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... hour had already sent to her dressingroom , begged to have the pleasure of
showing Miss Mildmay to her apartment . ... all those luxuries with which modern
taste and modern nonsense combine to adorn and to obstruct modern
apartments .
... hour had already sent to her dressingroom , begged to have the pleasure of
showing Miss Mildmay to her apartment . ... all those luxuries with which modern
taste and modern nonsense combine to adorn and to obstruct modern
apartments .
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Smiling and blushing with pleasure , she entered the apartment , already
crowded with the leading families of the county . She cast a hasty glance through
the agitated sea of bonnets - pink , white , and blue - nodding feathers , and black
and ...
Smiling and blushing with pleasure , she entered the apartment , already
crowded with the leading families of the county . She cast a hasty glance through
the agitated sea of bonnets - pink , white , and blue - nodding feathers , and black
and ...
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She flattered herself , also , that by employing Louisa at this moment in the
manner just related , and by leaving her in sole possession of the apartment , that
she had furnished Lord William with an opportunity which he would eagerly seize
for ...
She flattered herself , also , that by employing Louisa at this moment in the
manner just related , and by leaving her in sole possession of the apartment , that
she had furnished Lord William with an opportunity which he would eagerly seize
for ...
Página 69
... hanging on Lord William ' s arm , she walked through a suite of magnificent
apartments — the walls covered with pictures , and dazzling with gold , crimson ,
and mirrors which reflected her whole figure as she passed . At length she
reached ...
... hanging on Lord William ' s arm , she walked through a suite of magnificent
apartments — the walls covered with pictures , and dazzling with gold , crimson ,
and mirrors which reflected her whole figure as she passed . At length she
reached ...
Página 70
... she would have - and proposed tea , he said he would go to his club , and get
what he could - perhaps he might go down to the house ; and , with “ Fanny dear ,
do the honours for me , and introduce Lady William to her apartments , ” and a ...
... she would have - and proposed tea , he said he would go to his club , and get
what he could - perhaps he might go down to the house ; and , with “ Fanny dear ,
do the honours for me , and introduce Lady William to her apartments , ” and a ...
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Tales of the Woods and Fields: A Second Series of "The Two Old Men ..., Volume 1 Anne Marsh-Caldwell Visualização integral - 1836 |
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Página 179 - ... in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And behold, there came a voice unto him, and said. What doest thou here, Elijah?
Página 14 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Página 14 - These simple blessings of the lowly train; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play. The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined.
Página 158 - Everything that he proposed commencing was to be completed for his boy ; everything that he erected was to last for several generations. In this sense, his apprenticeship was ended : with the feeling of a father, he had acquired all the virtues of a citizen. He felt this, and nothing could exceed his joy. " O needless strictness of morality...
Página 14 - Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore...
Página 5 - I know, The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife : And there, well to discharge it, does require Equality of years, of birth, of fortune ; For beauty being poor, and not cried up By birth or wealth, can truly mix with ueithcr. And wealth, where there's such difference in years, And fair descent, must make the yoke uneasy : — But I come nearer.