The Finest Girl in Bloomsbury: A Serio-comic Tale of Ambitious LoveW. Kent & Company, 1861 - 344 pages |
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The Finest Girl in Bloomsbury: A Serio-comic Tale of Ambitious Love Augustus Mayhew No preview available - 1861 |
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Page 48 - And Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Page 246 - And they can love no longer but until the next ague comes ; and they are fond of each other but at the chance of fancy, or the smallpox, or childbearing, or care, or time, or any thing that can destroy a pretty flower.
Page 244 - ... it hath in it less of beauty but more of safety than the single life ; it hath more care but less danger ; it is more merry and more sad; is fuller of sorrows and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but is supported by all the strength of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful.
Page 245 - she preferred gold before a good man,"') and show themselves to be less than money, by overvaluing that to all the content and wise felicity of their lives; and when they have counted the money and their sorrows together, how willingly would they buy, with the loss of all that money, modesty, or sweet nature, to their relative ! The odd thousand pounds would gladly be allowed in good nature and fair manners. As very a fool is he that chooses for beauty principally : cui sunt eruditi oculi, et stulta...
Page 158 - ... room as if nobody lived in it. A newspaper, or even a few pieces of a torn letter in the fire-place would have imparted a social look to the miserable den. But the chairs were in their places, the chimney ornaments kept their proper distances, and the idea, on first seeing the form lying on the sofa, was, that a corpse had been placed there, out of the way, until a coroner's inquest could be held. The sorrowful Dolly raised his head, and saw Bob ; then he laid himself down again, and once more...
Page 146 - All who are of a contrary opinion will be pleased to signify the same by holding up their hands. Not an arm is raised. All who approve will be pleased, etc. A million wedding-rings glitter on high I That's a fact — I'm sure of it. In three days' time after Dolly's flight, Mrs.