Ellen Glanville, Volume 1E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1838 |
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... believe it , Ellen - but my father has never thought of offering me one , though three several times at breakfast this morning I thanked Heaven audibly that the frost was gone , and that the hounds met at Hornsey . Some people have no ...
... believe it , Ellen - but my father has never thought of offering me one , though three several times at breakfast this morning I thanked Heaven audibly that the frost was gone , and that the hounds met at Hornsey . Some people have no ...
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... card . We have some reason , Ellen , to believe , your porter must have mislaid my mother's card . She called here ten days ago , immediately upon her arrival in London , and as her visit has never been returned , she ELLEN GLANVILLE . 7.
... card . We have some reason , Ellen , to believe , your porter must have mislaid my mother's card . She called here ten days ago , immediately upon her arrival in London , and as her visit has never been returned , she ELLEN GLANVILLE . 7.
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... believe it may appear re- served , for I have heard others make the same complaint . But during the many years his family have been abroad , our house has almost been his home . I should as soon expect to find reserve in Edward , as in ...
... believe it may appear re- served , for I have heard others make the same complaint . But during the many years his family have been abroad , our house has almost been his home . I should as soon expect to find reserve in Edward , as in ...
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... believe there is any thing in that . Well , I suppose we must tell you . Lord Lindsay is going to be married to Miss Spencer , Lord Ray- mond's sister . It was all settled at Paris , and both the fami- lies are delighted . Lord Lindsay ...
... believe there is any thing in that . Well , I suppose we must tell you . Lord Lindsay is going to be married to Miss Spencer , Lord Ray- mond's sister . It was all settled at Paris , and both the fami- lies are delighted . Lord Lindsay ...
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... believe so ; he likes the connection , and all we hear of 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 ...
... believe so ; he likes the connection , and all we hear of 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 ...
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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...