Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 154
... story by a new author . It was called The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton . It was a simple enough story - the story of a poor married clergyman whose devoted wife struggles to keep her household decent on a terribly small income , the ...
... story by a new author . It was called The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton . It was a simple enough story - the story of a poor married clergyman whose devoted wife struggles to keep her household decent on a terribly small income , the ...
Page 155
... story " . It is the story of a little orphan Milanese girl , who grows up in the home of her adopted father , an English aristocrat . The baronet sets his heart on a marriage between Tina and May- nard Gilfil , and Tina herself falls in ...
... story " . It is the story of a little orphan Milanese girl , who grows up in the home of her adopted father , an English aristocrat . The baronet sets his heart on a marriage between Tina and May- nard Gilfil , and Tina herself falls in ...
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... story , founding upon the recumbent effigy of a crusader an object - lesson of the Crusades , making a Norman arch the text for a gossip about the Conquest , telling the story connected with this ancient building , which is but a ...
... story , founding upon the recumbent effigy of a crusader an object - lesson of the Crusades , making a Norman arch the text for a gossip about the Conquest , telling the story connected with this ancient building , which is but a ...
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