Striking likenesses; or, The votaries of fashion, Том 2B. Clarke, 1808 |
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... tude , as well as inclination , never - failing incentive . " sure , 66 grati- will be a " You are very kind , my love , " answered Mrs. 66 Moreland ; " and when you are tired . departed angel, awakens emotions in ...
... tude , as well as inclination , never - failing incentive . " sure , 66 grati- will be a " You are very kind , my love , " answered Mrs. 66 Moreland ; " and when you are tired . departed angel, awakens emotions in ...
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... kind of melancholy earnestness - with an expression which spoke affection , yet which feared to betray its feelings : and when in the evening the gentlemen adjourned to the drawing - room he pleaded indisposition , and retired to his ...
... kind of melancholy earnestness - with an expression which spoke affection , yet which feared to betray its feelings : and when in the evening the gentlemen adjourned to the drawing - room he pleaded indisposition , and retired to his ...
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... kind , " said Lady Selina , rising . “ Come , Miss Forres- ter , I am sorry to make so short a visit , but the marchioness , who knows not where we are , may be uneasy at our long absence . " Antonia took a reluctant farewel of Mrs ...
... kind , " said Lady Selina , rising . “ Come , Miss Forres- ter , I am sorry to make so short a visit , but the marchioness , who knows not where we are , may be uneasy at our long absence . " Antonia took a reluctant farewel of Mrs ...
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... kind , ever tender , ever considerate ! " interrupted Dauverne , respectfully pressing her hand . Oh , was Lady 68 Geraldine but a second Miss Forrester how different would be my sensations ! " Antonia's eyes were fixed on him ; her ...
... kind , ever tender , ever considerate ! " interrupted Dauverne , respectfully pressing her hand . Oh , was Lady 68 Geraldine but a second Miss Forrester how different would be my sensations ! " Antonia's eyes were fixed on him ; her ...
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... kind of hermitage , sequester- ed from the noon - day sun by the spread- ing verdure of an oak , whose jutting branches extended over it , and ming- ling with the ash and sycamore on the opposite side , formed a complete bower . A ...
... kind of hermitage , sequester- ed from the noon - day sun by the spread- ing verdure of an oak , whose jutting branches extended over it , and ming- ling with the ash and sycamore on the opposite side , formed a complete bower . A ...
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affection Antholine's Antonia started archly Arkerman articulated barouche beauty behold berry betrayed Bless blush bosom bowed Captain Glendenning Cecilia cheek Cheltenham chioness choly cival countenance dancing daugh daughter Dauverne dear derland dine Duchess of Delaware earl exclaimed Lady eyes Falmouth fashion father fear feel gaiety gazing girl grace Grange hand happiness heart heaven honour Hudibras inquired interrupted Jonathan Penrose Lady Ge Lady Geral Lady Geraldine Lady Selina ladyship laughing look Lord Carberry Lord Westbrook lordship Mahala marchioness melan Miss Forrester Moreland murmured never Obadiah pale paused Penrose pity poor possess pursued quaker racter raldine rejoined Lady repeated Lady replied Antonia replied Lady rester resumed Selina and Antonia sigh sister smile sorrow soul spirit Sunderland sure sweet tears tender thee thou thought tion tonia trembled turning verne vicarage virtue voice Warwickshire whispered
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Страница 186 - ... delusive hopes ; it clothes the world in the bright colours of its own fancy ; it refines what is coarse, it exalts what is mean ; it sees nothing but disinterestedness in friendship, it promises eternal fidelity in love. Even on the distresses of its situation it can throw a certain romantic shade of melancholy, that leaves a man sad, but does not make him unhappy. But at a more advanced age, " the fairy visions fade," and he suffers most deeply, who has indulged them the most.
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