 Behn curiously sealed up, with " private and confidential " on the packet, to my gay old grand-aunt. The next time I saw her afterwards she gave me back Aphra, properly wrapped up, with nearly these words : — " Take back your bonny Mrs. Behn, and if...  The Cornhill Magazine - Seite 325herausgegeben von - 1898Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1876 - 652 Seiten
...back your bonny Mrs. Behn," said Mrs. Keith, of Ravelstone, to her grandnephew, Sir Walter Scott ; " and, if you will take my advice, put her in the fire,...to get through the very first novel. But is it not a very bdd thing that I, an old woman of eighty and upwards, sitting alone, feel myself ashamed to... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1876 - 500 Seiten
...back your bonny Mrs. Behn," said Mrs. Keith of Kavelstone to her grand-nephew Sir Walter Scott ; " and, if you will take my advice, put her in the fire,...to get through the very first novel. But is it not a very odd thing that I, an old woman of eighty and upwards, sitting alone, feel myself ashamed to... | |
 | sir George Otto Trevelyan (2nd bart.) - 1881 - 732 Seiten
...Keith of Ravelstonc to her grand-nephew Sir Walter Scott ; ' ' and, if you will take my advice, put hef in the fire, for I found it impossible to get through the very first novel. But is it not a very odd thing that I, an old woman of eighty and upwards, sitting alone, feel myself ashamed to... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 458 Seiten
...sealed up, with 1 private and confidential' on the packet, to my gay old grand-aunt. The next time I saw her afterwards, she gave me back Aphra, properly...wrapped up, with nearly these words: — Take back vour bonny Mrs Behn ; and, if you will take my advice, put her in the fire, for I found it impossible... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 456 Seiten
...sealed up, with ' private and confidential' on the packet, to my gay old grand-aunt. The next time I saw her afterwards, she gave me back Aphra, properly wrapped up, with nearly these words : — Take hack vour bonny Mrs Behn ; and, if you will take my advice, put her in the fire, for I found it impossible... | |
 | Daniel Melancthon Tredwell - 1892 - 516 Seiten
...marked confidential, to my gay old aunt. The next time I saw her she gave me back 'Aphra,' saying: 'Take back your bonny Mrs. Behn, and if you will take my advice put her in the fire. It is an odd thing,' said she, ' that I — an old woman over eighty, sitting alone — feel ashamed... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1897 - 258 Seiten
...sealed up, with ' private and confidential ' on the packet, to my gay old grand-aunt. The next time I saw her afterwards, she gave me back Aphra, properly •wrapped up, with merely these words : ' Take back your bonny Mrs. Behn ; and, if you will take my advice, put her in... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1897 - 266 Seiten
...sealed up, with ' private and confidential ' on the packet, to my gay old grand-aunt. The next time I saw her afterwards, she gave me back Aphra, properly wrapped up, with merely these words : ' Take back your bonny Mrs. Behn ; and, if you will take my advice, put her in... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1901 - 750 Seiten
...sealed up, with ' private and confidential ' on the packet, to my gay old grand-aunt. The next time I saw her afterwards, she gave me back Aphra, properly...for I found it impossible to get through the very 1 [Lady Louisa in her letter, written in 1826, after speaking of the delight which the Lives had given... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1903 - 240 Seiten
...sealed up, with " private and confidential " on the packet, to my gay old grandaunt. The next time I saw her afterwards she gave me back Aphra, properly...will take my advice, put her in the fire : ' for I find it impossible to get through the very first novel. But is it ' not," she said, " a very odd thing... | |
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