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  • Having communicated this edifying piece of information, Mrs Sprodgkin was left still unadjourned in the hall, and Mr and Mrs Milvey hurried in a heated condition to the railway station.

    Our Mutual Friend 2004

  • Milvey repressed much in himself that naturally belonged to his old studies and old fellow-students, and taken up among the poor and their children with the hard crumbs of life.

    Our Mutual Friend 2004

  • It being announced, by emissaries posted for the purpose, that Mr and Mrs Milvey were coming down the court, orphan scrip would be instantly concealed, and production refused, save on a condition usually stated by the brokers as ‘a gallon of beer’.

    Our Mutual Friend 2004

  • ‘When I proposed to come with Mr and Mrs Milvey,’ said

    Our Mutual Friend 2004

  • Accordingly, it was resolved that Mr and Mrs Milvey should search for an orphan likely to suit, and as free as possible from the foregoing objections, and should communicate again with Mrs Boffin.

    Our Mutual Friend 2004

  • But, the uniform principle at the root of all these various operations was bargain and sale; and that principle could not be recognized by Mr and Mrs Milvey.

    Our Mutual Friend 2004

  • Milvey ask youe if youe pleas to send her a white [unclear: foorved] muslin drees and

    Liberian Letters: Tibby Scott to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 8 1858

  • Having communicated this edifying piece of information, Mrs Sprodgkin was left still unadjourned in the hall, and Mr and Mrs Milvey hurried in

    Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

  • 'When I proposed to come with Mr and Mrs Milvey,' said Bella, 'Mrs

    Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

  • Accordingly, it was resolved that Mr and Mrs Milvey should search for an orphan likely to suit, and as free as possible from the foregoing objections, and should communicate again with Mrs Boffin.

    Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

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