Gurney Married: A Sequel to Gilbert Gurney, Band 1H. Colburn, 1838 |
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... carriage wheels approaching the house door . That sound suddenly ceased , and a peal on the bell set the house itself ringing . Everybody looked amazed . We expected nobody . The Nubleys were not coming . Wells could not have left the ...
... carriage wheels approaching the house door . That sound suddenly ceased , and a peal on the bell set the house itself ringing . Everybody looked amazed . We expected nobody . The Nubleys were not coming . Wells could not have left the ...
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... gone home some time before , Wells having sent the carriage for her from the rectory after it had set : him down which violation of his promise to join G 3 GURNEY MARRIED . 125 finished her last tumbler of what in common ...
... gone home some time before , Wells having sent the carriage for her from the rectory after it had set : him down which violation of his promise to join G 3 GURNEY MARRIED . 125 finished her last tumbler of what in common ...
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... carriage ; and my table would have been less amply covered ; that my house would have been small , instead of large ; and that I should have toiled , instead of trifled ; I should have been independent . I could have sat down quietly ...
... carriage ; and my table would have been less amply covered ; that my house would have been small , instead of large ; and that I should have toiled , instead of trifled ; I should have been independent . I could have sat down quietly ...
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... carriage . " " No , Sir , " said Hutton , who was wheeling his master to the luncheon - table , " the carriage was not ordered when my master sent me to see about it . Mrs. Gurney sent down since , but then the young ladies were gone ...
... carriage . " " No , Sir , " said Hutton , who was wheeling his master to the luncheon - table , " the carriage was not ordered when my master sent me to see about it . Mrs. Gurney sent down since , but then the young ladies were gone ...
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... carriage and horses are yours , and—— ” " So they are , love , " said Harriet ; " but it was cousin Cuthbert who gave them to me . Recollect that , dear Gilbert ; recollect how much we owe him . ” " I do , Harriet dear , " said I ...
... carriage and horses are yours , and—— ” " So they are , love , " said Harriet ; " but it was cousin Cuthbert who gave them to me . Recollect that , dear Gilbert ; recollect how much we owe him . ” " I do , Harriet dear , " said I ...
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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...