Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... Jervis , " that I caught a glimpse of his face , just now , in the gondola that passed us at such speed . " " The gondola with the ragged boatmen ? -Impossible , my dear Cleve ! —the duke uses the gondola of the hotel di Grande Bre ...
... Jervis , " that I caught a glimpse of his face , just now , in the gondola that passed us at such speed . " " The gondola with the ragged boatmen ? -Impossible , my dear Cleve ! —the duke uses the gondola of the hotel di Grande Bre ...
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... Jervis ? " A better dissembler than Cleve would have answered " at your vehemence about nothing ! " — and thus confused his friend into perceiving how rashly he was betraying his uneasiness concerning the influence of the Clevelands ...
... Jervis ? " A better dissembler than Cleve would have answered " at your vehemence about nothing ! " — and thus confused his friend into perceiving how rashly he was betraying his uneasiness concerning the influence of the Clevelands ...
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... Jervis , more pleased than ashamed to have been so well divined . " Yours , but not mine ! " added his friend . " I admit that the most beautiful women I have ever seen were Americans ; nay , strange to tell , that their beauty is of ...
... Jervis , more pleased than ashamed to have been so well divined . " Yours , but not mine ! " added his friend . " I admit that the most beautiful women I have ever seen were Americans ; nay , strange to tell , that their beauty is of ...
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... one of his didactic , tutor - like dissertations , Jervis , sa- tisfied that all advocacy would be thrown away , abandoned the fair Virginia to the justness of B 3 PEERS AND PARVENUS . 9 any one else, apparently absorbed in what you ...
... one of his didactic , tutor - like dissertations , Jervis , sa- tisfied that all advocacy would be thrown away , abandoned the fair Virginia to the justness of B 3 PEERS AND PARVENUS . 9 any one else, apparently absorbed in what you ...
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... Jervis Cleve felt the pulsation of his heart quicken at this allusion . " And I suspect Herbert is in hopes of snapping her up before her merits transpire , " added the duke . " The damsel is a sort of connexion of his ; and he can't ...
... Jervis Cleve felt the pulsation of his heart quicken at this allusion . " And I suspect Herbert is in hopes of snapping her up before her merits transpire , " added the duke . " The damsel is a sort of connexion of his ; and he can't ...
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acquaintance Admirable Crichton admit afford Agatha ambassadress aunt Morris ball beauty Benedictine Bilston Park BOOK BUE Brighton brother cerning Charlotte Corbet charming cher Clarendon Hill Cleveland Clutterbuck companion countenance Countess von Adlerberg cousin Crescentia cried Dashwood daugh daughters dear Dick Towler Duke of Attleborough English Englishman eyes fair Fairford youth fancy father favour fêtes fortune Frà George Joddrell girls Glebestone hand heart heiress Herbert Davenport Hindon Manor honour hope Italy Jane Cleve Jervis Cleve Joddrell's Julia Lady Hill Lady Hillingdon Lady Ursula letters London look Lord John Howard Lucy madam ment Miss Hecksworth Miss Joddrells Monsieur Gervais morning mother Naples never object OVERDUE FEE party person Philip Fairfax Pietracatella pleasure Portici Portland place Prince Lobanoff protégé rejoined replied Cleve scarcely scholar sister smile society St Petersburg suppose sure thing tion Venice woman Wrexhill young
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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...