Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... Hindon Manor . We are going to spend a week or two with my father and mother , " - replied Lady Hillingdon , antici- pating with delight the amazement which so unlooked - for an announcement would produce in the mind of her friend ...
... Hindon Manor . We are going to spend a week or two with my father and mother , " - replied Lady Hillingdon , antici- pating with delight the amazement which so unlooked - for an announcement would produce in the mind of her friend ...
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... Hindon , —the air of which never agreed with me , " added the lady , still sorting her papers , though Lady Ursula re- tained her attitude of leave - taking , " I can- not deny my daughters the pleasure of a visit to their grandfather ...
... Hindon , —the air of which never agreed with me , " added the lady , still sorting her papers , though Lady Ursula re- tained her attitude of leave - taking , " I can- not deny my daughters the pleasure of a visit to their grandfather ...
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... Hindon Manor , that is , within visiting distance when the will was as good as the way , stood the fine old mansion of the Hecksworths ! " The HECKSWORTHS ! " A family , concern- ing whom no soul had cared , so long as 86 PEERS AND ...
... Hindon Manor , that is , within visiting distance when the will was as good as the way , stood the fine old mansion of the Hecksworths ! " The HECKSWORTHS ! " A family , concern- ing whom no soul had cared , so long as 86 PEERS AND ...
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... Hindon . " ― " To be snarled at by my hateful maiden aunts , lectured by the old gentleman on my want of appetite for family prayers and cold beef at eight o'clock in the morning , and feel all day as if one had got up by can- dle ...
... Hindon . " ― " To be snarled at by my hateful maiden aunts , lectured by the old gentleman on my want of appetite for family prayers and cold beef at eight o'clock in the morning , and feel all day as if one had got up by can- dle ...
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... Hindon , next season you will have Moors of your own . Bilston Park is not above ten miles from my father's . ' 19 " The devil it isn't ! Then why on earth , mother , did you not put me up to this busi- ness before the heiress came out ...
... Hindon , next season you will have Moors of your own . Bilston Park is not above ten miles from my father's . ' 19 " The devil it isn't ! Then why on earth , mother , did you not put me up to this busi- ness before the heiress came out ...
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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...