Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... late in the afternoon , or rather early in the evening , a few days after the foregoing conversation , from an arch- æological expedition to the islands of Tor- cello and Mazorbo . " Certainly ! -The duke called for him before I set out ...
... late in the afternoon , or rather early in the evening , a few days after the foregoing conversation , from an arch- æological expedition to the islands of Tor- cello and Mazorbo . " Certainly ! -The duke called for him before I set out ...
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... companions of his sister Jane , or the formal ladies of the college dons who had condescended to notice the Fairford youth . But his perceptions had been of late c 2 PEERS AND PARVENUS . 27 tensions, the introductions forced upon him on ...
... companions of his sister Jane , or the formal ladies of the college dons who had condescended to notice the Fairford youth . But his perceptions had been of late c 2 PEERS AND PARVENUS . 27 tensions, the introductions forced upon him on ...
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... late fatally extended . Such Sirens as Virginia , or such Circes as the Countess Maria Michelozzi seemed to assign a new character to life and new temptations to his career ; and it required a stronger effort than he had ever ...
... late fatally extended . Such Sirens as Virginia , or such Circes as the Countess Maria Michelozzi seemed to assign a new character to life and new temptations to his career ; and it required a stronger effort than he had ever ...
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... late now ! " - said he , when lounging one morning in Lady Hillingdon's dressing- room in Hill street . " Davenport has made too good a start for me to have a chance of distancing him . " " It is all your own fault ! " cried Lady ...
... late now ! " - said he , when lounging one morning in Lady Hillingdon's dressing- room in Hill street . " Davenport has made too good a start for me to have a chance of distancing him . " " It is all your own fault ! " cried Lady ...
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... late . No one was as yet positively distinguished by Miss Hecksworth . She was either too shy or too prudent to give encouragement to any of the numerous pretenders to her smiles . She danced with all , in succession , -talked ...
... late . No one was as yet positively distinguished by Miss Hecksworth . She was either too shy or too prudent to give encouragement to any of the numerous pretenders to her smiles . She danced with all , in succession , -talked ...
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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...