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Pagina 15
... glad to encourage his visits , as she found they gave my father so much pleasure . The winter , or rather spring , passed on tolerably well , the days brightened and lengthened , and we had compliments and visits from all our neighbours ...
... glad to encourage his visits , as she found they gave my father so much pleasure . The winter , or rather spring , passed on tolerably well , the days brightened and lengthened , and we had compliments and visits from all our neighbours ...
Pagina 19
... very easy when the affair was over , or rather glad of it . From that time till the September following nothing remarkable happened in our family or in C 2 OF MRS . DELANY . 19 wished he had never known the family." I ...
... very easy when the affair was over , or rather glad of it . From that time till the September following nothing remarkable happened in our family or in C 2 OF MRS . DELANY . 19 wished he had never known the family." I ...
Pagina 21
... glad of every opportunity of conversing with him , and ingratiating myself with him . There was at that time a great deal of company in the house , and the design of going to the Bath was put off till the spring we danced every night ...
... glad of every opportunity of conversing with him , and ingratiating myself with him . There was at that time a great deal of company in the house , and the design of going to the Bath was put off till the spring we danced every night ...
Pagina 44
... till I know he is troublesome . I should be glad to hear if Mr. Pendarves had my last letter in answer to his . Sheffield House salutes you with their best wishes , and 44 LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE George Lord Lansdowne to Mrs. Pendarves. ...
... till I know he is troublesome . I should be glad to hear if Mr. Pendarves had my last letter in answer to his . Sheffield House salutes you with their best wishes , and 44 LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE George Lord Lansdowne to Mrs. Pendarves. ...
Pagina 64
... glad to show her any civility that would a little console her , and indeed a good - natured , agreeable companion was a great aquisition to me , and we soon grew very intimate ; but in the course of our acquaintance , which had been ...
... glad to show her any civility that would a little console her , and indeed a good - natured , agreeable companion was a great aquisition to me , and we soon grew very intimate ; but in the course of our acquaintance , which had been ...
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