Gurney Married: A Sequel to Gilbert Gurney, Band 1H. Colburn, 1838 |
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... agreeable compe- tency as that in which we now find ourselves . When Cuthbert first established himself at Ashmead - a somewhat pastoral " name " for my first local habitation " -I was very much sur- prised at his absolute helplessness ...
... agreeable compe- tency as that in which we now find ourselves . When Cuthbert first established himself at Ashmead - a somewhat pastoral " name " for my first local habitation " -I was very much sur- prised at his absolute helplessness ...
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... agreeable ; but I see that poor dear Cuthbert , with all his kind- nesses , conferred as they are in the oddest man- ner , is a bit of a bore to the ladies of the circle . Harriet , disliking the formality of calling him brother - in ...
... agreeable ; but I see that poor dear Cuthbert , with all his kind- nesses , conferred as they are in the oddest man- ner , is a bit of a bore to the ladies of the circle . Harriet , disliking the formality of calling him brother - in ...
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... agreeable , we , in our turns , with all our little foibles and failings , mental and bodily , become equally subjects of amusement for everybody else in the neighbourhood . " " Ah , well , " said Cuthbert , " there is some- thing in ...
... agreeable , we , in our turns , with all our little foibles and failings , mental and bodily , become equally subjects of amusement for everybody else in the neighbourhood . " " Ah , well , " said Cuthbert , " there is some- thing in ...
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... to come back and dine , " said Cuthbert . So was I - not so much because , although Sniggs was really an agreeable and entertaining companion , he 12 34 GURNEY MARRIED . flattering unction to your soul; rely upon it we ...
... to come back and dine , " said Cuthbert . So was I - not so much because , although Sniggs was really an agreeable and entertaining companion , he 12 34 GURNEY MARRIED . flattering unction to your soul; rely upon it we ...
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A Sequel to Gilbert Gurney Theodore Edward Hook. Sniggs was really an agreeable and entertaining companion , he was coming to break in upon what had become to me the delightful homeish- ness of a really ... agreeable and entertaining ...
A Sequel to Gilbert Gurney Theodore Edward Hook. Sniggs was really an agreeable and entertaining companion , he was coming to break in upon what had become to me the delightful homeish- ness of a really ... agreeable and entertaining ...
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agreeable amiable amusement apothecary appeared arrival Ashmead bert better Blissfold Brandy Brandyball Brandyball's breakfast brother carriage course Cuth Cuthbert Daly dancing dear Gilbert Delaville delighted dine dinner Doctor Downey drawing-room eau de Cologne erysipelas eyes fancy Fanny father favour feeling felt girls give Gurney Harriet hear heard horses Hutton invitation Jane Kate King of Prussia Kittington Kitty knew laughed leave Lieutenant Merman look luncheon master mind Miss Falwasser Miss Kitty Montpelier morning mother never nice night Nubley perhaps phaeton pigeons peas play poor dear port wine quadruped racter recollect Rectory replied seemed sent servant Shooter's Hill sister small-pox Smigsmag Sniggs Sniggs's Somerton sort supper sure talk tell thing thought tion told Tom's Tommy trouble uncle uncon Wells's whist wife wish Woolpoo young ladies
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Seite 43 - ALL love, at first, like generous wine, Ferments and frets until 'tis fine ; But, when 'tis settled on the lee, And from th' impurer matter free, Becomes the richer still the older, And proves the pleasanter the colder.
Seite 119 - ... experience every variety of distress. Observe, however, that the quantities of food and exercise are relative things: those who move much may, and indeed ought, to eat more; those who use little exercise, should eat little. In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eat about twice as much as nature requires.
Seite 27 - Caution, not to make our moves too hastily. This habit is best acquired by observing strictly the laws of the game, such as, " If you touch a piece, " you must move it somewhere; if you set it down,
Seite 26 - ... competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess, then, we may learn, I.
Seite 176 - Children pick up words as pigeons peas, And utter them again as God shall please.
Seite 45 - O — h — nothing." And this quarrel arose as they sat at breakfast: the lady very innocently observed, " She believed the tea was made with Thames water.
Seite 65 - ... serves as well as truth till new ones come up. He is little concerned whether it be good or bad, for that does not make it more or less news; and if there be any difference, he loves the bad best, because it is said to come soonest; for he would willingly bear his share in any public calamity to have the pleasure of hearing and telling it.
Seite 27 - ... and it is therefore best that these rules should be observed ; as the game thereby becomes more the image of human life, and particularly of war ; in which, if you have incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain your enemy's leave to withdraw your troops, and place them more securely, but you must abide all the consequences of your rashness. And, lastly, we learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by...
Seite 115 - S., my love, play," she wants a spade. Smigsmag and spade begin with the same letter, and, sure enough, down comes a spade. "Harriet, my dear," says Smigsmag, "how long you are sorting your cards." Mrs. Smigsmag stumps down a heart : and a gentle " Come, my love," on either side, infallibly produces a club.
Seite 263 - Charlee the Second's time, and invented by one of the first wits of that age. What care I, if by some extravagance, some unaccountable absurdity, I am made momentarily to forget the things which prey upon my mind ? I am satisfied ; — and if Mr. Delaville, whose real name is in all probability Dobbs, Dobbins, or Doddle, diverts my thoughts from subjects which give me pain, I feel myself very much indebted to the said Dobbs, Dobbins, or Doddle, as the case may be. Voltaire says that Providence has...