Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Հատոր 1John Richardson, 1837 |
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... door of a small house in the Rue St. Honoré , and prepared to cross the street , courageously battling with her blue cotton umbrella against the whole fury of the elements . " Quelle nuit épouvantable ! jamais de ma vie je n'ai rien vu ...
... door of a small house in the Rue St. Honoré , and prepared to cross the street , courageously battling with her blue cotton umbrella against the whole fury of the elements . " Quelle nuit épouvantable ! jamais de ma vie je n'ai rien vu ...
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... door of a neighbouring apart- ment , and crave admission for a short time of two young ladies , whom we shall find making their bed - toilette , and talking over the histories and the scandals of the salons of Paris . They were both ...
... door of a neighbouring apart- ment , and crave admission for a short time of two young ladies , whom we shall find making their bed - toilette , and talking over the histories and the scandals of the salons of Paris . They were both ...
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... door of the adjoining closet where her maid had been waiting . " Jane , " said she , " go down stairs , and find out from the servants who it is that is just arrived . ” The sou- brette presently returned with the news that it was an ...
... door of the adjoining closet where her maid had been waiting . " Jane , " said she , " go down stairs , and find out from the servants who it is that is just arrived . ” The sou- brette presently returned with the news that it was an ...
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... 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.
... 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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... door with bouquets and fruit . " " Whom was she with , then , last winter ? " asked the admiral , who liked to be right in his bearings . Why , I will tell you ; with her old father , who is since dead of the cholera ; one of the first ...
... door with bouquets and fruit . " " Whom was she with , then , last winter ? " asked the admiral , who liked to be right in his bearings . Why , I will tell you ; with her old father , who is since dead of the cholera ; one of the first ...
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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.