Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... morning's discussion . " I cannot enough applaud your wisdom , Mr Cleve , " said he , " in having chosen to come and perfect in Italy and Greece the studies of which I hear so much . For my part I am an ignorant ass . But were I ...
... morning's discussion . " I cannot enough applaud your wisdom , Mr Cleve , " said he , " in having chosen to come and perfect in Italy and Greece the studies of which I hear so much . For my part I am an ignorant ass . But were I ...
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... morning till night but capital runs , or the merits or delin- quencies of such or such a hound , " said he ; " and though , at present , Lord John has too much good nature either to leave me con- stantly alone , or drag me into society ...
... morning till night but capital runs , or the merits or delin- quencies of such or such a hound , " said he ; " and though , at present , Lord John has too much good nature either to leave me con- stantly alone , or drag me into society ...
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... 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 Hillingdon , " I urged the subject upon you ...
... 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 Hillingdon , " I urged the subject upon you ...
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... , where matches are supposed to be made up while counting the leaves on a garden plot on which a full- grown snail would find but short commons . - " I cannot sacrifice my mornings to dawdling after 92 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
... , where matches are supposed to be made up while counting the leaves on a garden plot on which a full- grown snail would find but short commons . - " I cannot sacrifice my mornings to dawdling after 92 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
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... mornings to dawdling after simpering misses . One ought to meet a girl at a watering place or in a country house , to make oneself agreeable without finding her too disagreeable . " " And yet our little sociable Brighton parties ...
... mornings to dawdling after simpering misses . One ought to meet a girl at a watering place or in a country house , to make oneself agreeable without finding her too disagreeable . " " And yet our little sociable Brighton parties ...
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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...