Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Հատոր 1John Richardson, 1837 |
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... a dix mille écus de rente , peut - il parler ainsi ? " - " Doucement , mon ami ! " — interrompit Nugnez . GIL BLAS DE SANTILLANE , liv . xii . c . 7 . JEANNETTE ISABELLE . IT CHAPTER I. was a horrible night vi PREFACE .
... a dix mille écus de rente , peut - il parler ainsi ? " - " Doucement , mon ami ! " — interrompit Nugnez . GIL BLAS DE SANTILLANE , liv . xii . c . 7 . JEANNETTE ISABELLE . IT CHAPTER I. was a horrible night vi PREFACE .
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... night in January . Merry as were the balls and concerts fixed for that evening in Paris , the streets at least gave no indication of gaiety and feasting . Down the whole length of the arcades , from the corner of the Place Vendôme to ...
... night in January . Merry as were the balls and concerts fixed for that evening in Paris , the streets at least gave no indication of gaiety and feasting . Down the whole length of the arcades , from the corner of the Place Vendôme to ...
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... night , or a very stupid person , or both , when French lips could occupy themselves with a remark upon the weather . The old lady's senses , perhaps , were not in their acutest order at the moment ; for scarcely had she attained to the ...
... night , or a very stupid person , or both , when French lips could occupy themselves with a remark upon the weather . The old lady's senses , perhaps , were not in their acutest order at the moment ; for scarcely had she attained to the ...
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... night . " C'est la dernière course pour aujourd'hui , mi- lord ; " said the postillion , as , having received his legitimate claim from the courier , he approached the master himself with his hat off ; " nous sommes venus très vite , et ...
... night . " C'est la dernière course pour aujourd'hui , mi- lord ; " said the postillion , as , having received his legitimate claim from the courier , he approached the master himself with his hat off ; " nous sommes venus très vite , et ...
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... night , he answered that his lordship was himself so good a judge , that if he imagined it to be a Petitot , it most probably was one . His lordship then asserted that the embossed work on the gold box resembled the designs of Ben ...
... night , he answered that his lordship was himself so good a judge , that if he imagined it to be a Petitot , it most probably was one . His lordship then asserted that the embossed work on the gold box resembled the designs of Ben ...
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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.