Ellen Glanville, Volume 1E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1838 |
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... Mrs. Dalrymple's name at the head of a list of visits , and every day had found or made some fresh excuse for deferring ... Miss Rivers . I know no more of her than she is a niece of the Howards , who asked leave to bring her . When they ...
... Mrs. Dalrymple's name at the head of a list of visits , and every day had found or made some fresh excuse for deferring ... Miss Rivers . I know no more of her than she is a niece of the Howards , who asked leave to bring her . When they ...
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... Miss Rivers ? " Ellen asked . " Harriet Rivers was not there . I never saw her till the other day , " was the only answer she received ; but the tone of his voice was constrained . Ellen's next question was unheard , and he fell into a ...
... Miss Rivers ? " Ellen asked . " Harriet Rivers was not there . I never saw her till the other day , " was the only answer she received ; but the tone of his voice was constrained . Ellen's next question was unheard , and he fell into a ...
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... miss their usual airing . " " The children's coachman ! and the eldest of them not five years old ! I meet them ... Miss Rivers at this moment opened the door . Upon see- ing visitors , she seemed inclined to retreat ; but her aunt ...
... miss their usual airing . " " The children's coachman ! and the eldest of them not five years old ! I meet them ... Miss Rivers at this moment opened the door . Upon see- ing visitors , she seemed inclined to retreat ; but her aunt ...
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... Miss Rivers was very cold , and very disagreeable , and that she never could like her . Mrs. Howard , who was evidently proud of her niece , made several attempts to induce her to join in the conversation , but it was not to be . The ...
... Miss Rivers was very cold , and very disagreeable , and that she never could like her . Mrs. Howard , who was evidently proud of her niece , made several attempts to induce her to join in the conversation , but it was not to be . The ...
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... Mrs. Howard occurred to her . Could the letter have been meant for her ? and Miss . Rivers , was she the ready and convenient confidante ? Ellen's imagination had never reached to such a pitch of depravity before , and she positively ...
... Mrs. Howard occurred to her . Could the letter have been meant for her ? and Miss . Rivers , was she the ready and convenient confidante ? Ellen's imagination had never reached to such a pitch of depravity before , and she positively ...
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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...