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... English inn , where the sons of respectable mechanics lose their time for years together ; Pestalozzian schools , where the instruction given is of a character which the founder of the system could never have foreseen , in spite of the ...
... English inn , where the sons of respectable mechanics lose their time for years together ; Pestalozzian schools , where the instruction given is of a character which the founder of the system could never have foreseen , in spite of the ...
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... English houses , are raised above criticism , but the number of buildings with an indefinite quantity of spare bedrooms , to be attributed to neither Elizabethan nor Jacobean architects , is a characteristic of the country to which ...
... English houses , are raised above criticism , but the number of buildings with an indefinite quantity of spare bedrooms , to be attributed to neither Elizabethan nor Jacobean architects , is a characteristic of the country to which ...
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... sont pas . " Some such motive must have often been at work in the pro- duction of the English house . Sometimes it has entered into the head of the owner to be his own architect , and to emulate the fame of Wal- 72 FASHIONABLE SCRAMBLES IN.
... sont pas . " Some such motive must have often been at work in the pro- duction of the English house . Sometimes it has entered into the head of the owner to be his own architect , and to emulate the fame of Wal- 72 FASHIONABLE SCRAMBLES IN.
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... English life , but as no opportunity has been given of observing it during the last month , we are obliged to revert to the phase which we con- sidered in our last article upon this subject . Ball - going and ball - giving have absorbed ...
... English life , but as no opportunity has been given of observing it during the last month , we are obliged to revert to the phase which we con- sidered in our last article upon this subject . Ball - going and ball - giving have absorbed ...
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... English girl with good temper and good health , especially if she is the daughter of the house , has the power of showing as much capacity for administration as many Cabinet Ministers . In her hands is the comfort or discomfort of half ...
... English girl with good temper and good health , especially if she is the daughter of the house , has the power of showing as much capacity for administration as many Cabinet Ministers . In her hands is the comfort or discomfort of half ...
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