Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Հատոր 1John Richardson, 1837 |
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... looked round , said , ' is anybody here that anybody knows ? ' and walked out again ; but there never are any but stupid people at Lady M'Rubbers ; it is quite impossible there should be , and you know I can't endure stupid people ...
... looked round , said , ' is anybody here that anybody knows ? ' and walked out again ; but there never are any but stupid people at Lady M'Rubbers ; it is quite impossible there should be , and you know I can't endure stupid people ...
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... looked remarkably well in one of the prettiest morning caps ever furnished from the Rue de la Paix , felt a presentiment that all was not right as her lover's guardian entered , and she stretched out her hand under the table to her ...
... looked remarkably well in one of the prettiest morning caps ever furnished from the Rue de la Paix , felt a presentiment that all was not right as her lover's guardian entered , and she stretched out her hand under the table to her ...
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... looked at his daughters , who retired with their bro- thers , and left the old gentleman to all the mystery of the distressing communication which awaited him . Words cannot express the indignation of Lord Furstenroy at the capricious ...
... looked at his daughters , who retired with their bro- thers , and left the old gentleman to all the mystery of the distressing communication which awaited him . Words cannot express the indignation of Lord Furstenroy at the capricious ...
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... looked up fondly in her face , and she stooped down and let him kiss away a tear from her eyelid . " My bro- ther , " she continued , " women are but poor defence- less beings in this wrong world : we receive injuries , and we cannot ...
... looked up fondly in her face , and she stooped down and let him kiss away a tear from her eyelid . " My bro- ther , " she continued , " women are but poor defence- less beings in this wrong world : we receive injuries , and we cannot ...
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... diately reported to Metternich that the English re- presentative had come to their meeting without a decoration : Metternich looked for a moment at the fine figure , and commanding height , and noble bear- 38 JEANNETTE ISABELLE .
... diately reported to Metternich that the English re- presentative had come to their meeting without a decoration : Metternich looked for a moment at the fine figure , and commanding height , and noble bear- 38 JEANNETTE ISABELLE .
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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.