Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... person , de- based in connection , or unamiable in dis- position , an heiress is sure of as many sui- tors as Penelope . " 66 By Jove , I'm afraid you are right ! " said the Duke of Attleborough , laughing . " One has seen a good deal ...
... person , de- based in connection , or unamiable in dis- position , an heiress is sure of as many sui- tors as Penelope . " 66 By Jove , I'm afraid you are right ! " said the Duke of Attleborough , laughing . " One has seen a good deal ...
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... persons of men of 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 ...
... persons of men of 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 ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... person attracted notice . True to his resolution of living a retired life , he had forwarded , unaccompanied by his name or address , the letters intrusted to him by his Venetian friends for a variety of personages of the highest ...
... person attracted notice . True to his resolution of living a retired life , he had forwarded , unaccompanied by his name or address , the letters intrusted to him by his Venetian friends for a variety of personages of the highest ...
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... person . " " Where is the use , I ask you , of the advan- tages I have secured , " added the prince , " unless some experienced antiquarian be on the spot to serve as cicerone ? -Once more , therefore , reverend father , I offer you ...
... person . " " Where is the use , I ask you , of the advan- tages I have secured , " added the prince , " unless some experienced antiquarian be on the spot to serve as cicerone ? -Once more , therefore , reverend father , I offer you ...
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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...