The Parliamentary Novels, 第 16 巻Dodd, Mead, 1893 |
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American beauty American girl angry bets better bridge Captain Green certainly course Crummie-Toddie Custins dance dare say daughter dear dinner Dolly Longstaff Doncaster doubt duchess Duke of Omnium Duke's duty father feeling felt Finn fond Frank Tregear gentleman Gerald give glad gone hand heard heart hope horse Isabel Boncassen Killancodlem knew Lady Cantrip Lady Glencora Lady Mab Lady Mabel Grex looked Lord Popplecourt Lord Silverbridge lover Lupton Major Tifto marriage marry matter mean mind Miss Boncassen Miss Cass Miss Cassewary Montacute Jones morning mother never Newmarket Nidderdale once orse papa pause perhaps Phineas Phineas Finn pleasant Pook pretty race Reginald Dobbes ring round Scotland seemed shooting sister speak spoke suppose sure talk tell thing thought told trouble truth turned understand verbridge walk wife wish woman word young lady
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