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Page 97
... ladies of the estab- lishment . But such as they were , blotted and scrawled , as for a child's use , she kept them all ; and in the zenith of her after reputation it was a delightful sight to behold them bound up in costliest Morocco ...
... ladies of the estab- lishment . But such as they were , blotted and scrawled , as for a child's use , she kept them all ; and in the zenith of her after reputation it was a delightful sight to behold them bound up in costliest Morocco ...
Page 103
... Lady Randolph ) even to Mrs. Siddons , 1 The maiden name of this lady was Street , which she changed by successive marriages , for those of Dancer , Barry , and Crawford . She was Mrs. Crawford , a third time a widow , when I knew her ...
... Lady Randolph ) even to Mrs. Siddons , 1 The maiden name of this lady was Street , which she changed by successive marriages , for those of Dancer , Barry , and Crawford . She was Mrs. Crawford , a third time a widow , when I knew her ...
Page 126
... ladies across the way that were going in ; but he never went in of his own head . Yet the office of the Morning Post newspaper stood then just where it does now - we are carrying you back , Reader , some thirty years or more - with its ...
... ladies across the way that were going in ; but he never went in of his own head . Yet the office of the Morning Post newspaper stood then just where it does now - we are carrying you back , Reader , some thirty years or more - with its ...
Page 128
... ladies , luckily coming up at the juncture , when we were on our probation for the place of Chief Jester to S.'s ... lady that has her sitting upon " ' many waters . " Then there was the collateral topic of ankles . What an occasion ...
... ladies , luckily coming up at the juncture , when we were on our probation for the place of Chief Jester to S.'s ... lady that has her sitting upon " ' many waters . " Then there was the collateral topic of ankles . What an occasion ...
Page 140
... comfort the irksomeness , has peopled their solitude with a bevy of fair attendants , maids of honour , or ladies of the bed - chamber , according to the " 3 approved etiquette at a court of the nineteenth century ; 140 ON THE PRODUCTIONS.
... comfort the irksomeness , has peopled their solitude with a bevy of fair attendants , maids of honour , or ladies of the bed - chamber , according to the " 3 approved etiquette at a court of the nineteenth century ; 140 ON THE PRODUCTIONS.
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LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA Charles 1775-1834 Lamb,Augustine 1850-1933 Birrell,C. E. (Charles Edmund) 1870-1938 Brock No preview available - 2016 |
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