Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... 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 Cleveland , stood ...
... 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 Cleveland , stood ...
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... girl on the face of the earth ? -Rubbish ! " — " I , at least , 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 ...
... girl on the face of the earth ? -Rubbish ! " — " I , at least , 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 ...
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... girls as lovely and frank as Lucy Hecksworth , were of no unfrequent occurrence . But like the cabalists of other days , he felt that , to secure himself against find- ing a distaff in his hand in lieu of the club that was to sustain ...
... girls as lovely and frank as Lucy Hecksworth , were of no unfrequent occurrence . But like the cabalists of other days , he felt that , to secure himself against find- ing a distaff in his hand in lieu of the club that was to sustain ...
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... girls at Brighton , with which London society has thoroughly put them out of conceit ? " " I have no thoughts of returning to Brighton , " said Lady Hillingdon , drily . 66 Why you have told me , a hundred times , that there is not so ...
... girls at Brighton , with which London society has thoroughly put them out of conceit ? " " I have no thoughts of returning to Brighton , " said Lady Hillingdon , drily . 66 Why you have told me , a hundred times , that there is not so ...
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... girl that receives him kindly ! " — interrupted Lady Ursula . " Clarendon Hill would not be a bad pied à terre for one of the Miss Clutterbucks " Lady Hillingdon shrugged her shoulders . " So I conclude , at least , from your glow- ing ...
... girl that receives him kindly ! " — interrupted Lady Ursula . " Clarendon Hill would not be a bad pied à terre for one of the Miss Clutterbucks " Lady Hillingdon shrugged her shoulders . " So I conclude , at least , from your glow- ing ...
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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...