Beauty and the beast, by Sarah Tytler, Volume 31884 |
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Página 17
... Haigh , a fat , florid , over- dressed woman , not inhospitable , not un- friendly - far from it . But Iris had not found another Miss Burrage - it would have been unreasonable to expect it in the matron who was in an extraordinary ...
... Haigh , a fat , florid , over- dressed woman , not inhospitable , not un- friendly - far from it . But Iris had not found another Miss Burrage - it would have been unreasonable to expect it in the matron who was in an extraordinary ...
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... Haigh . Perhaps my dear old friend , Miss Burrage , may have said something long ago , which will help you to understand matters . I don't mean that I am not to blame . No doubt I have failed in tact and patience , and a thousand things ...
... Haigh . Perhaps my dear old friend , Miss Burrage , may have said something long ago , which will help you to understand matters . I don't mean that I am not to blame . No doubt I have failed in tact and patience , and a thousand things ...
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... Haigh's practical mind , she had nothing to disturb her but the apprehension of Lady Fermor's displeasure , and that vague horror of the wrath of the combined aristocracy which was not without its breathless charm , like the coveted ...
... Haigh's practical mind , she had nothing to disturb her but the apprehension of Lady Fermor's displeasure , and that vague horror of the wrath of the combined aristocracy which was not without its breathless charm , like the coveted ...
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... Haigh was at liberty to rejoice in the acquisition to her circle , even though her reason whispered it could not be permanent . Its reflected éclat might long survive its actual existence , and while it lasted the mistress of the house ...
... Haigh was at liberty to rejoice in the acquisition to her circle , even though her reason whispered it could not be permanent . Its reflected éclat might long survive its actual existence , and while it lasted the mistress of the house ...
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... Haigh would constantly speak of her and to her as ' Lady Fermor's grand - daughter . ' The excellent woman would even betray at once her ig- norance and vanity , by bestowing on Iris a handle to her name to which she was not entitled ...
... Haigh would constantly speak of her and to her as ' Lady Fermor's grand - daughter . ' The excellent woman would even betray at once her ig- norance and vanity , by bestowing on Iris a handle to her name to which she was not entitled ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
asked baith believe better Bill Rogers Border boys bride bridegroom called colour couple cousin cried dare say dear doocot Dugdale's eyes face fashion fellow felt Fitzroy Square friends gentleman gentleman at heart girl gone grand grand-daughter grandmamma grandmother granny gude Haigh hands happy heard heart honour Iris Compton Iris's Jeannie Ju-ju keep kennin Kensington Gore King Lud knew Lady Fermor Lady Thwaite Lambford lass laugh looked Lucy Lud's Ludovic Acton mair Mari Marianne Dug Marianne Dugdale Marianne's marry maun mind Miss Compton Miss Dugdale mistress never once party person play Rectory rinawa runaway bride runaway marriages Scotch Scotland Sir William Thwaite Soames sorrow speak sure taken tell thing thought tion told trouble truth turned walked Whitehills woman word young lady
Passagens conhecidas
Página 85 - That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears ; And dipped in baths of hissing tears, And battered with the shocks of doom To shape and use.
Página 42 - ... gained at Monte Carlo, or the payment of wagers, or the prices of books or pictures which the girls had written or painted. I have heard of girls who have had the sovereigns that have been worked for pierced so that the workers might dangle and display them at their watch-chains, like so many charms. But it is a different thing when working is a necessity. I don't think I should work if I had a good allowance or a rich father,' admitted Ju-ju; 'and I believe, in my case, it is certainly much...
Página 235 - I must do something for you—not that I can ever repay you, but to prevent your being a scapegoat for me. If not, I shall break my heart for having brought you into such trouble, and he will never forgive me after all, for he is as fond of you as if you were one of his sisters.
Página 291 - You have said enough to show you will not mistake me—I love you as I love my life. I have done so from the first moment I saw you ; I shall do it to my last gasp, though you mayn't like it. I can't help it any more than you can.