Scenes at Brighton; or, 'How much?'.1821 |
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... attention . Yet Leslie could better afford to be pale , to be ab- stracted , than they could . Her features were better formed , her eyes of softer ex- pression , and she had hair of that descrip- tion and colour , which , from being a ...
... attention . Yet Leslie could better afford to be pale , to be ab- stracted , than they could . Her features were better formed , her eyes of softer ex- pression , and she had hair of that descrip- tion and colour , which , from being a ...
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... attention ; they seemed but to exist in their presence ; and the only wonder was , how they had so long continued to live without them . The fact was , Mrs. Templemore was considered a woman of large property . She lived in a certain ...
... attention ; they seemed but to exist in their presence ; and the only wonder was , how they had so long continued to live without them . The fact was , Mrs. Templemore was considered a woman of large property . She lived in a certain ...
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... attention ; they seemed but to exist in their presence ; and the only wonder was , how they had so long continued to live without them . - The fact was , Mrs. Templemore was considered a woman of large property . She lived in a certain ...
... attention ; they seemed but to exist in their presence ; and the only wonder was , how they had so long continued to live without them . - The fact was , Mrs. Templemore was considered a woman of large property . She lived in a certain ...
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... attention are obliged to skip after them ! But , after all , they generally cheat me of my pennyworth- that is to say , I have let out my ears for the hour , and get nothing in return for my pains . Your sporters cool are the ones for ...
... attention are obliged to skip after them ! But , after all , they generally cheat me of my pennyworth- that is to say , I have let out my ears for the hour , and get nothing in return for my pains . Your sporters cool are the ones for ...
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... attention , that I heard him request a private interview this morning , when no doubt his hand . will be offered . " 66 " I hate parsons , " said Cecil , with a sickness at heart she was loth to ac- knowledge even to herself " I always ...
... attention , that I heard him request a private interview this morning , when no doubt his hand . will be offered . " 66 " I hate parsons , " said Cecil , with a sickness at heart she was loth to ac- knowledge even to herself " I always ...
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Page 39 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Page 72 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Page 129 - What's a' your jargon o' your schools, Your Latin names for horns an' stools ; If honest nature made you fools, What sairs your grammars? Ye'd better taen up spades and shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o...
Page 129 - A set o' dull conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o
Page 58 - And never won. Dream after dream ensues ; And still they dream, that they shall still succeed ; And still are disappointed.
Page 38 - Security begets negligence in all people, and men must be alarmed to make 'em alert in their duty. Women are like pictures, of no value in the hands of a fool, till he hears men of sense bid high for the purchase.
Page 11 - It's very true, sister; well, since all's out, and as you say, since we are both wounded, let us do what is often done in duels, take care of one another, and grow better friends than before. Mrs. Frail. With all my heart: ours are but slight flesh wounds, and if we keep 'em from air, not at all dangerous: well, give me your hand in token of sisterly secrecy and affection.
Page 3 - Gi'e me a lass with a lump of land, And in my bosom I'll hug my treasure; Gin I had anes her gear in my hand, Should love turn dowf, it will find pleasure. Laugh on wha likes, but there's my hand, I hate with poortith...
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