Diaries of a Lady of Quality from 1797 to 1844Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864 - 359 Seiten |
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... soon that she had gained by the change : the more she saw of Mary the better she liked her . At last she tried to persuade herself that her favourite was innocent of the crime laid to her charge . She ques- tioned her as to her former ...
... soon that she had gained by the change : the more she saw of Mary the better she liked her . At last she tried to persuade herself that her favourite was innocent of the crime laid to her charge . She ques- tioned her as to her former ...
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... soon became the favourite companion of her mistress , who could no longer treat this superior being as a servant . Still , however , Mary resisted her urgent entreaties to discover her former situation ; she owned that it had been ...
... soon became the favourite companion of her mistress , who could no longer treat this superior being as a servant . Still , however , Mary resisted her urgent entreaties to discover her former situation ; she owned that it had been ...
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... soon after , that her relations had not had time to make all the enquiries which they after- wards sent in vain all over the kingdom . These circumstances tallied so exactly with the old woman's confession that the chaplain ventured to ...
... soon after , that her relations had not had time to make all the enquiries which they after- wards sent in vain all over the kingdom . These circumstances tallied so exactly with the old woman's confession that the chaplain ventured to ...
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... soon after . At this time , Jane Power was ill ; after her recovery , being in a remote part of the convent which was not in use , she heard Louisa's voice , which seemed to proceed from within the wall ; she thought it was her spirit ...
... soon after . At this time , Jane Power was ill ; after her recovery , being in a remote part of the convent which was not in use , she heard Louisa's voice , which seemed to proceed from within the wall ; she thought it was her spirit ...
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... soon returned . He told his friends that he had found everything as it had been represented ; that the old woman had died after telling him a very extra- ordinary circumstance , which had given him great satis- faction ; he then related ...
... soon returned . He told his friends that he had found everything as it had been represented ; that the old woman had died after telling him a very extra- ordinary circumstance , which had given him great satis- faction ; he then related ...
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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 |
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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.