Uncle Jack, EtcChatto and Windus, 1885 - 339 páginas |
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Página 140
... Milly . What is Milly ? Emily ? Matilda ? What's in this bundle ? More letters , I suppose . " The last bundle was tied up with the greatest care , and wrapped in an oilskin cloth . The Colonel opened it , and changed colour , turning ...
... Milly . What is Milly ? Emily ? Matilda ? What's in this bundle ? More letters , I suppose . " The last bundle was tied up with the greatest care , and wrapped in an oilskin cloth . The Colonel opened it , and changed colour , turning ...
Página 144
... Milly Montoro , was nineteen , or perhaps twenty ; of her beauty , it is enough to say that it was entirely conformable to the ideal of this present year , which , among other things , likes its damsels to be tall rather than petites ...
... Milly Montoro , was nineteen , or perhaps twenty ; of her beauty , it is enough to say that it was entirely conformable to the ideal of this present year , which , among other things , likes its damsels to be tall rather than petites ...
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... Milly pitied them a little this evening ; it certainly did seem to her that men at every time of life would be better employed in making love than in fishing . " Oh , George , " she leaned forward and murmured low , " do the young men ...
... Milly pitied them a little this evening ; it certainly did seem to her that men at every time of life would be better employed in making love than in fishing . " Oh , George , " she leaned forward and murmured low , " do the young men ...
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... Milly Montoro ; and when he pro- posed to her which he did with as much eloquence , yet fear and trembling , as if he had been a poet of the first water - he told her so , and ascribed not to himself , but to her , all the merit . " Milly ...
... Milly Montoro ; and when he pro- posed to her which he did with as much eloquence , yet fear and trembling , as if he had been a poet of the first water - he told her so , and ascribed not to himself , but to her , all the merit . " Milly ...
Página 148
... Milly , " he laughed . " Yes - you shall have your spare room , and put as many of the children into the bed as the bed will hold . My dear , I do not want you to lose your friends . " " No , George . " The tears stood in her eyes for a ...
... Milly , " he laughed . " Yes - you shall have your spare room , and put as many of the children into the bed as the bed will hold . My dear , I do not want you to lose your friends . " " No , George . " The tears stood in her eyes for a ...
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