...returned to Gottingen. Mrs B— — had an extensive and fashionable acquaintance, where Sophia was the envy of the one sex and the admiration of the other. Thus several months passed away, and she still shone a star of the first magnitude, in the orbit where...

...all the formality of the old school. " Doctor ! Miss Bridget Standard, my maiden sister; — Bridget! my respected friend, Doctor Mac Alpin." Mrs. Standard,...that was displayed on her foot twenty-five years ago. 1 bad never before seen Miss Bridget Standard. She was considerably above the ordinary stature of her...

...to the sun, and sallow from disease — his features were no longer regular and handsome, exciting the envy of the one sex and the admiration of the other, but his visage was disfigured by a hideous scar, caused by a sabre cut which he had received on board...

...anon glancing at his person, evidently satisfied with himself, and happy in the conceit that he is the envy of the one sex and the admiration of the other. It is a harmless delusion, and it would be cruel to destroy it. Nevertheless, the poor simpleton is...

...much individuality in their clothes, confident that the fashions prevailing were sufficient to excite the envy of the one sex and the admiration of the other ; yet Lady Castlemaine, Miss Hamilton, Miss Warmestre, Miss Jennings, Miss Temple, Miss Price, Miss...