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...338 XLVIII 347 Part I Chapter I A BOUT thirty years ago, Miss Maria Ward of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to ca... ...years ago, Miss Maria Ward of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the... ...only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raise... ...m, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet’s lady, with all the comforts and consequences of... ...chance of his being hereafter useful to Sir Thomas in the concerns of his West Indian property? No situation would be beneath him — or what did Sir Th... ...in itself. Miss Lee taught her French, and heard her read the daily portion of History; but he recom mended the books which charmed her leisure hours... ... grandeur, regal visits and loyal efforts, delighted to connect any thing with history already known, or warm her imagination with scenes of the past.... ...orris, they were short, they were trifling, they were as a drop of water to the ocean, compared with the ceaseless tumult of her present abode. Here, e...

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