Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... Attleborough calls a snob , " resumed he , after a few minutes ' pause , " that I am tempted to believe we never diverge from the wisdom of our ancestors unless to our cost . Lord Wrexhill , though the most upright , ex- cellent , and ...
... Attleborough calls a snob , " resumed he , after a few minutes ' pause , " that I am tempted to believe we never diverge from the wisdom of our ancestors unless to our cost . Lord Wrexhill , though the most upright , ex- cellent , and ...
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... Attleborough , through Lord John , she tries to secure Lord John through myself . Even I , -grave , cold , stern , black - coated , grim- visaged , and quizzical , -am not quite exempt from her coquetries . " 66 Surely you do not accuse ...
... Attleborough , through Lord John , she tries to secure Lord John through myself . Even I , -grave , cold , stern , black - coated , grim- visaged , and quizzical , -am not quite exempt from her coquetries . " 66 Surely you do not accuse ...
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... Attleborough . " What's taught by experi- ence is certainly less likely to be forgotten . " " The fact is that book - learning has had its day ! " added Cleveland , " and a long day it was . Book - learning was indispensable to . the ...
... Attleborough . " What's taught by experi- ence is certainly less likely to be forgotten . " " The fact is that book - learning has had its day ! " added Cleveland , " and a long day it was . Book - learning was indispensable to . the ...
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... Attleborough - by Jove ! one begins to consider literature as great a curse as original sin ! " ___ The cheeks of Philip Fairfax glowed in indignant silence . Was it not enough to be frustrated in all his plans by the reckless ...
... Attleborough - by Jove ! one begins to consider literature as great a curse as original sin ! " ___ The cheeks of Philip Fairfax glowed in indignant silence . Was it not enough to be frustrated in all his plans by the reckless ...
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... Attleborough per- ceived that ill blood was rising on both sides , and hastened to divert the conversa- tion . " I have had a letter to - day from Herbert Davenport , " said he , " and am glad to find we are likely to meet him in the ...
... Attleborough per- ceived that ill blood was rising on both sides , and hastened to divert the conversa- tion . " I have had a letter to - day from Herbert Davenport , " said he , " and am glad to find we are likely to meet him in the ...
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Seite 54 - Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book ; he hath not eat paper, as it were ; he hath not drunk ink : his intellect is not replenished ; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts...
Seite 194 - Love is an offering of the whole heart, Madam, A sacrifice of all that poor life hath ; And he who gives his ' all,' — whate'er that be, Gives greatly, — and deserveth no one's scorn ! 131.
Seite 133 - My bosom's lord sits lightly on his throne, And all the day an unaccustom'd spirit Raises me from the ground with cheerful thoughts, — burst simultaneously from the lips of the three girls.
Seite 267 - But now our joys are fled On winter blasts awa; Yet maiden May, in rich array, Again shall bring them a'. But my white pow, nae kindly thowe Shall melt the snaws of age ; My trunk of eild, but buss or bield, Sinks in Time's wint'ry rage. Oh, age has weary days, And nights o' sleepless pain; Thou golden time o' youthful prime, Why com'st thou not again?
Seite 42 - to whom much is given, from him much shall be required.' " This letter, far from serving the purpose for which it was intended, of rousing...