 I told her so, and she was not so tolerable twenty years ago that she needed have taken it for flattery, but she did, and literally gave me a box on the ear. She is very lively, all her senses perfect, her languages as imperfect as ever, her avarice greater.  The Metropolitan Magazine - Page 4401843Full view - About this book
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction New Series VOL.IV - 1843 - 458 pages
...arms, grey stockings and slippers. Her face less changed in twenty years than I could have imagined; I told her so, and she was not so tolerable twenty years...ear. She is very lively, all her senses perfect, her language as imperfect as ever, her avarice greater. She entertained me at first with nothing but the... | |
 | English literature - 1843 - 596 pages
...grty stockings and slippers. Her face less changed in twenty years than I could nате imagined ; I told her so, and she was not so tolerable twenty years ago that she needed have taken it for flattery, hut she did, and literally gave me a box on the ear. She is very lively, all her senses perfect, her... | |
 | 1893 - 846 pages
...than I could have imagined. 1 told her so, and she was not so tolerable twenty years ago that she need have taken it for flattery ; but she did, and literally...languages as imperfect as ever, her avarice greater. She receives all the world and crams them into this kennel. The Duchess of Hamilton, who came in just after... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - Women - 1860 - 532 pages
...arms, gray stockings and slippers. Her face less changed in twenty years than I could have imagined. I told her so, and she was not so tolerable twenty years...flattery, but she did, and literally gave me a box on the ears. She was very lively, all her senses perfect, her languages as imperfect as ever, her avarice... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - Women - 1860 - 540 pages
...less changed in twenty years than I could have imagined. I told her so, and she was not so tob erable twenty years ago that she needed have taken it for...flattery, but she did, and literally gave me a box on the ears. She was very lively, all her senses perfect, her languages as imperfect as ever, her avarice... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1864 - 378 pages
...arms, grey stockings and slippers. Her face less changed in twenty years than I could have imagined ; I told her so, and she was not so tolerable twenty years ago that she need have taken it for flattery, but she did, and literally gave me a box on the ear. She is very lively,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1868 - 846 pages
...arms; grey stockings and slippers. Her face less changed in twenty years than I could have imagined. I told her so, and she was not so tolerable twenty years ago that she should have taken it for flattery ; but she did, and literally gave me a box on the ear. She is very... | |
 | 1868 - 992 pages
...; grey stockings and slippers. Her face less changed in twenty years than I could have imagined. I told her so, and she was not so tolerable twenty years ago that she should have taken it for flattery; but she did, and literally gave me a box on the ear. She is very... | |
 | England - 1868 - 792 pages
...; grey stockings and slippers. Her face less changed in twenty years than I coidd have imagined. I told her so, and she was not so tolerable twenty years ago that she should have taken it for flattery ; but she did, and literally gave me a box on the ear. She is very... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - Great Britain - 1869 - 450 pages
...; grey stockings and slippers. Her face less changed in twenty years than I could have imagined. I told her so, and she was not so tolerable twenty years ago that she should have taken it for flattery ; but she did, and literally gave me a box on the ear. She is very... | |
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