Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... letter to - day from Herbert Davenport , " said he , " and am glad to find we are likely to meet him in the south . " " Herbert Davenport ? -I should have thought him the last man on earth to travel ! " observed Lord John . " Indolent ...
... letter to - day from Herbert Davenport , " said he , " and am glad to find we are likely to meet him in the south . " " Herbert Davenport ? -I should have thought him the last man on earth to travel ! " observed Lord John . " Indolent ...
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... letters must afford his utmost recreation after the severer intercourse of the learned . But it was not without a heavy sigh that , after an hour of romance by the side of the lovely and conciliating Mrs Cleveland , he re- minded ...
... letters must afford his utmost recreation after the severer intercourse of the learned . But it was not without a heavy sigh that , after an hour of romance by the side of the lovely and conciliating Mrs Cleveland , he re- minded ...
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... letters , when the great lords their patrons used to fling them a purse of gold , or reward their verses and dedications with a cheque on their bank- er . For my part , I believe that the cause of learning sustains a far greater injury ...
... letters , when the great lords their patrons used to fling them a purse of gold , or reward their verses and dedications with a cheque on their bank- er . For my part , I believe that the cause of learning sustains a far greater injury ...
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... letters intrusted to him by his Venetian friends for a variety of personages of the highest distinction in the Two Sicilies ; reserving to himself the task of delivering in person an introduction from his learned friend of the island ...
... letters intrusted to him by his Venetian friends for a variety of personages of the highest distinction in the Two Sicilies ; reserving to himself the task of delivering in person an introduction from his learned friend of the island ...
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... letter of credit , his fame had not preceded him to the land of lazzaroni . He had yet to learn how tardily even the greatest names connected with our literary and scientific glories find their way across the continent ; and that the ...
... letter of credit , his fame had not preceded him to the land of lazzaroni . He had yet to learn how tardily even the greatest names connected with our literary and scientific glories find their way across the continent ; and that the ...
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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...