London Characters: Or, Fashions and Customs, of the Present Century, Том 1booksellers in Bondstreet, 1809 - 3 страници |
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... sister Grave - airs , do not look so solemn . I just now parted with the sweetest pair of sen- timentalists you ever beheld ; how I long- ed to bring them home to you ! But as to one of them , she never had any thing to say to me , and ...
... sister Grave - airs , do not look so solemn . I just now parted with the sweetest pair of sen- timentalists you ever beheld ; how I long- ed to bring them home to you ! But as to one of them , she never had any thing to say to me , and ...
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... sister ? " 66 " You cannot tax me with that , " said Lady Charlotte ; no one , I believe , is more free from prudery than myself ; but I cannot help saying , that the inde- corous conduct of Mrs. Fernonville , however she may be ...
... sister ? " 66 " You cannot tax me with that , " said Lady Charlotte ; no one , I believe , is more free from prudery than myself ; but I cannot help saying , that the inde- corous conduct of Mrs. Fernonville , however she may be ...
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... sister who remained unmarried , ) her late parent's affairs . Her brothers arrived , took pos- session of the house , and she accompanied Lady Caroline to her future residence , which was a small cottage orné at some distance . Lady ...
... sister who remained unmarried , ) her late parent's affairs . Her brothers arrived , took pos- session of the house , and she accompanied Lady Caroline to her future residence , which was a small cottage orné at some distance . Lady ...
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... sisters : he is consequently sometimes a little in- dulged ; but there are days that military duty and discipline must be attended to ; and the horrid bore of a parade cannot be dispensed with . On these occasions he is often reported ...
... sisters : he is consequently sometimes a little in- dulged ; but there are days that military duty and discipline must be attended to ; and the horrid bore of a parade cannot be dispensed with . On these occasions he is often reported ...
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... pair in the feminine head : and to be convinced that a beautiful mare had not " the mark in her mouth , " is of far greater importance to him , than if his His Kennel . own sister's ivory set of teeth had 206 LONDON CHARACTERS .
... pair in the feminine head : and to be convinced that a beautiful mare had not " the mark in her mouth , " is of far greater importance to him , than if his His Kennel . own sister's ivory set of teeth had 206 LONDON CHARACTERS .
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