Beauty and the beast, by Sarah Tytler, Volume 11884 |
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... brought forth to con- front the Colonel , who proceeded to see the sentence carried into effect , without any symptom of dislike to the duty . William Thwaite was reduced to the ranks , and in sign of the degradation the signal was ...
... brought forth to con- front the Colonel , who proceeded to see the sentence carried into effect , without any symptom of dislike to the duty . William Thwaite was reduced to the ranks , and in sign of the degradation the signal was ...
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... brought to so sorry a pass that he needed every grain of love to fight for him , cleave to him , and , if it were yet possible , save him ? Jenny would leave Lawrie to play the cautious , cold - hearted , judicial part - to draw back in ...
... brought to so sorry a pass that he needed every grain of love to fight for him , cleave to him , and , if it were yet possible , save him ? Jenny would leave Lawrie to play the cautious , cold - hearted , judicial part - to draw back in ...
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... brought him up , was not likely to affect so deeply a young fellow with the ball at his foot . Sir William and Mr. Miles were driving over from the nearest station in a trap which the lawyer had appointed to be ready for them . He had ...
... brought him up , was not likely to affect so deeply a young fellow with the ball at his foot . Sir William and Mr. Miles were driving over from the nearest station in a trap which the lawyer had appointed to be ready for them . He had ...
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... first to point out to you the home of your ancestors , ' said Mr. Miles , betrayed into tall language by the importance of the occasion , as the trap turned the bend of the road which brought the mansion - WHITEHILLS . 43.
... first to point out to you the home of your ancestors , ' said Mr. Miles , betrayed into tall language by the importance of the occasion , as the trap turned the bend of the road which brought the mansion - WHITEHILLS . 43.
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Henrietta Keddie. the bend of the road which brought the mansion - house into view . ' Just so . Thank you , sir , ' said Sir William , who had not got over the last form of address , and who spoke mechanically and almost as ...
Henrietta Keddie. the bend of the road which brought the mansion - house into view . ' Just so . Thank you , sir , ' said Sir William , who had not got over the last form of address , and who spoke mechanically and almost as ...
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acquainted ain't ball ball-room beauty better Bill Bill Rogers brother brought called cotillon dance daughter dear drawing-room drink Eastham eyes face fancy father favour feel fellow gentleman girl gout grand grand-daughter grandmamma grandmother hand head heard heart honour husband Iris Compton Iris's Jenny Jenny's King Lud knew Knotley Lady Fermor Lady Thwaite Lambford laugh Lawrie look Lord Fermor Lucy Acton Ludovic Acton Major Pollock marriage married masquerade ball master Maudie Mildmay Miles mind Miss Burrage Miss Compton neighbours ness Netherton never old Abe old lady old Sir John old woman partner play poor regiment round SARAH TYTLER servant Sir William Thwaite sister speak spite Squire stephanotis stood tell thing Thwaite's tion took turn waltz Whitehills wife window WINDOW BLINDS women word young
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Página 122 - rose up before him the interior of a soldier's hut, and the spectacle of Jen, worn out by her efforts to save him, pleading with her last gasp that he might redeem himself from destruction. His manners had not that repose which stamps the caste of Vere de Vere. He lost command over himself. His blue eyes sparkled like steel.
Página 299 - I'ma modest man, so that I'm at a loss to know what I've done to deserve it, unless you and I are going to be better friends in future. You may depend upon it I'm eternally obliged to you.' Swearing friendship with Major Pollock— was
Página 295 - and it would dawn upon him that she had never looked upon him in any other light than that of an acquaintance and
Página 302 - flattering symptom women betray at an early stage of a certain malady ? Were you never told that when a woman is willing, a man can but look like a fool ? Do you want to look like a fool ? Would you deprive us of our single, short season of power ? Don't we pay dearly for it to the best of you men in
Página 97 - was young myself, but my youth passed soon,' remarked Lady Thwaite with an echo of pensiveness in the reflection, pausing as if she expected to be contradicted, and then going on with a furtive smile, faintly acidulated, at the omission of any contradiction, ' Poor dear Sir John liked the society of his contemporaries, naturally,. and
Página 247 - would set their small scholars such astounding lessons as no youthful brain could compass, which drove the juvenile fry and their parents to the verge of despair. Or Nanny Hollis would undertake to enact the entire drama of ' Punch and Judy ' for the benefit of the assembly. Withal, the Hollises were kind-hearted in their heedlessness.
Página 304 - spoken to him. But when he saw I was pleased with his volunteering a subscription, in the handsomest, most modest manner, I assure you, darling, he wished to double it. I had actually to forbid it. There is a man with his heart in the right place ! That is of twice as much consequence as
Página 45 - selection. They behaved with the silent, attentive civility which was all that was wanted from them. If they could practise imperturbability in addition to the quiet discharge of their duties, it might be as well; though Mr. Miles began to hope more and more that Sir William would not from the beginning tax too severely
Página 90 - the conversation took a more cheerful turn, and Lady Thwaite's social gifts, as a lively woman of the world, came out to anybody capable of appreciating her. The interview had not proved very formidable, and from the date of the introduction the gentleman found himself, he could hardly tell how, in frequent communication with