Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Հատոր 1John Richardson, 1837 |
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... carriage , which still waited in the street before her . " Mon fils ! mon pauvre fils Louis ! qu'est ce qu'il deviendra ! " exclaimed the terrified old bel- dame , as she gasped for breath in a fresh tornado of the tempest ; " bien sûr ...
... carriage , which still waited in the street before her . " Mon fils ! mon pauvre fils Louis ! qu'est ce qu'il deviendra ! " exclaimed the terrified old bel- dame , as she gasped for breath in a fresh tornado of the tempest ; " bien sûr ...
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... carriage . " Anton , " said the voice from inside , " give the poor old creature this " -and a napoleon was handed out of the window . " Es ist gar nicht nöthig — it's quite unnecessary , my Lord , and a great deal too much , " said the ...
... carriage . " Anton , " said the voice from inside , " give the poor old creature this " -and a napoleon was handed out of the window . " Es ist gar nicht nöthig — it's quite unnecessary , my Lord , and a great deal too much , " said the ...
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... , was the consternation of his guardian , who had under- taken to wait for him at Genoa , and bring him in his carriage to Paris , at receiving one morning a letter from him , bearing the post - mark of Naples 8 JEANNETTE ISABELLE .
... , was the consternation of his guardian , who had under- taken to wait for him at Genoa , and bring him in his carriage to Paris , at receiving one morning a letter from him , bearing the post - mark of Naples 8 JEANNETTE ISABELLE .
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... carriage wheels , described in the last chapter , was heard in the court - yard below . Emily sprung up with her finger on her lips— " " Tis he - it must be Clanelly ! " - and she paced hastily up and down the apartment , agitated with ...
... carriage wheels , described in the last chapter , was heard in the court - yard below . Emily sprung up with her finger on her lips— " " Tis he - it must be Clanelly ! " - and she paced hastily up and down the apartment , agitated with ...
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... carriage at the gate of the Hôtel in the Fauxbourg St. Honoré . It is an old remark that ill news travels post , and an equally old one that every body is more occupied about his neighbour's affairs than his own ; yet even Lord ...
... carriage at the gate of the Hôtel in the Fauxbourg St. Honoré . It is an old remark that ill news travels post , and an equally old one that every body is more occupied about his neighbour's affairs than his own ; yet even Lord ...
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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.