Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... appearance of Jervis Cleve would have been noticeable , in any country or society . But in Italy , and connected with the name of Englishman , the charm became the greater by force of contrast . To that designation , foreigners are apt ...
... appearance of Jervis Cleve would have been noticeable , in any country or society . But in Italy , and connected with the name of Englishman , the charm became the greater by force of contrast . To that designation , foreigners are apt ...
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... appearance than had he chosen to accom- pany the party after the dinner given to Count Astrowicz . - A very beautiful woman was his only companion . He was about to commit the still further indiscretion of retreating that he might not ...
... appearance than had he chosen to accom- pany the party after the dinner given to Count Astrowicz . - A very beautiful woman was his only companion . He was about to commit the still further indiscretion of retreating that he might not ...
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... appearance in Mrs Hecksworth's box at the opera , and sedulously avoided the little snug matinées musicales , where matches are supposed to be made up while counting the leaves on a garden plot on which a full- grown snail would find ...
... appearance in Mrs Hecksworth's box at the opera , and sedulously avoided the little snug matinées musicales , where matches are supposed to be made up while counting the leaves on a garden plot on which a full- grown snail would find ...
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... appearance at her diplomatic soirées . And allowing him no leisure for embarrassment , she hastened to present him as a friend to the select circle of her friends , as well as in the character of 184 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
... appearance at her diplomatic soirées . And allowing him no leisure for embarrassment , she hastened to present him as a friend to the select circle of her friends , as well as in the character of 184 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
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... appearance , without affecting so much as a pretext for his tardiness , his trans- parent cambric shirt lavishly embroidered with danseuses , and his carefully curled locks filling the room with the fragrance of Atkin- son's shop , the ...
... appearance , without affecting so much as a pretext for his tardiness , his trans- parent cambric shirt lavishly embroidered with danseuses , and his carefully curled locks filling the room with the fragrance of Atkin- son's shop , the ...
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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
Beliebte Passagen
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...