Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2Hurst and Blackett, 1858 - 407 էջ |
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... celebrated men and women , who have long since committed their reputations to history or " tradition's simple tongue . " She commenced life a brilliant wilful worldling , and ended it a demure Quakeress ; as a girl she was the darling ...
... celebrated men and women , who have long since committed their reputations to history or " tradition's simple tongue . " She commenced life a brilliant wilful worldling , and ended it a demure Quakeress ; as a girl she was the darling ...
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... celebrated had she become , that the street in which she sojourned was blocked up with the carriages of those who came to call on her . " What's to be seen at No 11 ? " cried a coachman to her footman . " Only a lady , " was the man's ...
... celebrated had she become , that the street in which she sojourned was blocked up with the carriages of those who came to call on her . " What's to be seen at No 11 ? " cried a coachman to her footman . " Only a lady , " was the man's ...
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... celebrated and dearest friends . Lafayette , Cooper , David , Madame de Staël , John Joseph Gurney , Stanley Bishop of Norwich , the Bishop of Durham , Sedgwick , Whewell , Mrs. Siddons . Amongst those likenesses were the portraits of ...
... celebrated and dearest friends . Lafayette , Cooper , David , Madame de Staël , John Joseph Gurney , Stanley Bishop of Norwich , the Bishop of Durham , Sedgwick , Whewell , Mrs. Siddons . Amongst those likenesses were the portraits of ...
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... celebrated printer , Ballantyne ( who had the honour of meeting you at Ashestiel ) in the shape of an Edinburgh pub- lisher , with a long purse and a sound political creed , not to mention an alliance offensive and defensive with John ...
... celebrated printer , Ballantyne ( who had the honour of meeting you at Ashestiel ) in the shape of an Edinburgh pub- lisher , with a long purse and a sound political creed , not to mention an alliance offensive and defensive with John ...
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... celebrated poet who dis- dained him . A physical coward , Daniel failed , in spirit and courage , in opposing some insurgent negroes against whom he had been sent ; and he returned to Scotland with an additional weight of dishonour on ...
... celebrated poet who dis- dained him . A physical coward , Daniel failed , in spirit and courage , in opposing some insurgent negroes against whom he had been sent ; and he returned to Scotland with an additional weight of dishonour on ...
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