Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Հատոր 1John Richardson, 1837 |
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... short clay pipes under the cover of the cape of their great coats . " Quelle nuit épouvantable ! " exclaimed an old woman , as she issued from the obscure door of a small house in the Rue St. Honoré , and prepared to cross the street ...
... short clay pipes under the cover of the cape of their great coats . " Quelle nuit épouvantable ! " exclaimed an old woman , as she issued from the obscure door of a small house in the Rue St. Honoré , and prepared to cross the street ...
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... short time , and give a hasty account of his person , his manners , his cha- racter , and his particular vocation on the present occasion . It will be necessary , first of all , to inform our readers , that the individual we have ...
... short time , and give a hasty account of his person , his manners , his cha- racter , and his particular vocation on the present occasion . It will be necessary , first of all , to inform our readers , that the individual we have ...
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... short , to appeal to as a foundation . His present marriage must end ill . I foresee it plainly ; and then , how on earth am I to break the delicate subject to - morrow morning with Lord Furstenroy ? " His lordship had just finished ...
... short , to appeal to as a foundation . His present marriage must end ill . I foresee it plainly ; and then , how on earth am I to break the delicate subject to - morrow morning with Lord Furstenroy ? " His lordship had just finished ...
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... 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 tall and well made women , of the ages of seventeen and eighteen ...
... 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 tall and well made women , of the ages of seventeen and eighteen ...
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... short , I am surrounded by all the colours in the rainbow , and find myself quite in the minority , not being deco- rated . " " Did you never hear Metternich's observation made at the Congress of Vienna ? " replied the secre- tary ...
... short , I am surrounded by all the colours in the rainbow , and find myself quite in the minority , not being deco- rated . " " Did you never hear Metternich's observation made at the Congress of Vienna ? " replied the secre- tary ...
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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.