Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... no recommendation . But to his great surprise , and still more so to that of the great man who counted his income in serfs instead of sovereigns , the cheeks of his lovely companion became suf- fused with a 64 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
... no recommendation . But to his great surprise , and still more so to that of the great man who counted his income in serfs instead of sovereigns , the cheeks of his lovely companion became suf- fused with a 64 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
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... surprise , and perhaps a little to his disappointment , no notice was taken of his belligerent attitude . The old people were absorbed in his mother , — his cousins , in his sisters . To him they were distantly civil , and nothing more ...
... surprise , and perhaps a little to his disappointment , no notice was taken of his belligerent attitude . The old people were absorbed in his mother , — his cousins , in his sisters . To him they were distantly civil , and nothing more ...
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... surprise , it was that of her two nieces , at the total want of pretension and finery of their cousins . But that they were by peer- age attestation the Honourable Misses Joddrell , the Portland place damsels would have been ashamed of ...
... surprise , it was that of her two nieces , at the total want of pretension and finery of their cousins . But that they were by peer- age attestation the Honourable Misses Joddrell , the Portland place damsels would have been ashamed of ...
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... surprise from the lady addressed , seemed to demand further explanation . " You are acquainted , I think , with Sir Robert Dashwood ? " resumed Mr Corbet , ever ready to be circumstantial . " A very estimable man , -of unexceptionable ...
... surprise from the lady addressed , seemed to demand further explanation . " You are acquainted , I think , with Sir Robert Dashwood ? " resumed Mr Corbet , ever ready to be circumstantial . " A very estimable man , -of unexceptionable ...
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... surprise which such a cool proceeding as Lady Hillingdon's would have excited on the great northern or western road ; and the super- annuated old man , dozing in his arm - chair beside the window , was not the only member of the family ...
... surprise which such a cool proceeding as Lady Hillingdon's would have excited on the great northern or western road ; and the super- annuated old man , dozing in his arm - chair beside the window , was not the only member of the family ...
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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...