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...Excerpt: An ancient leafless stump of a horse-chestnut stood in the middle of a dusty field, bordered on the south side by a row of houses of some pretension. Against this stump, a pretty delicate fair girl of seventeen, whose short lilac sleeves revealed slen...

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...DYNEVOR TERRACE: OR THE CLUE OF LIFE BY THE AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE,’ CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. V V V... ...DYNEVOR TERRACE: OR THE CLUE OF LIFE BY THE AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE,’ CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. V V V V VOL OL O... ...STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Dynevor Terrace: or The Clue of Life, Volume One by Charlotte M Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvan... ... be the safest way. Y ou are young yet, and best not to think of settling, special if you aren’t sure of one that is steady and religious, and you’d b... ... not bet- ter have been left to decide for her granddaughter. The building operations gave full occupation to the pow- ers of the two cousins, and in ... ...wer, when, to her amusement, he selected a stiff pert double hyacinth, the special aversion of his son, who nevertheless received it most graciously, ... ...of one’s country ought to outweigh everything.’ ‘Exactly so. Our volunteer forces are our strength and glory, and are a happy meeting of all classes i... ... to Oxford. My fa- ther fancies me not well enough; but pray unite all the forces of the Terrace to impress that nothing else will do me any good. Dra... ... Dynevor reiterated requests for an intelligent man conversant with mining operations, and Oliver had indicated a person whom he remembered at Chevlei...