Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... DAUGHTERS , " " STORY OF A ROYAL FAVOURITE , " ETC. " Ce gros Suisse ayant apporté dans sa cabane un panier rempli de grenouilles , dont il comptait me régaler , mes valets de bouche lui montrèrent qu'il s'y trouvait mêlés des crapauds ...
... DAUGHTERS , " " STORY OF A ROYAL FAVOURITE , " ETC. " Ce gros Suisse ayant apporté dans sa cabane un panier rempli de grenouilles , dont il comptait me régaler , mes valets de bouche lui montrèrent qu'il s'y trouvait mêlés des crapauds ...
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... or goings of a younger son . But she was at some pains to impress upon my mind that the man so devoted to her daughter had sacrificed to his attachment a certain pretty heiress , whom his tender aunt , PEERS AND PARVENUS . 17.
... or goings of a younger son . But she was at some pains to impress upon my mind that the man so devoted to her daughter had sacrificed to his attachment a certain pretty heiress , whom his tender aunt , PEERS AND PARVENUS . 17.
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... daughters to dispose of , in the unholy matrimony of barter and bargain ; — or money to invest in railroads , —or insignifi- cance to invest in fashion , -or eloquence to invest in parliament , and through parliament in a place . For ...
... daughters to dispose of , in the unholy matrimony of barter and bargain ; — or money to invest in railroads , —or insignifi- cance to invest in fashion , -or eloquence to invest in parliament , and through parliament in a place . For ...
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... daughters still unpro- posed for , except by those of whom , in the intoxication of her hopes concerning Lord John Howard and his cousin , she had sanc- tioned the rejection . But lest she should fall under any mistake as to her ...
... daughters still unpro- posed for , except by those of whom , in the intoxication of her hopes concerning Lord John Howard and his cousin , she had sanc- tioned the rejection . But lest she should fall under any mistake as to her ...
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... daughters invited here , there , and everywhere , and secure them the partners whom all the chaperons in London are dis- puting , could doubt that . " " I will not give you the trouble to doubt or dispute about the matter ...
... daughters invited here , there , and everywhere , and secure them the partners whom all the chaperons in London are dis- puting , could doubt that . " " I will not give you the trouble to doubt or dispute about the matter ...
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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...