London Society, Том 64William Clowes and Sons, 1893 |
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... write their names in this , expressive of sympathy . The printed notices informing of a death are very depressing - looking : the black border , the call to pray for the soul of the departed , often promising indulgences for said ...
... write their names in this , expressive of sympathy . The printed notices informing of a death are very depressing - looking : the black border , the call to pray for the soul of the departed , often promising indulgences for said ...
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... now . It is time to dress for dinner . Write soon and tell me how you like Folkestone . I wish you were here instead . " Ever your loving , " LAURA MASON . " XII . [ From Henry Barton , Ouchy , to A PACKET OF LETTERS . 29.
... now . It is time to dress for dinner . Write soon and tell me how you like Folkestone . I wish you were here instead . " Ever your loving , " LAURA MASON . " XII . [ From Henry Barton , Ouchy , to A PACKET OF LETTERS . 29.
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... write to them ? ' " How can I ? He reads all my letters before I send them . He says a wife should have no secrets from her husband . I had a maid , but he sent her away . He would have no spies , he said , about him . He has gone out ...
... write to them ? ' " How can I ? He reads all my letters before I send them . He says a wife should have no secrets from her husband . I had a maid , but he sent her away . He would have no spies , he said , about him . He has gone out ...
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... class for an hour or so in the evenings , and just teach them to write and read . " " Oh ! how awfully good of you , " I said , looking at him in astonishment . 1 66 Why can't their parents teach them ? " growled 42 INTO TEMPTATION .
... class for an hour or so in the evenings , and just teach them to write and read . " " Oh ! how awfully good of you , " I said , looking at him in astonishment . 1 66 Why can't their parents teach them ? " growled 42 INTO TEMPTATION .
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... writing to - to her , " And who is she ? Who is the woman ? " " I " Ah ! that's my secret - and hers , " said the young man . have some sense of honour , you know , though I don't suppose you will think I can have much of that about me ...
... writing to - to her , " And who is she ? Who is the woman ? " " I " Ah ! that's my secret - and hers , " said the young man . have some sense of honour , you know , though I don't suppose you will think I can have much of that about me ...
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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.