 | Franklin James Didier - 1822 - 218 Seiten
...dignity at the head of my table and family; a 5th, an excellent economist and house-keeper; and a 6th, a very useful nurse! Could I find all these qualities, united in a single person, I should dare o make my addresses, and I should deserve to be refused.!" There are numerous instances on record of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1827 - 408 Seiten
...particular person. I have discovered about half a dozen tnves who would please me in different wavs and by various merits : one as a mistress (a widow,...rest of my life in Switzerland, and that you suspect tile sincerity of my vague or insidious schemes of purchase or return. To remove, as far as I can,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 402 Seiten
...entertaining acquaintance ; a third, a sincere good natured friend ; a fourth, who would represent with grace and dignity at the head of my table and...myself for the rest of my life in Switzerland, and that yon suspect the sincerity of my vague or insidious schemes of purchase or return. To remove, as far... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 412 Seiten
...entertaining acquaintance ; a third, a sincere good natured friend ; a fourth, who would represent with grace and dignity at the head of my table and...find all these qualities united in a single person, [ should dare to make my addresses, and should deserve to be refused. You hint in some of your letters,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 Seiten
...entertaining acquaintance ; a third, a sincere good-natured friend ; a fourth, who would represent with grace and dignity at the head of my table and...should dare to make my addresses, and should deserve to Toe refused. You hint in some of your letters, or rather postscripts, that you consider me as having... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 882 Seiten
...entertaining acquaintance ; a third, a sincere good-natured friend ; a fourth, who would represent with grace and dignity at the head of my table and...find all these qualities united in a single person, I shoidd dare to make my addresses, and should deserve to be refused. You hint in some of your letters,... | |
 | Anne Mathews - 1860 - 380 Seiten
...grace and dignity the head of my table and family ; a fifth, an excellent economist and housekeeper ; a sixth, a very useful nurse. Could I find all these qualities united in one person, I should dare to make my addresses — and deserve to be refused." A dull man is so near... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1888 - 330 Seiten
...entertaining acquaintance ; a third, a sincere good-natured friend ; a fourth, who would represent with grace and dignity at the head of my table and...make my addresses, and should deserve to be refused. . . , GEORGE ELIOT TO MISS SARA HENNELL. LONDON, August 21, 1852. If there is any change in my affection... | |
 | Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1895 - 66 Seiten
...discovered about half-a-dozen Wires who would please me in 43 different ways and by various merits Could I find all these qualities united in a single...make my addresses and should deserve to be refused.' Lausanne, 22 Oct. 1784. 38. E. Gibbon to Lord Sheffield on his life at Lausanne, and describing the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 450 Seiten
...entertaining acquaintance ; a third, a sincere good-natured friend ; a fourth, who would represent with grace and dignity at the head of my table and...make my addresses, and should deserve to be refused.* In the meanwhile I have experienced a separation from a more humble companion with whom I expected... | |
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... with grace and dignity at the head of my table and family ; a fifth, an excellent economist and housekeeper; and a sixth, a very useful nurse. Could I find all these qualities united in a single person, I should dare to make my addresses, and should... 
