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... late lordship had inherited large possessions, and had spent much money chiefly upon himself. He had never, indeed, denied himself anything that gold could purchase. Still, the family property had not ...

... MRS. ALFRED HUNT'S That Other Person (3 vols.: Chatto and Windus) calls for especial notice, as an example of sound and satis factory workmanship. If, as has often been suggested, by way of the jest ...

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