London Characters: Or, Fashions and Customs, of the Present Century, Том 1booksellers in Bondstreet, 1809 - 3 страници |
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... dear Duchess , now you are jesting , I am sure , " said Lady Charlotte . Her mother gave her a look of contempt , and quitted the room for the important busi- ness of the toilette . Lady Elmira Seabright , the present Duchess of Pyrmont ...
... dear Duchess , now you are jesting , I am sure , " said Lady Charlotte . Her mother gave her a look of contempt , and quitted the room for the important busi- ness of the toilette . Lady Elmira Seabright , the present Duchess of Pyrmont ...
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... dear Baroness carried her adscititious brows to the age of seventy , and died of a fit of laughter at loo , with three trumps in her hand . Her case , and that of the Duchess , remind me of the following strophe of an ode to Wisdom ...
... dear Baroness carried her adscititious brows to the age of seventy , and died of a fit of laughter at loo , with three trumps in her hand . Her case , and that of the Duchess , remind me of the following strophe of an ode to Wisdom ...
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... dear Lady Duchess , guess if you can ! " " I cannot think of any Lady I am acquaint- ed with I am sure , that would be walk- ing this windy day . " " Guess the gen- tleman then . " " Oh ! perhaps the rich Sir Marmaduke Brooks , who ...
... dear Lady Duchess , guess if you can ! " " I cannot think of any Lady I am acquaint- ed with I am sure , that would be walk- ing this windy day . " " Guess the gen- tleman then . " " Oh ! perhaps the rich Sir Marmaduke Brooks , who ...
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... Countess , and with that po- liteness which characterises almost all the branches of his family , attended his lady home . " " Politeness ! " said Lady Observations . Charlotte , " My dear brother , what 14 LONDON CHARACTERS .
... Countess , and with that po- liteness which characterises almost all the branches of his family , attended his lady home . " " Politeness ! " said Lady Observations . Charlotte , " My dear brother , what 14 LONDON CHARACTERS .
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... dear brother , what must he have been if he had not attended her home ? " 66 Duchess , this girl reads novels , I think , " said the Marquis of Waltham : " She appears to have some strange un- fashionable ideas . " Heaven knows , " re ...
... dear brother , what must he have been if he had not attended her home ? " 66 Duchess , this girl reads novels , I think , " said the Marquis of Waltham : " She appears to have some strange un- fashionable ideas . " Heaven knows , " re ...
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