Diaries of a Lady of Quality from 1797 to 1844Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864 - 359 Seiten |
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... instance of vir- tue and innocence triumphing over the most unfortunate false appearances . It was the virtue and modesty of Mary's behaviour which were the first cause of bringing her innocence to light . Had she not been so distin ...
... instance of vir- tue and innocence triumphing over the most unfortunate false appearances . It was the virtue and modesty of Mary's behaviour which were the first cause of bringing her innocence to light . Had she not been so distin ...
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... instances of degradation , which we might other- wise have overlooked . For instance , when Louis was described as receiving the sacrament sans prie - Dieu , sans coussin , in a small bed - room without any furni- ture but trois ...
... instances of degradation , which we might other- wise have overlooked . For instance , when Louis was described as receiving the sacrament sans prie - Dieu , sans coussin , in a small bed - room without any furni- ture but trois ...
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... instance of conscious decay and of mag- nanimity , perhaps even superior to the Duke of Marl- * ' In life's last scene what prodigies surprize , Fears of the brave , and follies of the wise ! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of ...
... instance of conscious decay and of mag- nanimity , perhaps even superior to the Duke of Marl- * ' In life's last scene what prodigies surprize , Fears of the brave , and follies of the wise ! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of ...
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... instances of expression without features , and may show how much feeling may be betrayed by the human frame , independent of the face . Still there certainly was a powerful charm in the evanescent hue of Miss O'Neil's delicate ...
... instances of expression without features , and may show how much feeling may be betrayed by the human frame , independent of the face . Still there certainly was a powerful charm in the evanescent hue of Miss O'Neil's delicate ...
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... instance of the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon may help to convey a notion of the more extended popularity and more durable influence of the Rev. Edward Irving , the founder of a sect which is still in full vigour . His successful career as a London ...
... instance of the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon may help to convey a notion of the more extended popularity and more durable influence of the Rev. Edward Irving , the founder of a sect which is still in full vigour . His successful career as a London ...
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Diaries of A Lady of Quality from 1797 to 1844 Frances W. Wynn,A. Hayward Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2022 |
Diaries of A Lady of Quality from 1797 to 1844 Frances W. Wynn,A. Hayward Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2022 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Admiral afterwards Alava appeared archduke arrived asked beautiful believe brother Cambronne Cape Henri carriage character Charles circumstances Comte d'Artois consul Contessini conversation course daughter death Delamere Delamere Forest door dress Duchess DUCS D'ANGOULÊME Duke Duke of Wellington Earl England English enquired expressed extraordinary fancy fear feel French gave Grenville hand hear heard honour hour husband Junius King knout ladies of Llangollen Lady Beresford letter live Lord Braybrooke Lord Grenville Lord Liverpool Lord Tyrone Louis Louis XVIII Macbeth Madame Major Percy manner married mind Monsieur Napoleon never night Oakmere Othello passed person poor Prince Princess Queen received recollect replied Ricketts scene seems seen sent servants Siddons singular Sir Henry Sir Martin Sirent soon speak Spinetto story strong supposed tell thought tion told took woman write young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 153 - A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love.
Seite 367 - The Earth goes on the Earth glittering with gold ; The Earth goes to the Earth sooner than it wold ; The Earth builds on the Earth castles and towers ; The Earth says to the Earth, All this is ours.
Seite viii - That if any man were to form a book, of what he had seen or heard himself, it must, in whatever hands, prove a most useful and entertaining one.
Seite 59 - The two Miss Gunnings," and a late extravagant dinner at White's, are twenty times more the subject of conversation than the two brothers and Lord Granville. These are two Irish girls, of no fortune, who are declared the handsomest women alive. I think their being two so handsome and both such perfect figures is their chief excellence, for singly I have seen much handsomer women than either ; however, they can't walk in the park, or go to Vauxhall, but such mobs follow them that they are generally...
Seite 249 - All this is very flattering,' he would say, ' and very civil : and if people are amused with hearing me tell a parcel of old stories, or recite a pack of ballads, to lovely young girls and gaping matrons, they are easily pleased ; and a man would be very illnatured who would not give pleasure so cheaply conferred.
Seite 56 - In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise ! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
Seite 50 - I have this day heard from indisputable authority, that I have hitherto lain under a mistake with regard to my age, and that I am but forty-seven to-day. Of the near approach of my death...
Seite 65 - ... her little theatre, and puts in the performers when they are out in their parts; she is a doctor, an apothecary, a surgeon, a farrier, a carpenter, a magistrate, a lawyer...
Seite 209 - God's goodness and compassion through His Son, as what can do them no harm, and may, and I hope will, be of service to them.
Seite 332 - A brief view of the state of the Church of England, as it stood in Queen Elizabeth's and King James his reigne, to the yeere 1608.