Doctor Thorne: A NovelHarper & Brothers, publishers, Frankln Square., 1859 - 515 pages |
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amsbury answer Augusta Barchester baronet Barsetshire Beatrice better Boxall Hill certainly child countess Courcy Castle course Curaçoa dear dearest declared dinner Doctor Thorne door doubt drawing-room Duke of Omnium eyes father feel fellow felt Fillgrave Frank Gresham girl give Gresh Greshamsbury hand happy heard heart heir honor hope Janet knew Lady Amelia Lady Ara Lady Arabella Lady Scatcherd ladyship live London look marriage marry money Mary Thorne Mary's matter mean mind Miss Dunstable Miss Gresham Miss Gushing Miss Oriel Miss Thorne Moffat morning Mortimer Gazebee mother never niece once Patience perhaps poor Sir Louis Scatcherd Sir Omicron Sir Roger sister speak spoke squire squire's suppose sure talk tell thing Thorne's thought thousand pounds told Trichy truth Umbleby uncle walked Whig wife wish word
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