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His Three Wives; Or, the Bar-Sinister, a Mormon Study (Paperback)
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His Three Wives; Or, the Bar-Sinister, a Mormon Study (Paperback)
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Loot Price R396
Discovery Miles 3 960
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book
(without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.
1900 edition. Excerpt: ... (You see I am being a little prolix,
Ferd, but if I don't explain matters fully she won't, and they are
liable to put wrong constructions on her conduct.) " Tell Anna I
rely much on her common sense, and she must exert it fearlessly to
prevent my foolish girl from carrying out any of her wild schemes
of reformation." Ferd wrote the dictation conscientiously,
wondering all the while at the power for self-deception that it
evinced. By dint of obstinately taking one view of the matter Dr.
Ambrose had reduced his daughter's wrongdoing and his own suffering
to a minimum. " What do you think of it, Ferd? " he asked, after
the letter had been read aloud to him. " I think you have
tremendous will-power," said the younger man evasively, addressing
an envelope. And this is the answer that came back with due regard
to promptness: " My Dear Doctor Ambrose--Mrs. Quinby and I were
very glad to hear from you and to know that there was even an
indefinite prospect of our seeing you. We had anticipated your
wishes by consulting our own happiness and robbing our neighbor of
your daughter as soon as we heard of her being here. Mrs. Quinby,
as you know, loves her like a sister, and no sooner heard of her
being in the city than she sent me to insist on her becoming our
guest. Sent me, I say, for I am sorry to say, that in spite of that
fund of common sense with which you accredit her, she has imported
all her narrow Eastern prejudices against the institutions of this
country and refuses to have any thing to do with Mrs. Shaw, in
spite of much kindness she has shown us, since she discovered that
Bishop Shaw had other wives. So, Miss Ambrose is with us, Mrs. Shaw
yielding gracefully in view of the old friendship and Anna's
piteous pleading. She, Mrs. Shaw, is a woman...
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Rarebooksclub.com
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2012 |
First published: |
July 2012 |
Authors: |
Jeannette H Walworth
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
72 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-154-15712-3 |
Barcode: |
9781154157123 |
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LSN: |
1-154-15712-1 |
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