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Page 64
... up a rubber ; who affirm that they have no pleasure in winning ; that they like to win one game and lose another ; that they can while away. MRS . BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST ' Those hard head - contests . " 64 MRS BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON ...
... up a rubber ; who affirm that they have no pleasure in winning ; that they like to win one game and lose another ; that they can while away. MRS . BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST ' Those hard head - contests . " 64 MRS BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON ...
Page 66
... pleasure .of sending the substance of them to Mr Bowles : but I suppose they came too late to be inserted among his ingenious notes upon that author . Quadrille , she has often told me , was her first love ; but whist had engaged her ...
... pleasure .of sending the substance of them to Mr Bowles : but I suppose they came too late to be inserted among his ingenious notes upon that author . Quadrille , she has often told me , was her first love ; but whist had engaged her ...
Page 76
... pleasure from this so cried - up faculty . I am constitutionally susceptible of noises . A carpenter's hammer , in a warm summer noon , will fret me into more than midsummer madness . But those unconnected , unset sounds are nothing to ...
... pleasure from this so cried - up faculty . I am constitutionally susceptible of noises . A carpenter's hammer , in a warm summer noon , will fret me into more than midsummer madness . But those unconnected , unset sounds are nothing to ...
Page 103
... pleasure from a casual glimpse of Nature , but must catch at it as an object of instruction . He must interpret beauty into the picturesque . He cannot relish a beggar - man , or a gipsy , for thinking of the suitable improvement ...
... pleasure from a casual glimpse of Nature , but must catch at it as an object of instruction . He must interpret beauty into the picturesque . He cannot relish a beggar - man , or a gipsy , for thinking of the suitable improvement ...
Page 108
... pleasure , while they shake hands with their old master , bringing a present of game to me , or a toy to my wife , and thanking me in the warmest terms for my care of their education . A holiday is begged for the boys ; the house is a ...
... pleasure , while they shake hands with their old master , bringing a present of game to me , or a toy to my wife , and thanking me in the warmest terms for my care of their education . A holiday is begged for the boys ; the house is a ...
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