The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volume 25Joseph Rogerson, 1846 - Fashion |
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... replied Henri- etta carelessly ; " my aunt and I perfectly un- derstand each other . " I was compelled in a short time to admit the truth of my cousin's last observation ; for if she had seemed deficient in gratitude for Lady ...
... replied Henri- etta carelessly ; " my aunt and I perfectly un- derstand each other . " I was compelled in a short time to admit the truth of my cousin's last observation ; for if she had seemed deficient in gratitude for Lady ...
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... replied Lady Piercefield with impatience , " that although I have never had a relative to introduce but Hen- rietta and yourself , I have been always fond of taking young friends into society , and that none of them ever remained single ...
... replied Lady Piercefield with impatience , " that although I have never had a relative to introduce but Hen- rietta and yourself , I have been always fond of taking young friends into society , and that none of them ever remained single ...
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... replied , " do not think that I want feeling , real feeling ; but Mr. Dalby was evidently repeating to me a set of cut - and - dried phrases , which he is in the habit of sporting in company . I had never seen or heard of his lamented ...
... replied , " do not think that I want feeling , real feeling ; but Mr. Dalby was evidently repeating to me a set of cut - and - dried phrases , which he is in the habit of sporting in company . I had never seen or heard of his lamented ...
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... replied to me with much gravity , that " she considered the invalid lady decidedly in the right , for that Mr. Turner had that morning told her that a state of perfect health was the most dangerous condition that any one could possibly ...
... replied to me with much gravity , that " she considered the invalid lady decidedly in the right , for that Mr. Turner had that morning told her that a state of perfect health was the most dangerous condition that any one could possibly ...
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... replied my aunt , " Mabel was offici - ward before me by her indefatigable patroness ; ating as the almoner of Henrietta , who was pre- duets were found lying on the pianoforte , in vented by a head - ache from bestowing her which her ...
... replied my aunt , " Mabel was offici - ward before me by her indefatigable patroness ; ating as the almoner of Henrietta , who was pre- duets were found lying on the pianoforte , in vented by a head - ache from bestowing her which her ...
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Page 271 - The Usher took six hasty strides, As smit with sudden pain,— Six hasty strides beyond the place, Then slowly back again ; And down he sat beside the lad, And talked with him of Cain ; And, long since then, of bloody men, Whose deeds tradition saves ; Of lonely folk cut off unseen, And hid in sudden graves ; Of horrid stabs, in groves forlorn, And murders done in caves...
Page 126 - Her eye (I'm very fond of handsome eyes) Was large and dark, suppressing half its fire Until she spoke, then through its soft disguise 475 Flash'd an expression more of pride than ire, And love than either...
Page 131 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 168 - SPEAK gently ! it is better far To rule by love than fear ; Speak gently ! let not harsh words mar The good we might do here.
Page 126 - Her eyebrow's shape was like the aerial bow, Her cheek all purple with the beam of youth, Mounting at times to a transparent glow, As if her veins ran lightning: she, in sooth, Possess'd an air and grace by no means common; Her stature tall— I hate a dumpy woman.
Page 229 - If any man shall ADD UNTO THESE THINGS, GOD SHALL ADD UNTO HIM THE PLAGUES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK: and if any man shall TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS PART OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE AND OUT OF THE HOLY CITY, AND FROM THE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK.
Page 62 - Big — bright — and fast, unknown to her they fell; But still her lips refused to send — " Farewell ! " For in that word — that fatal word — howe'er We promise — hope — believe — there breathes despair.
Page 188 - ... Prepare a thin batter by wetting sifted meal in cold water, and then stirring it into that which is boiling; salt, and when it is lukewarm, add yeast, and as much flour as there is common meal; bake in deep dishes in an oven when risen. Yankee Brown Bread. — To two quarts of corn meal, pour one quart of boiling water; stir yeast into two quarts of rye meal, and knead together with two quarts of lukewarm water. Add, if you choose, one gill of molasses or treacle. Corn Bread. — To one quart...
Page 183 - Certainly," says Whitlocke,** with his usual candor, "never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and actions, than did this great and excellent person; and he moved the hearts of all his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity.
Page 146 - Tribes of the wandering foot and weary breast, How shall ye flee away and be at rest! The wild-dove hath her nest, the fox his cave, Mankind their country — Israel but the grave!