Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... dress a pretty girl , without being catechized concerning his intentions ? " __ The duke and his cousin smiled and shrugged their shoulders . But Fairfax and Cleve , less versed in the forms of the order of society alluded to by ...
... dress a pretty girl , without being catechized concerning his intentions ? " __ The duke and his cousin smiled and shrugged their shoulders . But Fairfax and Cleve , less versed in the forms of the order of society alluded to by ...
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... dress and address of the foreign guest , -manifestly a man of the world , and the grave features and solemn garb of the reverend librarian . He had some difficulty , indeed , to avoid overhearing the matter in discussion between them ...
... dress and address of the foreign guest , -manifestly a man of the world , and the grave features and solemn garb of the reverend librarian . He had some difficulty , indeed , to avoid overhearing the matter in discussion between them ...
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... dress of his companion satisfied him that she belonged to an order of society , in which , on her arrival in London , her inquiries after " Monsieur Gervais , savant distingué , " - would be answered by the opprobrious word " aventurier ...
... dress of his companion satisfied him that she belonged to an order of society , in which , on her arrival in London , her inquiries after " Monsieur Gervais , savant distingué , " - would be answered by the opprobrious word " aventurier ...
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... complexion , but their attractions were enhanced by the utmost luxury of dress ; -and even Lady Hillingdon was not sufficiently well - bred to discern the superior elegance of her daugh- ters ' unstudied 104 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
... complexion , but their attractions were enhanced by the utmost luxury of dress ; -and even Lady Hillingdon was not sufficiently well - bred to discern the superior elegance of her daugh- ters ' unstudied 104 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
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... dresses ordered from Paris , the lingerie from Brussels , and the family diamonds of the Dashwoods resetting at Green and Ward's . " At Green and Ward's ! Just what - might be expected from people like the Dashwoods ! " - murmured Lady ...
... dresses ordered from Paris , the lingerie from Brussels , and the family diamonds of the Dashwoods resetting at Green and Ward's . " At Green and Ward's ! Just what - might be expected from people like the Dashwoods ! " - murmured Lady ...
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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...