Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Հատոր 1John Richardson, 1837 |
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... Scraggs , with whom he found himself in conversation . The Honourable Mrs. Scraggs was the fruitful and fond mother of Lieutenant Scraggs , in one of his Majesty's regi- ments of the line now quartered in Ireland , and of three carrotty ...
... Scraggs , with whom he found himself in conversation . The Honourable Mrs. Scraggs was the fruitful and fond mother of Lieutenant Scraggs , in one of his Majesty's regi- ments of the line now quartered in Ireland , and of three carrotty ...
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... Scraggs ; Miss Scraggs ; Miss Clementina Scraggs ; Miss Bar- bara Scraggs ; Mr. Grainger ; Mrs. Scraggs and her family . How strange it seems to call you Mr. Grain- ger . There are some people in the world that one always calls ...
... Scraggs ; Miss Scraggs ; Miss Clementina Scraggs ; Miss Bar- bara Scraggs ; Mr. Grainger ; Mrs. Scraggs and her family . How strange it seems to call you Mr. Grain- ger . There are some people in the world that one always calls ...
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... Scraggs said , the island of Ventotiena * looked so beautiful that she should not mind being as naughty as the celebrated Julia , if she was sure of meeting with no worse punishment than confinement to its lovely shores . The rest of ...
... Scraggs said , the island of Ventotiena * looked so beautiful that she should not mind being as naughty as the celebrated Julia , if she was sure of meeting with no worse punishment than confinement to its lovely shores . The rest of ...
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... Scraggs the familiar appellation of Toe Barlow , from its being said of him that he had the habit of tread- ing on the toes of people to whom he could not other- wise be presented , and that thus , by begging their pardons , he would ...
... Scraggs the familiar appellation of Toe Barlow , from its being said of him that he had the habit of tread- ing on the toes of people to whom he could not other- wise be presented , and that thus , by begging their pardons , he would ...
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... Scraggs had not inaptly affixed to him the appellation of the pole - cat . After the pole - cat came the Kilkenny cat , a young good - looking Irishman , a regular fire - eater , always ready to quarrel with any body to the last gasp ...
... Scraggs had not inaptly affixed to him the appellation of the pole - cat . After the pole - cat came the Kilkenny cat , a young good - looking Irishman , a regular fire - eater , always ready to quarrel with any body to the last gasp ...
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acquaintance admiration amusement Anton appeared arrived asked beautiful better called Carlton Club carriage CHAPTER character cher Clanelly's Comte comtesse court daughter dear dinner door earl embassy Endymion English exclaimed eyes fancy favourite feeling felt Fitz-Waterton fond Fondi France Genoa George Grainger gold hand heart heroine honour and credit hope hôtel husband Italian Italy Jeannette Isabelle Kilkenny cat Lady Clanelly Lady Frances least London looked Lord Arthur Mullingham Lord Carmansdale Lord Clanelly Lord Fletcher Lord Furstenroy lordship low company Marquis ment mind Miss Barbara Miss Clementina morning Naples never Newfoundland dog night once Paris party passion perhaps Pisatelli poor present pretty racter remark remember round Scraggs seemed servant sister Snuffles society sort Sybil's cave taste thing thought tions to-day to-morrow Toe Barlow wife window wish woman women
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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.