Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... pleasure he took in contemplating so rare a specimen of her sex's charms , she was the means of destroying his delight in the society of Fairfax . Un- der the influence of his present misgivings , Philip was no longer himself . His ...
... pleasure he took in contemplating so rare a specimen of her sex's charms , she was the means of destroying his delight in the society of Fairfax . Un- der the influence of his present misgivings , Philip was no longer himself . His ...
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... pleasure brandish- ed so recklessly by those with whom the duke has chosen to surround us . We are all of us ready enough to make fine resolutions on quitting college , when we know nothing of the PEERS AND PARVENUS . 29.
... pleasure brandish- ed so recklessly by those with whom the duke has chosen to surround us . We are all of us ready enough to make fine resolutions on quitting college , when we know nothing of the PEERS AND PARVENUS . 29.
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... pleasure . For I must make either a wretched private tutor , or wretched historian . " You , my dear Cleve , are in the very position to accomplish what to me is denied . But remember that I shall not be satisfied with some ad ...
... pleasure . For I must make either a wretched private tutor , or wretched historian . " You , my dear Cleve , are in the very position to accomplish what to me is denied . But remember that I shall not be satisfied with some ad ...
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... pleasure in short , to accept my proposal ? " " It is not in my power ! " replied the reverend librarian . " My duties here admit of no intermission . " " As you please ! " was the haughty re- joinder of the Boyar . " But it is as I ...
... pleasure in short , to accept my proposal ? " " It is not in my power ! " replied the reverend librarian . " My duties here admit of no intermission . " " As you please ! " was the haughty re- joinder of the Boyar . " But it is as I ...
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... pleasure - seekers , they are to be found , du jour au lende- main , in every capital but their own ; - fox ... pleasures and questionable society of the PEERS AND PARVENUS . 55.
... pleasure - seekers , they are to be found , du jour au lende- main , in every capital but their own ; - fox ... pleasures and questionable society of the PEERS AND PARVENUS . 55.
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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...