Peers and Parvenus: A Novel, Band 2H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... tion . " I have had a letter to - day from Herbert Davenport , " said he , " and am glad to find we are likely to meet him in the south . " " Herbert Davenport ? -I should have thought him the last man on earth to travel ! " observed ...
... tion . " I have had a letter to - day from Herbert Davenport , " said he , " and am glad to find we are likely to meet him in the south . " " Herbert Davenport ? -I should have thought him the last man on earth to travel ! " observed ...
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... tion . But here , within view of yonder glori- ous bay , and all the speaking associations of yonder indented shore , how is it possible to restrict myself to the teaching of mere mortal wisdom ! -Why sacrifice the better enjoyments of ...
... tion . But here , within view of yonder glori- ous bay , and all the speaking associations of yonder indented shore , how is it possible to restrict myself to the teaching of mere mortal wisdom ! -Why sacrifice the better enjoyments of ...
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... shall have a place at my table , a home under my roof . I shall hold such a companion the greatest acquisi- tion ; and to you my company need not be D 2 PEERS AND PARVENUS . 51 overbearing impetuosity of one of those ...
... shall have a place at my table , a home under my roof . I shall hold such a companion the greatest acquisi- tion ; and to you my company need not be D 2 PEERS AND PARVENUS . 51 overbearing impetuosity of one of those ...
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A Novel Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances). tion ; and to you my company need not be absolutely disagreeable . " Another hearty shake of the hand formed the peremptory ratification of a treaty , in which one of the subscribing parties ...
A Novel Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances). tion ; and to you my company need not be absolutely disagreeable . " Another hearty shake of the hand formed the peremptory ratification of a treaty , in which one of the subscribing parties ...
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... police as one of those lords of thousands of human beings , and millions of roubles , whose disaffec- tion might at any moment create a mine of mischief , ramifying under the very founda- tions of 60 PEERS AND PARVENUS .
... police as one of those lords of thousands of human beings , and millions of roubles , whose disaffec- tion might at any moment create a mine of mischief , ramifying under the very founda- tions of 60 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...