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At length, the death of an old aunt, who left me some fifteen hundred pounds, snugly vested in the three per cents, gave me the long-wished-for opportunity of retiring, with the prospect of enjoying a clean shirt and a guinea four times a-week at least.

The Monastery 2008

I am so taken up with my preparation for this joyful and long-wished-for journey, that I cannot spare one moment for any other business, having several matters of the last importance to settle first.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

What transports, what pleasure, will this happy, long-wished-for reconciliation give her dutiful heart!

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

AFTER my return from Gilolo to Ternate, in March 1858, I made arrangements for my long-wished-for voyage to the mainland of New

The Malay Archipelago 2004

My prayers have been heard, the long-wished-for reconciliation is now effected, and

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 2004

He added that it arose simply from a rivalry between iron plates and shot, and, finally, that the scene at the meeting was only the long-wished-for opportunity for Nicholl to pay off an old grudge.

From the Earth to the Moon 2003

He tried to picture to himself the frame of mind of a son who had inherited a vast fortune, and who, thanks to that wealth, may now know many long-wished-for delights, which the avarice of his father had prohibited — a father, nevertheless, beloved and regretted.

Pierre And Jean 2003

These losses, however, are at the time partly relieved by the exhaustless delight of anticipating the long-wished-for day of return.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

These losses, however, are at the time partly relieved by the exhaustless delight of anticipating the long-wished-for day of return.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

It was not long before the latter had made the long-wished-for acquaintance of little Snowflake, the lively Greenfinch, and the well-behaved goats belonging to grandfather, as well as of the many others, including the Grand Turk.

Heidi 2000

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