The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 7C. L. Bowman, 1852 |
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... widow ere I was a mother , that my dear mother's health broke . She never recovered her terror and anxiety of those days , which ended so fatally for me , then a bride scarce six months married , and died in my father's arms ere my own ...
... widow ere I was a mother , that my dear mother's health broke . She never recovered her terror and anxiety of those days , which ended so fatally for me , then a bride scarce six months married , and died in my father's arms ere my own ...
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... widow did not think fit to carry away , when she sent for and carried off to her house at Chelsey , near to London , the picture of herself by Sir Peter Lely , in which her ladyship was represented as a huntress of Diana's court . The ...
... widow did not think fit to carry away , when she sent for and carried off to her house at Chelsey , near to London , the picture of herself by Sir Peter Lely , in which her ladyship was represented as a huntress of Diana's court . The ...
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... widows burn themselves on their husband's bodies , as ' tis well known . ' Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard , Master Harry- every man of every nation has done that - ' tis the living up to it that is difficult , as I know to ...
... widows burn themselves on their husband's bodies , as ' tis well known . ' Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard , Master Harry- every man of every nation has done that - ' tis the living up to it that is difficult , as I know to ...
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... widow was represented as a virgin huntress , armed with a gilt bow - and - arrow , and encumbered only with that small quantity of drapery which it would seem the vir- gins in King Charles's day were accustomed to wear . My Lady Dowager ...
... widow was represented as a virgin huntress , armed with a gilt bow - and - arrow , and encumbered only with that small quantity of drapery which it would seem the vir- gins in King Charles's day were accustomed to wear . My Lady Dowager ...
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... by so many tender ties of affection and gratitude ? de- grade his father's widow ? impeach and sully his father's and kinsman's honour ? and for what ? for a barren title , to be worn at the expense of an innocent boy 213.
... by so many tender ties of affection and gratitude ? de- grade his father's widow ? impeach and sully his father's and kinsman's honour ? and for what ? for a barren title , to be worn at the expense of an innocent boy 213.
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