her sewing in the parlour , for Polly had by this time become familiar with my arrangements , and with occasional assistance was strong enough to engage in carrying ...
... beautiful . I gradually lightened her heavier employments , and gave her sewing in the parlour , for Polly had by this time become familiar with my arrangements , and with occasional assistance was strong enough to engage in carrying ...
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... beautiful too ? " From that moment , that little moment of heart and sensibility , my relations with Lucy assumed a different aspect . I drew a chair near her- " Lucy , " I said , cheerfully , " I will be the beautiful thing to which ...
... beautiful too ? " From that moment , that little moment of heart and sensibility , my relations with Lucy assumed a different aspect . I drew a chair near her- " Lucy , " I said , cheerfully , " I will be the beautiful thing to which ...
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