London Characters: Or, Fashions and Customs, of the Present Century, Том 1booksellers in Bondstreet, 1809 - 3 страници |
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... Fashion- able Life - an Episode - Man naturally incon- stant - a determined Taste for Old Women →→→→ an English Ninon - a Dismission - an Anec- dote a Seizure - Observations - a Portrait- a French Count - speak well of the Dead- a ...
... Fashion- able Life - an Episode - Man naturally incon- stant - a determined Taste for Old Women →→→→ an English Ninon - a Dismission - an Anec- dote a Seizure - Observations - a Portrait- a French Count - speak well of the Dead- a ...
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... fashion , " said the once lovely Duchess of Pyrmont to the elegant young woman who was seated beside her , and who was essaying to render an incorrect drawing in some degree tolerable . " I only remarked , madam , " said Lady Char ...
... fashion , " said the once lovely Duchess of Pyrmont to the elegant young woman who was seated beside her , and who was essaying to render an incorrect drawing in some degree tolerable . " I only remarked , madam , " said Lady Char ...
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... fashion and dissipation , in whatever form they chose to present themselves . The Duke was a man of Herculean make , and strong- er in his constitution than in his mind ; the latter was easily warped , the former seemed invulnerable to ...
... fashion and dissipation , in whatever form they chose to present themselves . The Duke was a man of Herculean make , and strong- er in his constitution than in his mind ; the latter was easily warped , the former seemed invulnerable to ...
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... fashion ; fast living , and a knowledge of most of the health - sapping vices , had given to his naturally effeminate countenance an old and sallow appearance ; an hollow eye , a concave cheek , a spindle form , and pro- minent chin ...
... fashion ; fast living , and a knowledge of most of the health - sapping vices , had given to his naturally effeminate countenance an old and sallow appearance ; an hollow eye , a concave cheek , a spindle form , and pro- minent chin ...
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... " But when are we to leave town ? Here is scarce any person of fashion left ! A few country boobies are just come to gape at Vauxhall , return home in a A Fashionable Driver . month , and tell of the 24 LONDON CHARACTERS .
... " But when are we to leave town ? Here is scarce any person of fashion left ! A few country boobies are just come to gape at Vauxhall , return home in a A Fashionable Driver . month , and tell of the 24 LONDON CHARACTERS .
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