John Lexley's Troubles, Volume 1Chatto & Windus, 1877 |
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... whole , the Lexleys were avoided ; and this it was helped them also to that lower rung of the social ladder on which our story finds them . CHAPTER III . " Scarce two gentlemen dwell together in 22 JOHN LEXLEY'S TROUBLES .
... whole , the Lexleys were avoided ; and this it was helped them also to that lower rung of the social ladder on which our story finds them . CHAPTER III . " Scarce two gentlemen dwell together in 22 JOHN LEXLEY'S TROUBLES .
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... stories anent their longevity , and corroborated by the registers , and inscriptions in the parish church , had been handed down ; but it was reserved for these later days to witness to a state of things which , while it transcended all ...
... stories anent their longevity , and corroborated by the registers , and inscriptions in the parish church , had been handed down ; but it was reserved for these later days to witness to a state of things which , while it transcended all ...
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... story opens , Ebenezer Emlott , with all his intelligence and cunning - and he had both - imagined that everybody had forgotten the abyss out of which he had sprung . The greengrocery business , under other hands , still throve and ...
... story opens , Ebenezer Emlott , with all his intelligence and cunning - and he had both - imagined that everybody had forgotten the abyss out of which he had sprung . The greengrocery business , under other hands , still throve and ...
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... story , told with fervid zeal and earnestness , spread far and wide . It was universally agreed that Ebenezer Emlott had acted like himself in so early making the discovery of Johnnie's antecedents . Every one was decided that he should ...
... story , told with fervid zeal and earnestness , spread far and wide . It was universally agreed that Ebenezer Emlott had acted like himself in so early making the discovery of Johnnie's antecedents . Every one was decided that he should ...
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... story . Mrs. Lexley had given birth to two children , both boys ; Geoffrey alone survived in- fancy ; the second died . Now that the first troubles of maternity were over she took again the interests of the chapel to her heart . Narrow ...
... story . Mrs. Lexley had given birth to two children , both boys ; Geoffrey alone survived in- fancy ; the second died . Now that the first troubles of maternity were over she took again the interests of the chapel to her heart . Narrow ...
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ALFRED CONCANEN asked aunt Banyer began big knight brother Catharine Cécile chapel child child-angel church Claypoll cloth extra Coloured course Crown 8vo curious deacon dear Demy 8vo door Ebenezer Emlott Ebenezer's Edited Elder Street English Engravings eyes face facsimile father Fcap feel genealogist Geoffrey gilt edges girl gone Grange Grewbys Haddock hand heard heir HENRY KINGSLEY Illustrations interest Isaac Curling Jane John Lexley Johnnie Juggins Kilvert kind knew Lackington lady laughing Lexley's live London looked mamma Maria Maria Bland mill mind Miss Marnott morning mother mystery nephew never numerous once OUIDA parish PICCADILLY NOVELS Plates Poems Portrait Ralph Lexley replied round secret seemed Skillicorne smile Somerset Herald stone story sure talk tell thing thought tions tone uncle Vols volume whispered WILKIE COLLINS young
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