Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary BiographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1870 - 328 páginas |
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... keep out the noise , together with an extensive view of Green Park , and a sailor without legs per- petually drawing ships upon the opposite pavement , as a foreground . My friend Lord Grandon , who is an Irish peer with a limited ...
... keep out the noise , together with an extensive view of Green Park , and a sailor without legs per- petually drawing ships upon the opposite pavement , as a foreground . My friend Lord Grandon , who is an Irish peer with a limited ...
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... keeping order ; draggled women on foot " moving " rapidly on . The fine ladies in their carriages moving on too -but not quite so fast . This Piccadillean view of the progress of civil- isation suggested to me many serious reflections ...
... keeping order ; draggled women on foot " moving " rapidly on . The fine ladies in their carriages moving on too -but not quite so fast . This Piccadillean view of the progress of civil- isation suggested to me many serious reflections ...
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... keep them in order . " " Perhaps Parson Brownlow would have been the better of a court of some kind , " said the Bishop . " It seems to me that to be a minister of the Gos- pel at one moment , a colonel at another , and the Governor of ...
... keep them in order . " " Perhaps Parson Brownlow would have been the better of a court of some kind , " said the Bishop . " It seems to me that to be a minister of the Gos- pel at one moment , a colonel at another , and the Governor of ...
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... keep the public in it for a month , " thought I , as I penned the above for their benefit , after which I indulged in two hours of troubled sleep . 500.0 21.000.0 PART II . MADNESS . FLITYVILLE , March 34 PICCADILLY .
... keep the public in it for a month , " thought I , as I penned the above for their benefit , after which I indulged in two hours of troubled sleep . 500.0 21.000.0 PART II . MADNESS . FLITYVILLE , March 34 PICCADILLY .
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... keeping them till I can bestow them upon the woman I choose for her daughter - in - law . " " Are you looking out for her now ? " I asked , somewhat abruptly . " Yes , my dear friend , " said John ; " I hope to find in England some ...
... keeping them till I can bestow them upon the woman I choose for her daughter - in - law . " " Are you looking out for her now ? " I asked , somewhat abruptly . " Yes , my dear friend , " said John ; " I hope to find in England some ...
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affairs afraid allude asked ball become believe better Bishop Bodwinkle Bombay Caribbee Islands Chundango Church conscience crown 8vo daugh daughter Dickiefield drawing-room Drippings Edition eyes fact favour feel felt Flityville Frank Vanecourt give going Goldtip Gorgon Grosvenor Square hand happiness hear heard heart Helter honour House idea interest keep knew Lady Broad Lady Broadhem Lady Ursula Lady Veriphast ladyship Larkington LAURENCE OLIPHANT Liberal Conservative lips looked Lord Broadhem Lord Frank Lord Grandon Loveton mamma marriage married matter means mind Miss Wylde missionary moral mother nature never numero deux party Piccadilly political present readers reason religious remark replied RICHARD DOYLE seemed society speech Spiffington Spiffy Spiffy's suppose sure talk tell thing thought tion to-morrow told tone turned University of Edinburgh Wild Harrie wish word worldly-holies young lady
Passagens conhecidas
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.