Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Հատոր 1John Richardson, 1837 |
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... the drenching drive , to the post- boy , our host took his wife by the arm and led her into the kitchen . 66 Wife , " said he , " his lordship pays extras ; note that ; and don't forget it when you make JEANNETTE ISABELLE . 7.
... the drenching drive , to the post- boy , our host took his wife by the arm and led her into the kitchen . 66 Wife , " said he , " his lordship pays extras ; note that ; and don't forget it when you make JEANNETTE ISABELLE . 7.
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... took a pretty French comtesse round the waist , and was presently lost in a waltz . " And who is this tremendously grand person- age , " inquired Lord Carmansdale , advancing towards the secretary , " whose entrée has just been accom ...
... took a pretty French comtesse round the waist , and was presently lost in a waltz . " And who is this tremendously grand person- age , " inquired Lord Carmansdale , advancing towards the secretary , " whose entrée has just been accom ...
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... took the trouble of examining the plain wooden shelves which hung against the plastered wall , the collection appeared rather bien choisi than voluminous . The young man himself seemed not to be in good health , and there was a fire in ...
... took the trouble of examining the plain wooden shelves which hung against the plastered wall , the collection appeared rather bien choisi than voluminous . The young man himself seemed not to be in good health , and there was a fire in ...
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... took up one of the skulls from the table , and would probably have rivalled Hamlet in the profoundness of his speculations , when he was interrupted by the shrill voice of an old woman screaming from the inner room- " Viens donc - viens ...
... took up one of the skulls from the table , and would probably have rivalled Hamlet in the profoundness of his speculations , when he was interrupted by the shrill voice of an old woman screaming from the inner room- " Viens donc - viens ...
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... took my address , and pretended to be so anxious - mais il a peur , milord Anglais . Oh ! je lui laverais joliment la tête , s'il oserait venir . I'd teach him to drive over poor old women , as if they were stones in the road ! I'd VOL ...
... took my address , and pretended to be so anxious - mais il a peur , milord Anglais . Oh ! je lui laverais joliment la tête , s'il oserait venir . I'd teach him to drive over poor old women , as if they were stones in the road ! I'd VOL ...
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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.