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... question - The parents at home - A commercial treaty— American hotels - Congress — American young ladies - The struggle of life — Champagne — A joyous temperament — A book on America - Lord Elgin's method - People he meets - Success of ...
... question - The parents at home - A commercial treaty— American hotels - Congress — American young ladies - The struggle of life — Champagne — A joyous temperament — A book on America - Lord Elgin's method - People he meets - Success of ...
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... question " he will do ex- actly as he did . " " When I am better acquainted with him I shall ask him , that in case I should die soon , and he is ever near my son , to go to him , and ask him if he ever associates with people from whom ...
... question " he will do ex- actly as he did . " " When I am better acquainted with him I shall ask him , that in case I should die soon , and he is ever near my son , to go to him , and ask him if he ever associates with people from whom ...
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... Italian valleys , which I took great pains in acquiring , was not likely to be of quite as much use to me in after- life as ancient Greek . " This is a question which HIS UNUSUAL EDUCATION . 25 it is never very easy 24 BEGINNING LIFE .
... Italian valleys , which I took great pains in acquiring , was not likely to be of quite as much use to me in after- life as ancient Greek . " This is a question which HIS UNUSUAL EDUCATION . 25 it is never very easy 24 BEGINNING LIFE .
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... question . But the young man's wishes carried the day . He left Ceylon with his new friend in December 1851. The result of the expedition was a book , the first of many vivid sketches of adventure , in which , as hap- pened to him in ...
... question . But the young man's wishes carried the day . He left Ceylon with his new friend in December 1851. The result of the expedition was a book , the first of many vivid sketches of adventure , in which , as hap- pened to him in ...
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... the amusements of which young Laurence and his companion were made free , and which suggests the start- ling question in his next letter , " How would 66 YOUNG LADIES . 43 you like a Roman Catholic daughter 42 BEGINNING LIFE .
... the amusements of which young Laurence and his companion were made free , and which suggests the start- ling question in his next letter , " How would 66 YOUNG LADIES . 43 you like a Roman Catholic daughter 42 BEGINNING LIFE .
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Memoir of the Life of Laurence Oliphant and of Alice Oliphant, His ..., Volume 1 Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) Visualização integral - 1891 |
Memoir of the Life of Laurence Oliphant and of Alice Oliphant, His ..., Volume 1 Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) Visualização integral - 1891 |
Memoir of the Life of Laurence Oliphant and of Alice Oliphant, His ..., Volume 1 Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) Visualização integral - 1891 |
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