Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... cried Fairfax , —with a laugh . " He would have seen us , and pulled up . And what on earth should he be doing in a hack gondola , at this hour of the evening ? " 66 Returning , perhaps , from some visit . " " Lord John is the shyest ...
... cried Fairfax , —with a laugh . " He would have seen us , and pulled up . And what on earth should he be doing in a hack gondola , at this hour of the evening ? " 66 Returning , perhaps , from some visit . " " Lord John is the shyest ...
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... addresses of a set of threadbare Sicilian princes or cut - throat Neapolitan dukes . " " But surely there are plenty of young Englishmen travelling in Italy , " cried Cleve- land " to contend for the prize . Is the 22 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
... addresses of a set of threadbare Sicilian princes or cut - throat Neapolitan dukes . " " But surely there are plenty of young Englishmen travelling in Italy , " cried Cleve- land " to contend for the prize . Is the 22 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
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... cried Cleveland , impetuously shrugging his shoulders . " The love of a good - looking young fellow , with good brains in his head , and a good heart in his breast , an offence to any girl on the face of the earth ? -Rubbish ! " — " I ...
... cried Cleveland , impetuously shrugging his shoulders . " The love of a good - looking young fellow , with good brains in his head , and a good heart in his breast , an offence to any girl on the face of the earth ? -Rubbish ! " — " I ...
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... cried Fairfax , to whom he communicated his intentions . " For your own sake , you cannot keep too far aloof from us . You must infallibly singe your wings against the torch of pleasure brandish- ed so recklessly by those with whom the ...
... cried Fairfax , to whom he communicated his intentions . " For your own sake , you cannot keep too far aloof from us . You must infallibly singe your wings against the torch of pleasure brandish- ed so recklessly by those with whom the ...
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... cried his friend . " Eustace and Clarke want successors . The science of Cuvier is still in its infancy . Nay , every foot of earth on which we set our own , contains marvels to be expounded , and reminiscences to be illustrated , for ...
... cried his friend . " Eustace and Clarke want successors . The science of Cuvier is still in its infancy . Nay , every foot of earth on which we set our own , contains marvels to be expounded , and reminiscences to be illustrated , for ...
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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...