Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... admit that the most beautiful women I have ever seen were Americans ; nay , strange to tell , that their beauty is of the most re- fined and elegant order . I will admit even more ; that some of the best informed wo- men , and endowed ...
... admit that the most beautiful women I have ever seen were Americans ; nay , strange to tell , that their beauty is of the most re- fined and elegant order . I will admit even more ; that some of the best informed wo- men , and endowed ...
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... , should understand the ex- tent of my own presumption , " replied Jervis , coldly . " Nay , so sacredly do I regard the Davenport family in the light of benefac- tors , that I admit it to be painful to 24 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
... , should understand the ex- tent of my own presumption , " replied Jervis , coldly . " Nay , so sacredly do I regard the Davenport family in the light of benefac- tors , that I admit it to be painful to 24 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
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... antiquity animated by sudden intelligence , entered the room to absorb the attention of all present . VOL . II . с CHAPTER II . Ne me parlez pas de ces villes PEERS AND PARVENUS . 25 tors, that I admit it to be painful to ...
... antiquity animated by sudden intelligence , entered the room to absorb the attention of all present . VOL . II . с CHAPTER II . Ne me parlez pas de ces villes PEERS AND PARVENUS . 25 tors, that I admit it to be painful to ...
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... admit of no intermission . " " As you please ! " was the haughty re- joinder of the Boyar . " But it is as I please to credit your assertion that the young gen- tlemen before me can be on a par , in science and information , with a man ...
... admit of no intermission . " " As you please ! " was the haughty re- joinder of the Boyar . " But it is as I please to credit your assertion that the young gen- tlemen before me can be on a par , in science and information , with a man ...
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... admit of no excuse ! " exclaimed the prince . " While our task is in progress , you shall have a place at my table , a home under my roof . I shall hold such a companion the greatest acquisi- tion ; and to you my company need not be D 2 ...
... admit of no excuse ! " exclaimed the prince . " While our task is in progress , you shall have a place at my table , a home under my roof . I shall hold such a companion the greatest acquisi- tion ; and to you my company need not be D 2 ...
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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...