Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2Hurst and Blackett, 1858 |
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... less charming and beloved , than she was as a writer . The glimpses obtained of her life at Edgeworthtown at two different periods , in Lockhart's account of Sir Walter Scott's visit to her in Ireland , and Mr. and Mrs. Hall's " Ireland ...
... less charming and beloved , than she was as a writer . The glimpses obtained of her life at Edgeworthtown at two different periods , in Lockhart's account of Sir Walter Scott's visit to her in Ireland , and Mr. and Mrs. Hall's " Ireland ...
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... less so at seventy years of age in the prim costume of her sect , than in girlhood when her vanity delighted in small bonnets , blue robes , satin slips , worked cambric gowns with flounces , and feathers flat and curled . She tasted ...
... less so at seventy years of age in the prim costume of her sect , than in girlhood when her vanity delighted in small bonnets , blue robes , satin slips , worked cambric gowns with flounces , and feathers flat and curled . She tasted ...
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... less propriety Mrs. Opie has versified the story of her dawn of passion . But once , I confess ( ' twas at tender sixteen ) , Love's agents were busy indeed round my heart , And naught but good fortune's assistance I ween , Could e're ...
... less propriety Mrs. Opie has versified the story of her dawn of passion . But once , I confess ( ' twas at tender sixteen ) , Love's agents were busy indeed round my heart , And naught but good fortune's assistance I ween , Could e're ...
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... less than sorrow that the dear friends who watched by her side saw her breathe her last - mur- muring " all is peace , " " all is mercy . " Amelia Opie died at midnight , at her residence , " The Castle Meadow House , " Norwich , on the ...
... less than sorrow that the dear friends who watched by her side saw her breathe her last - mur- muring " all is peace , " " all is mercy . " Amelia Opie died at midnight , at her residence , " The Castle Meadow House , " Norwich , on the ...
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... less than twelve children , but of them the six eldest died in infancy , and of them all , none but Sir Walter and his favourite brother , Thomas Scott , left issue . Walter's childhood was passed in sickness . When only eighteen months ...
... less than twelve children , but of them the six eldest died in infancy , and of them all , none but Sir Walter and his favourite brother , Thomas Scott , left issue . Walter's childhood was passed in sickness . When only eighteen months ...
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Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2 John Cordy Jeaffreson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
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Novels and Novelists, from Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2 John Cordy Jeaffreson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
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