Beauty and the beast, by Sarah Tytler, Volume 31884 |
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Página 22
... seemed to take a warped pride in what she was pleased to view as aristocratic iniquities . These ladies and gentlemen were per- fectly respectable , better - class pensionnaires . Though the ladies had the priority by cour- teous phrase ...
... seemed to take a warped pride in what she was pleased to view as aristocratic iniquities . These ladies and gentlemen were per- fectly respectable , better - class pensionnaires . Though the ladies had the priority by cour- teous phrase ...
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... seemed to be to comply with all the obligations of the most finished young ladyhood in the fashion of the day , under such difficulties as limited means and the necessity for the family's keep- ing boarders implied . Ju - ju took her ...
... seemed to be to comply with all the obligations of the most finished young ladyhood in the fashion of the day , under such difficulties as limited means and the necessity for the family's keep- ing boarders implied . Ju - ju took her ...
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... seemed even anxiously desirous of bearing Miss Compton company in her walk home . The motive was soon explained . Whenever the girls got into the quieter streets , Ju - ju spoke with almost painful earnestness : ' You have found me out ...
... seemed even anxiously desirous of bearing Miss Compton company in her walk home . The motive was soon explained . Whenever the girls got into the quieter streets , Ju - ju spoke with almost painful earnestness : ' You have found me out ...
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... seemed to miss half the stages of vegetable existence , whether of autumn bravery of colouring , or of a winter robe of spotless swan's - down , instead of a rapidly melting , smutty , grey travesty of snow . The society of the boarding ...
... seemed to miss half the stages of vegetable existence , whether of autumn bravery of colouring , or of a winter robe of spotless swan's - down , instead of a rapidly melting , smutty , grey travesty of snow . The society of the boarding ...
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... seemed to rise again before her and make her flesh creep . For anything Iris knew he might have come up with her grandmother to London - he might be in the carriage outside , ready to spring upon her , in AGE PLEADS . 53.
... seemed to rise again before her and make her flesh creep . For anything Iris knew he might have come up with her grandmother to London - he might be in the carriage outside , ready to spring upon her , in AGE PLEADS . 53.
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.