spirit in The Last Chance
in which, owing to the extravagance of one generation and the apathetic indifference of the next, had gradually declined, and was now lost to the family for ever. However, his Lordship’s persistent advocacy of their claims to consideration gradually weakened her prejudices, finally inducing her to…
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- 2,608
- Year
- 1,905
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- Project Gutenberg
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- Record ID
- 2608
- Source
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- Publication
- The Last Chance: A Tale of the Golden West; Rolf Boldrewood
- Published
- 1905; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
- Narrative type
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- Public-text label
- spirit
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Western Australia (WA): B
- State or territory
- WA
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in which, owing to the extravagance of one generation and the apathetic indifference of the next, had gradually declined, and was now lost to the family for ever. However, his Lordship’s persistent advocacy of their claims to consideration gradually weakened her prejudices, finally inducing her to reply to Mrs. Banneret’s letter in manner approaching to the spirit in which it was written. ‘You know, my dear,’ he had said, in one of the discussions about ways and means which had followed his return to the peaceful home-life at Bruges, ‘it really was an immense relief our getting hold of such a lot of hard cash for poor old Hexham..
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