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... Gordon , and George Selwyn- who lived for society , and continued in it till he looked really like the wax - work figure of a corpse - were amongst the guests . We dined early , that some of our party might be ready to attend the Opera ...
... Gordon , and George Selwyn- who lived for society , and continued in it till he looked really like the wax - work figure of a corpse - were amongst the guests . We dined early , that some of our party might be ready to attend the Opera ...
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... Gordon was not at all daunted by difficulties . She had plenty of spirit , and excellent health . Though she had been a poor clergyman's daughter , she had come from a good family , and her husband , Captain Gordon , was also of a good ...
... Gordon was not at all daunted by difficulties . She had plenty of spirit , and excellent health . Though she had been a poor clergyman's daughter , she had come from a good family , and her husband , Captain Gordon , was also of a good ...
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... Gordon and her eldest daughter ; Minnie and Beatrice were spared many of the details and contrivances , whilst the son and brother was never allowed to hear at all about money matters . Not one of the four knew that the main- spring of ...
... Gordon and her eldest daughter ; Minnie and Beatrice were spared many of the details and contrivances , whilst the son and brother was never allowed to hear at all about money matters . Not one of the four knew that the main- spring of ...
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... Gordon saved threepence daily , and yet had the most fashionable paper in her room . Left alone , Mrs. Gordon and her eldest daughter turned to the subject just now uppermost in their minds . Captain Grant is a very agreeable fellow ...
... Gordon saved threepence daily , and yet had the most fashionable paper in her room . Left alone , Mrs. Gordon and her eldest daughter turned to the subject just now uppermost in their minds . Captain Grant is a very agreeable fellow ...
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of James Gordon : " At The Warren , November 17th , James Gordon , aged fifty- eight . " WRITERS - AND READERS . " LITERATURE , my friend , literature is the force which moves the world . " So says Quilpen , from behind a cloud of ...
of James Gordon : " At The Warren , November 17th , James Gordon , aged fifty- eight . " WRITERS - AND READERS . " LITERATURE , my friend , literature is the force which moves the world . " So says Quilpen , from behind a cloud of ...
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Seite 277 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Seite 399 - ... in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense...
Seite 129 - ... and he was to have a share of the profits for procuring customers amongst his numerous acquaintance. Fitzherbert was one who took his small-beer ; but it was so bad that the servants resolved not to drink it. They were at some loss how to notify their resolution, being afraid of offending their master, who they knew liked Foote much as a companion. At last they fixed upon a little black boy, who was rather a favourite, to be their deputy and deliver their remonstrance ; and having invested him...
Seite 399 - Tis that which we all see and know." Any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air.
Seite 300 - Framed again no second smell. Roses, violets, but toys For the smaller sort of boys, Or for greener damsels meant; Thou art the only manly scent. Stinking'st of the stinking kind, Filth of the mouth and fog of the mind...
Seite 206 - While he from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd: With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; Manna and dates, in argosy transferr'd From Fez ; and spiced dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedar'd Lebanon.
Seite 129 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenlyj affecting not to mind him.
Seite 85 - Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that strange figure which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we have been brought up, the gigantic body, the huge massy face, seamed with the scars of disease, the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick.
Seite 274 - ON the Mountains of the Prairie, On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry, Gitche Manito, the mighty, He the Master of Life, descending, On the red crags of the quarry Stood erect, and called the nations, Called the tribes of men together.