Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary BiographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1870 - 328 páginas |
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... Wild Harrie - her mother , Lady Wylde , you re- member , was her husband's brother's governess . Well , I said plainly to her , ' You will ruin that girl's chances if you attempt to force her on society in your own way . You can't ...
... Wild Harrie - her mother , Lady Wylde , you re- member , was her husband's brother's governess . Well , I said plainly to her , ' You will ruin that girl's chances if you attempt to force her on society in your own way . You can't ...
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... Wild Harrie , came up while I was thus musing . " So , Lord Frank , " she said , " you are not to be congratulated after all ? I suppose you heard of our dinner at the Whitechapels ' ? We all thought your conduct very incomprehensible ...
... Wild Harrie , came up while I was thus musing . " So , Lord Frank , " she said , " you are not to be congratulated after all ? I suppose you heard of our dinner at the Whitechapels ' ? We all thought your conduct very incomprehensible ...
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... Wild Harrie . " I have a brother in India ; and I have heard so much about the heathen . Besides , I want to make Lady Ursula's acquaintance . " " I really don't think , " said I , a good deal puzzled , " that you will find it a very ...
... Wild Harrie . " I have a brother in India ; and I have heard so much about the heathen . Besides , I want to make Lady Ursula's acquaintance . " " I really don't think , " said I , a good deal puzzled , " that you will find it a very ...
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... Wild Harrie had expressed a wish to make Lady Ursula's acquaintance . Poor Ursula ! what Broadhem had said about his mother's change of manner decided me not to neglect the oppor- tunity which presented itself of going to her " meeting ...
... Wild Harrie had expressed a wish to make Lady Ursula's acquaintance . Poor Ursula ! what Broadhem had said about his mother's change of manner decided me not to neglect the oppor- tunity which presented itself of going to her " meeting ...
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... Wild Harrie . That young lady is more plainly dressed than anybody else in the room . Her hair is neatly and modestly drawn back . She might have risked a larger chignon , but she had never THE 66 223.
... Wild Harrie . That young lady is more plainly dressed than anybody else in the room . Her hair is neatly and modestly drawn back . She might have risked a larger chignon , but she had never THE 66 223.
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Página 221 - Moses' seat : all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say, and do not.
Página 105 - Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high, As I can now discern with this clear eye. And next in value, which thy kindness lends, That I may greatly disappoint my friends, Howe'er they think or hope that it may be, They may not dream how thou'st distinguished me.
Página 305 - Memoir of Sir William Hamilton, Bart., Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. By Professor VEITCH of the University of Glasgow. 8vo, with Portrait, 18s.
Página 259 - A long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull all together ! [Cries, and drops his face on arm, upon table.