Striking likenesses; or, The votaries of fashion, Том 2B. Clarke, 1808 |
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... pursued Lady Selina , " that the earl first beheld Cecilia_ he saw , he admired , he adored , at least he thought so . He knew her history- he knew her fortune small ; but af- fection subdued every barrier , and stamped him her slave ...
... pursued Lady Selina , " that the earl first beheld Cecilia_ he saw , he admired , he adored , at least he thought so . He knew her history- he knew her fortune small ; but af- fection subdued every barrier , and stamped him her slave ...
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... pursue that maxim , it would be better , " " Allons to the music - room , " said the mortified Lady Geraldine , attempting to hide her chagine under a forced laugh ; " and perhaps Mr. Dauverne will touch the organ , to the tune of 30.
... pursue that maxim , it would be better , " " Allons to the music - room , " said the mortified Lady Geraldine , attempting to hide her chagine under a forced laugh ; " and perhaps Mr. Dauverne will touch the organ , to the tune of 30.
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... pursued , " that dependence is your lot . At the death of your saint- like mother , five thousand pounds was invested in my hands , as the portion of her orphan . That sum , from aceu- mulating interest , is doubled : ten thousand ...
... pursued , " that dependence is your lot . At the death of your saint- like mother , five thousand pounds was invested in my hands , as the portion of her orphan . That sum , from aceu- mulating interest , is doubled : ten thousand ...
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... pursue you . " " And do you call me to gaiety and then forsake me ? " re- proachfully whispered Dauverne , re- linquishing her hand . " I had hoped you would have taken compassion on the supine dancer . " " I am sorry - it is very ...
... pursue you . " " And do you call me to gaiety and then forsake me ? " re- proachfully whispered Dauverne , re- linquishing her hand . " I had hoped you would have taken compassion on the supine dancer . " " I am sorry - it is very ...
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... pursue him . rather , " rejoined Dauverne , sue the compassion of Miss Forrester , to accept as a partner a man whose vapidity has put to flight even the persevering spirit of Lady Geraldine . " * ' Pon my honour , " resumed her lady ...
... pursue him . rather , " rejoined Dauverne , sue the compassion of Miss Forrester , to accept as a partner a man whose vapidity has put to flight even the persevering spirit of Lady Geraldine . " * ' Pon my honour , " resumed her lady ...
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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.
Страница 221 - ... few hints, respecting the antiquity of the manor-house at Woodlands, and the reports that several of the rooms were haunted."12 In many nineteenth-century novels, satire is expressed by the characters themselves. A duchess, in Louisa Stanhope's Striking Likenesses (1808) exclaims sardonically: '"Did the bat shriek from the clustering ivy?