Ellen Glanville, Volume 1E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1838 |
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... Harrison calls Lord Lindsay , Lindsay , behind his back ; which he does not dare do to his face ; for Richard , who has never thought of trying such a thing , watched , when they were together . " 6 " And I cannot make out , " added ...
... Harrison calls Lord Lindsay , Lindsay , behind his back ; which he does not dare do to his face ; for Richard , who has never thought of trying such a thing , watched , when they were together . " 6 " And I cannot make out , " added ...
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... Harrison , and her daughters . " " Poor Maria ! so he took you for Kate Harrison , " said her brother Richard , with a loud laugh , as he left the room to commence his daily irksome walk to Lincoln's Inn . " I do think that loud laugh ...
... Harrison , and her daughters . " " Poor Maria ! so he took you for Kate Harrison , " said her brother Richard , with a loud laugh , as he left the room to commence his daily irksome walk to Lincoln's Inn . " I do think that loud laugh ...
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... Harrison . " I had this morn- ing a letter from Lindsay- ( Maria pressed Eliza's foot under the table ) and you can give me , for your authority , that the marriage is settled . " This was a bold stroke of John's ; for the letter simply ...
... Harrison . " I had this morn- ing a letter from Lindsay- ( Maria pressed Eliza's foot under the table ) and you can give me , for your authority , that the marriage is settled . " This was a bold stroke of John's ; for the letter simply ...
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... Harrison's . Eliza , I wish you would lean back quietly , like your sisters - you have bent my bonnet by poking forwards so . " 99 " Mamma , I was only answering Captain Glanville ; he had evidently a great deal more he wanted to say to ...
... Harrison's . Eliza , I wish you would lean back quietly , like your sisters - you have bent my bonnet by poking forwards so . " 99 " Mamma , I was only answering Captain Glanville ; he had evidently a great deal more he wanted to say to ...
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... Harrison was not wanting in her consolations to Mrs. Beaumont . If they were not asked this Wednesday , they might rely upon it they would be some other ; she had constantly observed , that there was a something , a sort of smart look ...
... Harrison was not wanting in her consolations to Mrs. Beaumont . If they were not asked this Wednesday , they might rely upon it they would be some other ; she had constantly observed , that there was a something , a sort of smart look ...
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Page 176 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies.
Page 160 - That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise.
Page 38 - Women born to be controlled, Stoop to the forward and the bold, says Waller — and Lovelace too!
Page 122 - Tis yours, unmoved, to sever and to meet ; No pledge is sacred, and no home is sweet ! Who that would ask a heart to dulness wed, The waveless calm, the slumber of the dead ? No ; the wild bliss of Nature needs alloy, And Fear and Sorrow fan the fire of Joy...