Lady Granard's nieces [by J.V. Pinkney]. |
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... fire ; Charles with a half smile upon his face , and Everard with an expression of impatience . " Yet it is not such a disagreeable engagement -she is young and beautiful , and what would you 10 LADY GRANARD'S NIECES .
... fire ; Charles with a half smile upon his face , and Everard with an expression of impatience . " Yet it is not such a disagreeable engagement -she is young and beautiful , and what would you 10 LADY GRANARD'S NIECES .
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... half a second ! " " Well , and so I would ! " said Charles , starting up , and laying his hand on Everard's arm in the energy of his speech- " so I would ! Beauty is my idol ; and never , never had she such an ardent worshipper as I ...
... half a second ! " " Well , and so I would ! " said Charles , starting up , and laying his hand on Everard's arm in the energy of his speech- " so I would ! Beauty is my idol ; and never , never had she such an ardent worshipper as I ...
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... half closed , was conveyed on board with the rest of the luggage . Whether the foregoing little incident , by allowing free scope to the vexation he had ex- perienced in the rejection of his attentions by the young French lady ...
... half closed , was conveyed on board with the rest of the luggage . Whether the foregoing little incident , by allowing free scope to the vexation he had ex- perienced in the rejection of his attentions by the young French lady ...
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... half an hour or more on the water , until rowed on shore by the strenuous exertions of men , whose very trade was the perilling of their lives . Yet to this method of landing , although it did not meet with the approbation of any one ...
... half an hour or more on the water , until rowed on shore by the strenuous exertions of men , whose very trade was the perilling of their lives . Yet to this method of landing , although it did not meet with the approbation of any one ...
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... half the sneers you excite fall on me as your companion ; therefore I beg of you when you are with me to drop that exquisite air of puppyism , which , doubtless , you deem so fascinating , and assume the manners of a well - bred ...
... half the sneers you excite fall on me as your companion ; therefore I beg of you when you are with me to drop that exquisite air of puppyism , which , doubtless , you deem so fascinating , and assume the manners of a well - bred ...
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Page 293 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 293 - The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair; A wreath, that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay.
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