London Characters: Or, Fashions and Customs, of the Present Century, Том 1booksellers in Bondstreet, 1809 - 3 страници |
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... Woman -her Husband goes Abroad - a rigid Disciple of the Old School - she repairs to a Cottage Orné - her Husband's Return - he drags her Children from her - she trembles for her Daughter - recovers from Illness - a Deed of Separation ...
... Woman -her Husband goes Abroad - a rigid Disciple of the Old School - she repairs to a Cottage Orné - her Husband's Return - he drags her Children from her - she trembles for her Daughter - recovers from Illness - a Deed of Separation ...
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... 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- łotte Stanmore , " that , I thought the conduct of Lady Westbourn very unbe ...
... 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- łotte Stanmore , " that , I thought the conduct of Lady Westbourn very unbe ...
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... woman through life ! But the mc- ment when all its strength is put in immediate re- quisition , its tricks most usefully played , and all its batteries directed towards half the world , is when the climacteric age of FORTY approaches ...
... woman through life ! But the mc- ment when all its strength is put in immediate re- quisition , its tricks most usefully played , and all its batteries directed towards half the world , is when the climacteric age of FORTY approaches ...
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... woman , who was ra- ther stricken in years , for a few pecca- dillos . The Duke of Kersbruch , a nobleman whose ancestors came from Germany , was handsome , learned , and possessed of every requisite to form the finished gen- . tleman ...
... woman , who was ra- ther stricken in years , for a few pecca- dillos . The Duke of Kersbruch , a nobleman whose ancestors came from Germany , was handsome , learned , and possessed of every requisite to form the finished gen- . tleman ...
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... is universally allowed , that a man always raises a woman to his own dignity , be her former situation in life ever so obscure ; yet title and family Observations . on both sides , were requisite to ob- 18 LONDON CHARACTERS .
... is universally allowed , that a man always raises a woman to his own dignity , be her former situation in life ever so obscure ; yet title and family Observations . on both sides , were requisite to ob- 18 LONDON CHARACTERS .
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acquaintance admired affection amiable appear beautiful Betty Blump bosom Brereton brother character charms cival Clairville conduct Cottage Orné countenance Countess daugh daughter dear Charlotte dear Duchess delighted Duchess of Pyrmont Duke of Warton elegant eyes fair fashion father favourite feel female Fernonville fortune gentleman girl give Grace guilty happy heart honour HORAT husband inclination innocent kind knew Lady Charlotte Lady Eastwood Lady Laura libertine live Lord Berwick Lord Eastwood Lord Francis Lordship Lovedale lover maid manners Marmaduke Marquis of Waltham marriage married Meadowes mind Miss Rawlins Miss Smythe mistress Monsieur Dubois morning nature ness never noble parties Patty Percival person possessed racter rank rendered respect rich seduced servant shew Sir Theodore Brydges Sir William Featherington sister Snargate soon spect Spruce Stanmore Sunbury sure sweet ther thought tion vice Villeneuf virtue walk wife wish woman young
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