London Society, Band 11James Hogg, Florence Marryat William Clowes and Sons, 1867 |
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... took matters into his own hands . On this 150 % . Beatrix was a princess amongst the people of Stoke Basing . It provided her with every comfort - more - with every luxury of which she had ever heard . As a child , it gave her a pony ...
... took matters into his own hands . On this 150 % . Beatrix was a princess amongst the people of Stoke Basing . It provided her with every comfort - more - with every luxury of which she had ever heard . As a child , it gave her a pony ...
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... took the eyes of the man who advanced to meet her , and chained them away from her face for a moment or two . But when she held back a little , still with her hands in his grasp , and lifted her eyes and told him she was glad to be with ...
... took the eyes of the man who advanced to meet her , and chained them away from her face for a moment or two . But when she held back a little , still with her hands in his grasp , and lifted her eyes and told him she was glad to be with ...
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... took the cheque , and folded it away leisurely in her porte- monnaie , and he watched each graceful , languid , indifferent ges- ture , with a proud delight in the woman who used them being his own . She went away to dress for dinner ...
... took the cheque , and folded it away leisurely in her porte- monnaie , and he watched each graceful , languid , indifferent ges- ture , with a proud delight in the woman who used them being his own . She went away to dress for dinner ...
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... took his mea- sure at a glance . " ' Well , " said I , anxious to know his size , " and—— ” " And I could see that he'd had a deal more than a taste of the cratur , though he carried it off in such a mighty easy way . " " Carried it off ...
... took his mea- sure at a glance . " ' Well , " said I , anxious to know his size , " and—— ” " And I could see that he'd had a deal more than a taste of the cratur , though he carried it off in such a mighty easy way . " " Carried it off ...
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... took the speech so much to heart , that I am come from him to say that he expects an apology . " " Begad , and were you told to say that ? " " I was , indeed ; and I'm sure , my dear fellow , you must see how ex- travagantly absurd we ...
... took the speech so much to heart , that I am come from him to say that he expects an apology . " " Begad , and were you told to say that ? " " I was , indeed ; and I'm sure , my dear fellow , you must see how ex- travagantly absurd we ...
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Agapemone Almack's amusement asked Beatrix beauty Ben Jonson better Blanche Lyon breakfast brother burlesque called character Club course dancing dear dinner door dress Edgar Talbot eyes face fair feel Felix felt followed Frank Bathurst gentleman Gertie girl give hand happy head heard heart Hebe Hoddesdon honour Hornby Castle husband hydropathy Justice Kit-Kat Club knew lady laughing Lionel look Lord Chelmsford Lord Chief Lord Chief Justice Lord Justice manner Marian Mark Sutton marriage married ment mind Miss Lyon Miss Talbot Mohocks morning mother ness never night O'Dowd O'Flaherty once perhaps poor pretty racter Rainham replied round seemed Sir Alexander Cockburn sister smile society Street sure Sutton tell thing thought thro tion told tone took Trixy turned utter valentine voice wife woman women wonderful words young
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Seite 105 - Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances.
Seite 105 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was...
Seite 110 - than I can say. I never remember any weather that was not too hot or too cold, too wet or too dry; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
Seite 245 - The particular talents by which these misanthropes are distinguished from one another, consist in the various kinds of barbarities which they execute upon their prisoners. Some are celebrated for a happy dexterity in tipping the lion upon them ; which is performed by squeezing the nose flat to the face, and boring out the eyes with their fingers.
Seite 546 - THIS is the place. Stand still, my steed, Let me review the scene, And summon from the shadowy Past The forms that once have been.
Seite 244 - An outrageous ambition of doing all possible hurt to, their fellow-creatures is the great cement of their assembly, and the only qualification required in the members. In order to exert this principle in its full strength and perfection, they take care to drink themselves to a pitch that is beyond the possibility of attending to any motions of reason or humanity...
Seite 107 - He is passionately kind and angry, careless either to ' gain or keep; vindictive, but— if he be well answered— at himself.
Seite 106 - He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him, (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth...
Seite 238 - It's no great matter whether I see them to-night, or not, for nine of them have such bad constitutions that all the physicians in the world can't save them ; and the other six have such good constitutions that all the physicians in the world can't kill them.
Seite 203 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.