Ellen Glanville, Volume 1E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1838 |
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... Julia Harrison took it up , and pertinaciously pursued it . " We shall meet you , of course . I would not miss going for the world , it will be so very interesting . ' 99 " And why should it be so very interesting ? " asked Mrs ...
... Julia Harrison took it up , and pertinaciously pursued it . " We shall meet you , of course . I would not miss going for the world , it will be so very interesting . ' 99 " And why should it be so very interesting ? " asked Mrs ...
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... Julia constantly agreed with Eliza - in very much the tone with which mad people are soothed — that it was undoubtedly a mistake ; that it was impossible to suppose , though certainly it looked like it , that Lady Ellen could mean to ...
... Julia constantly agreed with Eliza - in very much the tone with which mad people are soothed — that it was undoubtedly a mistake ; that it was impossible to suppose , though certainly it looked like it , that Lady Ellen could mean to ...
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... Julia , only by way of saying something civil , told her how pretty they all thought Miss Spencer , she answered quite in a sneering way , " Of course , all people going to be married look very pretty ; you have said the right thing ...
... Julia , only by way of saying something civil , told her how pretty they all thought Miss Spencer , she answered quite in a sneering way , " Of course , all people going to be married look very pretty ; you have said the right thing ...
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... Julia told him very sharp- ly , not to talk nonsense . If it had not been true , she would not have minded . I wonder who it can be somebody , pro- bably , who has never seen us . " " I do not believe there is any body so utterly devoid ...
... Julia told him very sharp- ly , not to talk nonsense . If it had not been true , she would not have minded . I wonder who it can be somebody , pro- bably , who has never seen us . " " I do not believe there is any body so utterly devoid ...
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... Julia leaned forward ; as if they felt that they must be dependent upon one another for amusement . Maria could no longer doubt this was confirmation , indeed , of Eliza's surmises- there , too surely , sate Kate and Kate's lover . The ...
... Julia leaned forward ; as if they felt that they must be dependent upon one another for amusement . Maria could no longer doubt this was confirmation , indeed , of Eliza's surmises- there , too surely , sate Kate and Kate's lover . The ...
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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...