Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Հատոր 1John Richardson, 1837 |
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... Mullingham all to yourself in a corner . " George Grainger , à la bonne heure , " replied Lady Frances , " but as to Lord Arthur , he is my bête noire , and you may keep him for one of your own partners . I like Grainger because he ...
... Mullingham all to yourself in a corner . " George Grainger , à la bonne heure , " replied Lady Frances , " but as to Lord Arthur , he is my bête noire , and you may keep him for one of your own partners . I like Grainger because he ...
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... and the marriage of his renegade ward . Two dandies of the first class were standing near the door as he entered ; it was George Grainger and Lord Arthur Mullingham . " " Tis pity , " said the first ; JEANNETTE ISABELLE . 35.
... and the marriage of his renegade ward . Two dandies of the first class were standing near the door as he entered ; it was George Grainger and Lord Arthur Mullingham . " " Tis pity , " said the first ; JEANNETTE ISABELLE . 35.
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... Mullingham , " I should not have so much minded , for she is my absolute horror . " " I don't agree with you , " said the good - natured George Grainger ; " I think they are both very fine girls . " " Oh ! " said a dowager near them ...
... Mullingham , " I should not have so much minded , for she is my absolute horror . " " I don't agree with you , " said the good - natured George Grainger ; " I think they are both very fine girls . " " Oh ! " said a dowager near them ...
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... " " And is this the daughter leaning on his arm , who is making such doux yeux at Lord Arthur Mul- lingham ? " " The same ; if I was you , Mullingham , I should go and ask her to dance ; you don't know JEANNETTE ISABELLE . 39.
... " " And is this the daughter leaning on his arm , who is making such doux yeux at Lord Arthur Mul- lingham ? " " The same ; if I was you , Mullingham , I should go and ask her to dance ; you don't know JEANNETTE ISABELLE . 39.
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... Mullingham stole quietly round in a few minutes , and before many more bars of Musard's last waltz had been played , they were both spinning together like tetotums . Lord Carmansdale found himself left alone to the mercy of the old ...
... Mullingham stole quietly round in a few minutes , and before many more bars of Musard's last waltz had been played , they were both spinning together like tetotums . Lord Carmansdale found himself left alone to the mercy of the old ...
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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.