Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... suppose it is because I am what the Duke of Attleborough calls a snob , " resumed he , after a few minutes ' pause , " that I am tempted to believe we never diverge from the wisdom of our ancestors unless to our cost . Lord Wrexhill ...
... suppose it is because I am what the Duke of Attleborough calls a snob , " resumed he , after a few minutes ' pause , " that I am tempted to believe we never diverge from the wisdom of our ancestors unless to our cost . Lord Wrexhill ...
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... suppose that you have been giving Greenwich dinners and Richmond parties , only to afford Mr Joddrell a home in which he does not spend half a dozen hours in the twenty - four ! No one , my dear Lady Hill- ingdon , who has witnessed ...
... suppose that you have been giving Greenwich dinners and Richmond parties , only to afford Mr Joddrell a home in which he does not spend half a dozen hours in the twenty - four ! No one , my dear Lady Hill- ingdon , who has witnessed ...
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... suppose , my dear , that I have time to throw away on an old quiz like Sir Robert Dashwood ! -A fine old Eng- lish gentleman , I make no doubt , but the sort of person one never wants to see beyond the boundaries of his estate , -unless ...
... suppose , my dear , that I have time to throw away on an old quiz like Sir Robert Dashwood ! -A fine old Eng- lish gentleman , I make no doubt , but the sort of person one never wants to see beyond the boundaries of his estate , -unless ...
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... " " I rather think I could make out a better list than yours , of the whims and fancies my heiress is to gratify ! Heigho ! -I suppose VOL . II . F then I must undertake the arduous duties of country courtship PEERS AND PARVENUS . 97.
... " " I rather think I could make out a better list than yours , of the whims and fancies my heiress is to gratify ! Heigho ! -I suppose VOL . II . F then I must undertake the arduous duties of country courtship PEERS AND PARVENUS . 97.
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... suppose he must have absented himself lately ; but I am sure I never missed him ! " " He became acquainted , I fancy , with my husband on some railway committee ; and as a clever , enterprising , active - minded young man , recommended ...
... suppose he must have absented himself lately ; but I am sure I never missed him ! " " He became acquainted , I fancy , with my husband on some railway committee ; and as a clever , enterprising , active - minded young man , recommended ...
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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...