The Roué ...Collins & Hannay, 1828 |
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Página 11
... of her darling Agnes was as cold as the world in which it was created to exist . " It is time , Mrs. Fleming , " said her husband , in his formal and imperturbable manner , " that Agnes should enjoy the THE ROUÉ . 11.
... of her darling Agnes was as cold as the world in which it was created to exist . " It is time , Mrs. Fleming , " said her husband , in his formal and imperturbable manner , " that Agnes should enjoy the THE ROUÉ . 11.
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... husband in a tone that seemed so peremptory , as to take no denial and admit of no argu- ment , -poor Agnes was thunder - struck . Her first impulsc was to tell the true state of her feelings - but the words seemed glued to her lips ...
... husband in a tone that seemed so peremptory , as to take no denial and admit of no argu- ment , -poor Agnes was thunder - struck . Her first impulsc was to tell the true state of her feelings - but the words seemed glued to her lips ...
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... since the death of her husband , and the before - mentioned jointure had become her only reliance , and she determined to leave no scheme untried to accomplish it . The expensive life she had led [ 23 ] CHAPTER III. ...
... since the death of her husband , and the before - mentioned jointure had become her only reliance , and she determined to leave no scheme untried to accomplish it . The expensive life she had led [ 23 ] CHAPTER III. ...
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... husband was revolting to her mind . She could give up her lover from a sense of duty , but she could not consent to receive another . Lady Mary , however , was determined to carry her point : she knew the female heart , and she knew the ...
... husband was revolting to her mind . She could give up her lover from a sense of duty , but she could not consent to receive another . Lady Mary , however , was determined to carry her point : she knew the female heart , and she knew the ...
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... husband as a hero , and a man of sentiment and talent ; such the man to become entitled to all those warm and generous feelings which had been yielded with the ardour of a first love , to a man who promised to realize all her youthful ...
... husband as a hero , and a man of sentiment and talent ; such the man to become entitled to all those warm and generous feelings which had been yielded with the ardour of a first love , to a man who promised to realize all her youthful ...
Términos y frases comunes
admiration agitation Agnes agony Amelia anticipations appeared BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER beauty Brighton Calisthenics carriage character circumstances Clifton contemplation conversation countenance cursed D'Oyley dear death delight determined devil door drawing-room dress excited exclaimed eyes fashion favour fear feelings felt female Fleming Fleming's Flounce Fred gave give Grosvenor Square hand happiness Hartley heard heart honour hope husband idea imagination Italy knew Lady Emily Lady Pomeroy LESLIE rushed Leslie's libertine lips lived look Lord Arlington lover Macbeth married ment mind Miss Wheeler mistress morning mother nature never night object once parties passed passion perhaps person pleasure Pomeroy's present pursuit quadrille racter recollection rendered scene seemed sentiments sigh silent Sir Robert Leslie smile society soul spite talent tears thing thought tion Tour trembling Trevor Trevor Hall turned uttered Villars virtue voice Walmer whole wife wish woman women wonder young ladies
Pasajes populares
Página 53 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Página 234 - And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Página 231 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, ^ That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Página 156 - I render you ; Only, this one : — Lord Angelo is precise ; Stands at a guard with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : Hence shall we see.
Página 72 - Which come, in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories filled! Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled, — You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Página 223 - ... on this head have almost been given up, and the subject generally thought to be a matter of too high and too delicate a nature to admit of any true or intelligible discussion.
Página 212 - To charm me with thy softness : 'tis in vain : Thou can'st no more betray, nor I be ruin'd. The hours of folly, and of fond delight, Are wasted all, and fled ; those that remain Are doom'd to weeping, anguish, and repentance.
Página 226 - Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
Página 84 - Her serious sayings darken'd to sublimity; In short, in all things she was fairly what I call A prodigy — her morning dress was dimity, Her evening silk, or, in the summer, muslin, And other stuffs, with which I won't stay puzzling. XIII She knew the Latin — that is, 'the Lord's prayer...
Página 241 - I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please...