Ellen Glanville, Volume 1E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1838 |
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... Mary Spencer is very satisfactory . But you know how papa considers Lindsay . I really believe the person does not exist upon the earth , whom papa would think good enough for him ; and he would certainly prefer the lady's having a lit ...
... Mary Spencer is very satisfactory . But you know how papa considers Lindsay . I really believe the person does not exist upon the earth , whom papa would think good enough for him ; and he would certainly prefer the lady's having a lit ...
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... Mary will be . You will let me try to be of some use to you to - day , will not you ? for since we came to town I have been quite idle , and good for nothing . " " You have been amusing yourself , my child , but you have not neglected ...
... Mary will be . You will let me try to be of some use to you to - day , will not you ? for since we came to town I have been quite idle , and good for nothing . " " You have been amusing yourself , my child , but you have not neglected ...
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... Mary is not strong enough to bear a winter in England , and that they mean to pass it in Italy . Edward's leave of absence will be over , and your office will keep you in London . Papa will have but me , dear Frederick , till spring ...
... Mary is not strong enough to bear a winter in England , and that they mean to pass it in Italy . Edward's leave of absence will be over , and your office will keep you in London . Papa will have but me , dear Frederick , till spring ...
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... Mary , as I am learning to call her . Though I never had a brother married before , I know that is a right thing to ... Mary's adopting all our prejudices , or upon her loving all our friends , and employing all our trades - people . She ...
... Mary , as I am learning to call her . Though I never had a brother married before , I know that is a right thing to ... Mary's adopting all our prejudices , or upon her loving all our friends , and employing all our trades - people . She ...
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... Mary will spoil him to his heart's content , " said Lord Raymond ; " she never seems to have any will but that of those she lives with - any wish but to please them ; -she will worship Lindsay , content if he will only let her love him ...
... Mary will spoil him to his heart's content , " said Lord Raymond ; " she never seems to have any will but that of those she lives with - any wish but to please them ; -she will worship Lindsay , content if he will only let her love him ...
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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...