Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... march- ing with the times , and forming systems to square with the altered circumstances of modern life . " " Surely that opinion scarcely deserves to be called a B 2 PEERS AND PARVENUS . 3 66 He may be more tractable about those ...
... march- ing with the times , and forming systems to square with the altered circumstances of modern life . " " Surely that opinion scarcely deserves to be called a B 2 PEERS AND PARVENUS . 3 66 He may be more tractable about those ...
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A Novel Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances). " Surely that opinion scarcely deserves to be called a crotchet ? " said Cleve . " When carried to the extremes to which he extends it . Lord Wrexhill pretends that the discovery of steam has ...
A Novel Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances). " Surely that opinion scarcely deserves to be called a crotchet ? " said Cleve . " When carried to the extremes to which he extends it . Lord Wrexhill pretends that the discovery of steam has ...
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... opinion ; because the little I ever learned was from eye - see and hear- say ; and I suspect I know it all the better for not having conned it in books . I despise the musty old proverb , about a rolling stone gathering no moss . One ...
... opinion ; because the little I ever learned was from eye - see and hear- say ; and I suspect I know it all the better for not having conned it in books . I despise the musty old proverb , about a rolling stone gathering no moss . One ...
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... opinion that there is no place under the sun where interested marri- ages occur more frequently than in England . " A chorus of four voices instantly arose in dissent . " I expected you Britishers to oppose me ! " said he , laughing ...
... opinion that there is no place under the sun where interested marri- ages occur more frequently than in England . " A chorus of four voices instantly arose in dissent . " I expected you Britishers to oppose me ! " said he , laughing ...
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... of everything that is robust in person , dictatorial in opinion , and ungracious in address ; and the pale reserved young man , with his gentle man- ners and air à sentiment , required all the authentication 34 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
... of everything that is robust in person , dictatorial in opinion , and ungracious in address ; and the pale reserved young man , with his gentle man- ners and air à sentiment , required all the authentication 34 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
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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
Beliebte Passagen
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...