Such things are, by the author of 'Recommended to mercy'. |
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... perhaps when at his ease , but that was seldom ; and certainly chosen as he had been as the es- cort of neither youth nor beauty - the present was certainly not a moment when the usually obsequious ' Dolly ' was likely to be either ...
... perhaps when at his ease , but that was seldom ; and certainly chosen as he had been as the es- cort of neither youth nor beauty - the present was certainly not a moment when the usually obsequious ' Dolly ' was likely to be either ...
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... Perhaps I should , my dear . We cannot say exactly what our feelings would be in that case ; but still I think that I should be rather sorry for the task he had to do . It would be so unpleasant to his feelings , I should think . ' And ...
... Perhaps I should , my dear . We cannot say exactly what our feelings would be in that case ; but still I think that I should be rather sorry for the task he had to do . It would be so unpleasant to his feelings , I should think . ' And ...
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... perhaps you don't know that Aylmer's in the literary line -- got the old poets in his cabin , and that other book- that long one - you know - written by some man a hundred years ago . ' " The Spectator , " I suppose you mean , ' said ...
... perhaps you don't know that Aylmer's in the literary line -- got the old poets in his cabin , and that other book- that long one - you know - written by some man a hundred years ago . ' " The Spectator , " I suppose you mean , ' said ...
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... perhaps I was selfish - who is not ? ' ' But how could you refuse ? ' asked Susan , ' he did not offer himself as a " cavalier de compagnie " surely . ' ' I will tell you how it was , ' said Aylmer , ' and ask you , now you know the man ...
... perhaps I was selfish - who is not ? ' ' But how could you refuse ? ' asked Susan , ' he did not offer himself as a " cavalier de compagnie " surely . ' ' I will tell you how it was , ' said Aylmer , ' and ask you , now you know the man ...
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... perhaps he wanted to come out strong himself , and so turned Miss Mayford's hun- dreds into thousands . And , by - the - by , you didn't say how many of the latter the old spinster has . ' About four thousand pounds — a year , I mean ...
... perhaps he wanted to come out strong himself , and so turned Miss Mayford's hun- dreds into thousands . And , by - the - by , you didn't say how many of the latter the old spinster has . ' About four thousand pounds — a year , I mean ...
Términos y frases comunes
Adolphus alarm amongst Annesley Annesley's Ashington asked awhile began better called CHAPTER child Chrissy's Christina Colonel Aylmer comfort companion course cross-stitch dark darling dear Cousin Chrissy dear Miss Llewellen Dolly drawing-room dread Drummond ears eyes face fancy fear feel felt Florence Harley fool gentle gentleman Gerald girl hand happy Harley's heard heart hope Jephson knew laugh lips listening look Lord George lover Maggie Maggie's major-domo Margaret marriage married Mayford mind Miss Brigham Miss Chrissy Miss Christina's mortification nervous ness never night old maid Olive once Orchard Street pale perhaps poor Portsmouth pre-Raphaelite quiet Raynham Fletcher remarked reply Ryde seemed short silence smile sound speak spirits STAMFORD STREET strange sure Susan tell there's thing Thomson thought tion trembling trust truth turn voice waiting walk whilst whispered wish woman women words yacht young ladies
Pasajes populares
Página 136 - THE warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing, The bare boughs are sighing, the pale flowers are dying, And the year On the earth her deathbed, in a shroud of leaves dead, Is lying. Come, months, come away, From November to May, In your saddest array; Follow the bier Of the dead cold year, And like dim shadows watch by her sepulchre. The chill rain is falling, the...
Página 166 - Of the hearts that daily break, Of the tears that hourly fall, Of the many, many troubles of life, That grieve this earthly ball...
Página 42 - Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould ; Price of many a crime untold ; Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold...
Página 233 - tis slander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Página 93 - Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music, — summer's eve — or spring, A flower — the wind — the Ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Página 65 - Me and my friends here, this delightful night, That power itself has not one half the might Of gentleness. 'Tis want to all true wealth ; The uneasy madman's force, to the wise health ; Blind downward beating, to the eyes that see ; Noise to persuasion, doubt to certainty...
Página 28 - Nothing ! if they bite and kick? Out with it, Dunciad ! let the secret pass, That secret to each fool, that he's an ass : The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie ?) The queen of Midas slept, and so may I.
Página 198 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Página 93 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a Scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever...
Página 78 - The clodded earth goes up in sweet-breathed flowers ; In music dies poor human speech, And into beauty blow those hearts of ours, When Love is born in each.