Court life at Naples in our own times, by the author of 'La Cava'.1861 |
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... thought your experience with Miss N would have cured you ! " — The Neapolitan winced , and shrugged his shoulders . " Che volete , amico mio ! When a man is hard driven -with blue blood in his veins too c'è poco da fare , " and he ...
... thought your experience with Miss N would have cured you ! " — The Neapolitan winced , and shrugged his shoulders . " Che volete , amico mio ! When a man is hard driven -with blue blood in his veins too c'è poco da fare , " and he ...
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... 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 her . How could she refuse ? Perhaps it was the foreign custom ? Finally , she ...
... 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 her . How could she refuse ? Perhaps it was the foreign custom ? Finally , she ...
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... thought his name would sound well at a drawing - room in the spring . The prince proposed and was accepted - provisionally . The prudent mother advised her daughter to take him first on trial as a travelling companion : if he proved an ...
... thought his name would sound well at a drawing - room in the spring . The prince proposed and was accepted - provisionally . The prudent mother advised her daughter to take him first on trial as a travelling companion : if he proved an ...
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... thought Miss N had a good riddance of a bad bargain ; and as this was not the first time his name had been connected with our countrywomen , in no very creditable way to either party , the " pères de famille " looked shy at the Principe ...
... thought Miss N had a good riddance of a bad bargain ; and as this was not the first time his name had been connected with our countrywomen , in no very creditable way to either party , the " pères de famille " looked shy at the Principe ...
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... thought them ter- ribly gauches in their tournures , and exaggerated in their crinolines . He marvelled how they got such red hands , but having heard of the domestic qualities of Englishwomen , and of their housewifely occupations , he ...
... thought them ter- ribly gauches in their tournures , and exaggerated in their crinolines . He marvelled how they got such red hands , but having heard of the domestic qualities of Englishwomen , and of their housewifely occupations , he ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
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