Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Հատոր 1John Richardson, 1837 |
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... Lady Emily Bazancourt , eldest daughter of the Earl of Furstenroy , and the date appointed for the nuptials had been fixed within a few days of the present period . The young man's arrival from Italy was daily and hourly expected ; and ...
... Lady Emily Bazancourt , eldest daughter of the Earl of Furstenroy , and the date appointed for the nuptials had been fixed within a few days of the present period . The young man's arrival from Italy was daily and hourly expected ; and ...
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... Lady Emily , who was in the adjoining apartments . No one , how- ever , presented more the appearance of a genuine English gentleman than did the Marquis of Carmans- dale . Tall and somewhat thin , with a remarkably fine head of hair ...
... Lady Emily , who was in the adjoining apartments . No one , how- ever , presented more the appearance of a genuine English gentleman than did the Marquis of Carmans- dale . Tall and somewhat thin , with a remarkably fine head of hair ...
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... woman Betty ( for the Bedford is an English hotel ) ; " is that the young lord that is so handsome , to whom my Lady Emily is going to be married ? Why , he's old enough to be her grandfather ; and he's ordered stone bottles of hot ...
... woman Betty ( for the Bedford is an English hotel ) ; " is that the young lord that is so handsome , to whom my Lady Emily is going to be married ? Why , he's old enough to be her grandfather ; and he's ordered stone bottles of hot ...
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... ladies , whom we shall find making their bed - toilette , and talking over the histories and the scandals of the salons ... Lady Emily Bazancourt , for it was no other than the destined bride of Lord Clanelly that we are describing , was ...
... ladies , whom we shall find making their bed - toilette , and talking over the histories and the scandals of the salons ... Lady Emily Bazancourt , for it was no other than the destined bride of Lord Clanelly that we are describing , was ...
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... Lady Emily , were enough to account in themselves both for the number of her worshippers , and the devotion of their idolatry . The regularity of her teeth , the smallness of her taper hand , the archness of her eye , in which there was ...
... Lady Emily , were enough to account in themselves both for the number of her worshippers , and the devotion of their idolatry . The regularity of her teeth , the smallness of her taper hand , the archness of her eye , in which there was ...
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Էջ 156 - It may have been so, sir. But I have a bad opinion of Black. I don't think he would stick at much." "It is just this, Geoff, as I believe: that Black's case is an illustration of the old saying, ' Give a dog a bad name, and hang him.
Էջ 236 - A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y.'—In short the learned pig Toby would have passed a much more creditable examination. Mrs- Blandford, almost in despair, at last brought out with an air of exultation her eldest child of all, a pretty little girl enough, who was to be examined in nothing less than the church catechism. She answered rightly the two first questions...
Էջ 205 - TO-DAY ia the scale-beam between to-morrow and yesterday ; it inclines to joy or sorrow, as our minds are swayed by the influences of the past or the future ; and it varies, on different sides, from elevation to depression, as our hopes or fears, our painful recollections or our soft regrets predominate. WE never injure our own characters so much, as when we attack those of others.
Էջ 83 - Of course, the fair side is always presented towards them, and all the darker traits and wilder extravagancies, are sedulously concealed on the reverse. This makes it so doubly dangerous for a girl to consult only her own preferences, and her own will, in making her choice for life; and this also proves the expediency, on all occasions, of taking the advice of some experienced male counsellor.