My old cousin; or, A peep into Cochin-China, by the author of Romantic factsA.K. Newman, 1819 |
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... persons pretty nearly strangers to them . Matt promised undeviating obedi- ence , but occasionally interrupted the parental orations by interrogatories re- specting his old cousins and their re- sidence . The time - worn turrets of the ...
... persons pretty nearly strangers to them . Matt promised undeviating obedi- ence , but occasionally interrupted the parental orations by interrogatories re- specting his old cousins and their re- sidence . The time - worn turrets of the ...
Page 40
... person was yet good , and by no means destitute of grace : face had the oval of the unfortunate Stuart family , with a high - raised aqui- line nose , somewhat pointed chin , dark penetrating eyes , and a particularly clear brown ...
... person was yet good , and by no means destitute of grace : face had the oval of the unfortunate Stuart family , with a high - raised aqui- line nose , somewhat pointed chin , dark penetrating eyes , and a particularly clear brown ...
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... persons , yet they found time for the embellishment of ether and more durable objects than themselves . I fear , my good kinswo- man , those of the next generation will not have monuments to exhibit of their aunts ' and grandmothers ...
... persons , yet they found time for the embellishment of ether and more durable objects than themselves . I fear , my good kinswo- man , those of the next generation will not have monuments to exhibit of their aunts ' and grandmothers ...
Page 65
... present drama , a delineation of his person , and some few particulars of his secret his- tory , may not be considered improper or unacceptable ; but we must not so far far fail in respect to him , as to give MY OLD COUSIN . 65.
... present drama , a delineation of his person , and some few particulars of his secret his- tory , may not be considered improper or unacceptable ; but we must not so far far fail in respect to him , as to give MY OLD COUSIN . 65.
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... sive circumference of his body ; his face was of an amplitude such as might be expected from the dimensions of his person , and only remarkable for width of of mouth and deep - sunk grey eyes , over MY OLD COUSIN . 67 CHAPTER III. ...
... sive circumference of his body ; his face was of an amplitude such as might be expected from the dimensions of his person , and only remarkable for width of of mouth and deep - sunk grey eyes , over MY OLD COUSIN . 67 CHAPTER III. ...
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