Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Հատոր 1John Richardson, 1837 |
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... gave no indication of gaiety and feasting . Down the whole length of the arcades , from the corner of the Place Vendôme to the two extremities of the Rue de Rivoli , not a soul was to be seen , and yet the Louvre clock had only just ...
... gave no indication of gaiety and feasting . Down the whole length of the arcades , from the corner of the Place Vendôme to the two extremities of the Rue de Rivoli , not a soul was to be seen , and yet the Louvre clock had only just ...
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... gave Anton directions as to what part of the luggage must be brought up stairs that night . " C'est la dernière course pour aujourd'hui , mi- lord ; " said the postillion , as , having received his legitimate claim from the courier , he ...
... gave Anton directions as to what part of the luggage must be brought up stairs that night . " C'est la dernière course pour aujourd'hui , mi- lord ; " said the postillion , as , having received his legitimate claim from the courier , he ...
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... gave it into the hand of his master , " I thought it better to be care- ful ; what do you want to throw away your money for in buying a whole box at a time ? you know the steward said in his last letter that you ought to retrench ; so ...
... gave it into the hand of his master , " I thought it better to be care- ful ; what do you want to throw away your money for in buying a whole box at a time ? you know the steward said in his last letter that you ought to retrench ; so ...
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... gave a fulness and roundness to her figure , harmonized with the peculiar character of her beauty , and invested her tout ensemble with an air of softness and loveliness , which made her with men an almost universal favourite . Whether ...
... gave a fulness and roundness to her figure , harmonized with the peculiar character of her beauty , and invested her tout ensemble with an air of softness and loveliness , which made her with men an almost universal favourite . Whether ...
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... gave the history of a large ruby , which he just missed buying of a Jew at Genoa ; and asked if there was any important news in the paper . Capital speech ! capital argument of Peel ; " exclaimed the old gouty earl : " the Whigs will be ...
... gave the history of a large ruby , which he just missed buying of a Jew at Genoa ; and asked if there was any important news in the paper . Capital speech ! capital argument of Peel ; " exclaimed the old gouty earl : " the Whigs will be ...
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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.