The Only Daughter: A Domestic Story, Band 2Colburn, 1839 |
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... appearance , and was presented to Helen by his sister on his attaching himself to their coterie He was a tall shy youth of twenty - four or five ; whom neither the precept and example of his anxious mother , nor his twelvemonth's re ...
... appearance , and was presented to Helen by his sister on his attaching himself to their coterie He was a tall shy youth of twenty - four or five ; whom neither the precept and example of his anxious mother , nor his twelvemonth's re ...
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... appearance ; and dinner past amid regrets and reproaches on the one side , and smiles and palliatives on the other . " I shall leave my law papers unfinished , and be your escort myself , rather than have you THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 35 ...
... appearance ; and dinner past amid regrets and reproaches on the one side , and smiles and palliatives on the other . " I shall leave my law papers unfinished , and be your escort myself , rather than have you THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 35 ...
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... appearance , distinct both from elegance and refinement , —an artifi- cial distinction of fashion which has been pre- ferred even by tastes unitiated to the more reasonable claims of natural superiority stamp- ed them individually as ...
... appearance , distinct both from elegance and refinement , —an artifi- cial distinction of fashion which has been pre- ferred even by tastes unitiated to the more reasonable claims of natural superiority stamp- ed them individually as ...
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... appearance of that most heinous of ladies ' crimes , a suspended correspondence ; it was only a few hours previous to my departure that I heard her talk of you in such terms as would have satisfied any one , much more exigeante than I ...
... appearance of that most heinous of ladies ' crimes , a suspended correspondence ; it was only a few hours previous to my departure that I heard her talk of you in such terms as would have satisfied any one , much more exigeante than I ...
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... appearance , in society ; and when she was alone in the solitude of her turret chamber , the images that thronged her memory and ima- gination , were such as scared effectually the ' downy pinions , ' which are wont to ' light on lids ...
... appearance , in society ; and when she was alone in the solitude of her turret chamber , the images that thronged her memory and ima- gination , were such as scared effectually the ' downy pinions , ' which are wont to ' light on lids ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affection agony answered Helen asked aunt Katie beauty blush breath burst Captain St Caroline Caroline Munro castle cheek cold Colonel Faulcon Colonel Faulconbridge conbridge confess cousin dance dare daugh dear Helen dear Ruth dearest dinner drawing-room Dunardoch earnest eyes face fair fancied fate feelings felt flung forehead friendship gaiety gentle glance gratitude half hand happiness Harewood House heart Hector Helen rose Hemingsley honour hope hour Kilmore Lady Munro Ladyship laughing Leger letter Lillias loch Lord Harewood Major Tracy ment METASTASIO Miss Annesley Miss Campbell Miss Munro Monzievar morning ness never night offer once pale pang party passion quadrille rendered replied Roderick Drummond rose Ruth Annesley Ruth's scarcely Scotland seated seemed shadow silence Sir Evan skaiting smile solitude sorrow spirit suffering sympathy tears tell thought tion tone turned voice vows words wounded wretchedness
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 1 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Seite 191 - And blushed and smiled the tale to hear, Poured from her dark-eyed cavalier ; And yet, I too must moralize, Albeit with gentler sympathies, Of all my own fond heart can tell Of love's despair, and love's farewell, — Its many miseries ; — its tears, Like lava, not like dew ; — its fears, That make hope painful ; — then its trust, So often trampled in the dust ; — Neglected, blighted, and betrayed, A sorrow and a mockery made ! Then change and adverse fortune, all That binds and keeps sweet...
Seite 245 - The Gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That rightly think'st and hast most rightly said.