Court life at Naples in our own times, by the author of 'La Cava'.1861 |
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Página 9
... honour me with one dance - the next ? " She stammered her acquiescence , and her partner , growing impatient at this interruption to his rights , whirled her off into the crowded waltz . Reader , is there such a thing as love at first ...
... honour me with one dance - the next ? " She stammered her acquiescence , and her partner , growing impatient at this interruption to his rights , whirled her off into the crowded waltz . Reader , is there such a thing as love at first ...
Página 10
... honour me once more ? The polka has commenced . " It was her first ball ! Helen thought she ought not to dance twice with the same partner , and looked towards her mother ; but she was conversing busily with a lady , and was turned from ...
... honour me once more ? The polka has commenced . " It was her first ball ! Helen thought she ought not to dance twice with the same partner , and looked towards her mother ; but she was conversing busily with a lady , and was turned from ...
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... honour , he assembled a pleasant party at his fine old house , with many young people , to be Helen's companions , while he appointed her " Queen of the Revels . " Helen's début was certainly the subject of specula- tion among her ...
... honour , he assembled a pleasant party at his fine old house , with many young people , to be Helen's companions , while he appointed her " Queen of the Revels . " Helen's début was certainly the subject of specula- tion among her ...
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... honours , ignorance and bigotry round them like a well- worn mantle , they scorn all without their privileged circle . Their poverty is often extreme ; the palaces bearing their names have passed into other hands , while they live in ...
... honours , ignorance and bigotry round them like a well- worn mantle , they scorn all without their privileged circle . Their poverty is often extreme ; the palaces bearing their names have passed into other hands , while they live in ...
Página 33
... honoured and respected in his country , admitted at his own and every other Court in Europe but those of Spain and Naples - goes to the latter place and finds himself scouted on account of his profession ! He must either sit down ...
... honoured and respected in his country , admitted at his own and every other Court in Europe but those of Spain and Naples - goes to the latter place and finds himself scouted on account of his profession ! He must either sit down ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
acquaintance admiration answered attention ball Baron Torlone Baronet beautiful better Boy Jack bride carriage Castel Castelbianco chapel charming cher Chiaja child church cigar coloured companion Conte Contessa countenance cried crowd dance daughter dear dinner door dress Elena England English entered Everard exclaimed eyes faith fashion favour feelings felt follow foreign Gaetano girl hand happy heart Helen rose honour husband inquired Italian John Bull ladies latter laughed looked Louisa Madame Maestà Malafede Marchmont married Miss Monsieur morning mother Mowbray Mowbray's Naples native politeness Neapolitan never night Otley Padre Calvi party Poor Helen Pozzuoli pretty Prince Princesse Principessa Priory proceeded quadrilles rector rest returned Roman Catholic rose round Royal seated Selwood Sir John smile Sorrento stranger street table d'hôte tears things thought told turned walk whispered wife wish words young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 259 - And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf; and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Página 122 - The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Página 94 - Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.