London Society, Том 64William Clowes and Sons, 1893 |
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... mother had for her . A pair of gloves , or a veil , were the limit of her expectations , but she was wrong ; the old lady , who was propped up in bed , with feeble hands and the intense sympathy of the nurse , placed a lovely sable boa ...
... mother had for her . A pair of gloves , or a veil , were the limit of her expectations , but she was wrong ; the old lady , who was propped up in bed , with feeble hands and the intense sympathy of the nurse , placed a lovely sable boa ...
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... mother and , in most cases , an ignorant bigoted priest . Carmen must now not walk out daily , only on fête days and on Sundays and Thursdays , but she may sprawl for hours over a balcony , and even chat with the passers - by . No ...
... mother and , in most cases , an ignorant bigoted priest . Carmen must now not walk out daily , only on fête days and on Sundays and Thursdays , but she may sprawl for hours over a balcony , and even chat with the passers - by . No ...
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... mother if she can't walk all the distance , ' when proposing an excursion And it is by such means , the bracing up our nerves , revelling in God's beauti- ful country surrounding Coruña , and keeping our library stocked , that we have ...
... mother if she can't walk all the distance , ' when proposing an excursion And it is by such means , the bracing up our nerves , revelling in God's beauti- ful country surrounding Coruña , and keeping our library stocked , that we have ...
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... mother and two daughters . One of the girls has a look of Constance . The father is one of our leading Q.C.'s , so you see it is a matter of policy as well as of inclination to cultivate their acquaintance . " I spent a pleasant half ...
... mother and two daughters . One of the girls has a look of Constance . The father is one of our leading Q.C.'s , so you see it is a matter of policy as well as of inclination to cultivate their acquaintance . " I spent a pleasant half ...
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... mother into a chair next the latter , while Mrs. Herring herself took up her position behind us . It was a trying ordeal ; the native Christians contributed a strong odour of cocoanut - oil to the ceremony , and Andrew's voice nearly ...
... mother into a chair next the latter , while Mrs. Herring herself took up her position behind us . It was a trying ordeal ; the native Christians contributed a strong odour of cocoanut - oil to the ceremony , and Andrew's voice nearly ...
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Amy's Andrew answered arms asked Aunt Ayesha Baggot beautiful better Boscawen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Chatty cheque cheroot Clara Constance Herbert dacoits DARLEY DALE dear death delighted door dress Edward III England exclaimed eyes face feel Felix felt Filmer Gerald girl glad Gladys gone hand happy head hear heard heart hope Hubert husband Hyde Jack Jersey knew Kuttahpore lady laugh leave Lockwood looked Major Graham Mandalay Marchmont marriage married mind Miss Dorcas Miss Keppel Miss Lydia morning mother mummies never night once Oxburgh Perriam Philippa Pierce poor pretty prince Prince of Wales queen replied Roger Rose round Sark seemed Selsey sister Skyler smile snow Sophy squire sure talk tell thing thought to-morrow told took turned voice wait walked wife wish woman wonder Yaldwin young
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Сторінка 253 - Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven! oh! times, In which the meagre stale forbidding ways Of custom, law, and statute, took at once The attraction of a country in Romance!
Сторінка 241 - The flying rumours gather'd as they roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told ; And all who told it added something new, ; And all who heard it made enlargements too , In every ear it spread, on every tongue it grew.
Сторінка 252 - London displayed a blaze of light from one extremity to the other ; the illuminations extending, without any metaphor, from Hampstead and Highgate to Clapham, and even as far as Tooting, while the vast distance between Greenwich and Kensington presented the same dazzling appearance.
Сторінка 243 - The Queen was in white and silver ; an endless mantle of violetcoloured velvet, lined with ermine, and attempted to be fastened on her shoulder by a bunch of large pearls, dragged itself and almost the rest of her clothes halfway down her waist.
Сторінка 252 - When France in wrath her giant-limbs upreared, And with that oath, which smote air, earth, and sea, Stamped her strong foot and said she would be free, Bear witness for me, how I hoped and feared!
Сторінка 246 - The instant the Queen's canopy entered, fire was given to all the lustres at once by trains of prepared flax that reached from one to the other. To me it seemed an interval of not half a minute before the whole was in a blaze of splendour. It is true that for that half minute it rained fire upon the heads of all the spectators, the flax falling in large flakes ; and the ladies, Queen and all, were in no small terror, but no mischief ensued.
Сторінка 245 - It is true that for that half minute it rained fire upon the heads of all the spectators (the flax falling in large flakes) ; and the ladies, Queen and all, were in no small terror, but no mischief ensued. It was out as soon as it fell, and the most magnificent spectacle I ever beheld remained.