The refusal, by the author of the Tale of the times, Band 11810 |
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... felt a little piqued , but an invitation to attack Capt . Target at Tradrille that afternoon at her lodgings restored my native suavity ; and as he joined in laughing at the infantine airs and rain- bow dresses of some aged girls of our ...
... felt a little piqued , but an invitation to attack Capt . Target at Tradrille that afternoon at her lodgings restored my native suavity ; and as he joined in laughing at the infantine airs and rain- bow dresses of some aged girls of our ...
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... felt it his duty to keep up the Mandeville dignity . He had public days , and presided at his table , sullen through pique , and awkward from a consciousness of inferiority . He dis- tributed charity with a sort of snarling benevolence ...
... felt it his duty to keep up the Mandeville dignity . He had public days , and presided at his table , sullen through pique , and awkward from a consciousness of inferiority . He dis- tributed charity with a sort of snarling benevolence ...
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... felt more than the common animosity of a belligerent to Lady Selina . All his little world spoke ill of her . He knew that she had be- haved very badly in early life , and she was sister to Lady Honoria Mandeville , for whom he had a ...
... felt more than the common animosity of a belligerent to Lady Selina . All his little world spoke ill of her . He knew that she had be- haved very badly in early life , and she was sister to Lady Honoria Mandeville , for whom he had a ...
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... felt bewildered in what manner to act , or how to secure her from those disadvantages which might result from an introduction under her own immediate auspices . While she was thus perplexed as to the mode of pro- ceeding she should ...
... felt bewildered in what manner to act , or how to secure her from those disadvantages which might result from an introduction under her own immediate auspices . While she was thus perplexed as to the mode of pro- ceeding she should ...
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... felt the sameness of their unvaried days ; that she had wished to see a little more of life than their neighbouring market- town afforded , or was supplied by the rector and apothecary , and two or three quiet country 83.
... felt the sameness of their unvaried days ; that she had wished to see a little more of life than their neighbouring market- town afforded , or was supplied by the rector and apothecary , and two or three quiet country 83.
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Seite 222 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Seite 255 - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn; Happiest of all is that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Seite 192 - You hate me, you despise me ! you do well ; For what I've done I hate and scorn myself. Oh, night, fall on me ! I shall blush to death.
Seite 202 - Prince! I blush to think what I have said, But fate has wrested the confession from me; Go on, and prosper in the paths of honour, Thy virtue will excuse my passion for thee, And make the Gods propitious to our love.
Seite 239 - Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.