The refusal, by the author of the Tale of the times, Band 11810 |
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... Boldface had relieved herself from the terrors of Mr. Stanza's pasquinades by making him lord of her person and fortune . This the Danbury wits call , elbowing himself into easy circumstances ; while the happy pair protest 26.
... Boldface had relieved herself from the terrors of Mr. Stanza's pasquinades by making him lord of her person and fortune . This the Danbury wits call , elbowing himself into easy circumstances ; while the happy pair protest 26.
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... fortune at her own dispo- sal : Yet all waited impatiently for the next invitation , for my friend's parties were the most genteel in Danbury , and there was no enduring being left out , as none but people of ton and liter- ati were ...
... fortune at her own dispo- sal : Yet all waited impatiently for the next invitation , for my friend's parties were the most genteel in Danbury , and there was no enduring being left out , as none but people of ton and liter- ati were ...
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... fortune , lived with her uncle , and went by the name of good little Emily . A marriage and accouchement actually happened in the Y -- p family , and I saw the person she de- scribes as Lord Avondel , covered with the insignia of ...
... fortune , lived with her uncle , and went by the name of good little Emily . A marriage and accouchement actually happened in the Y -- p family , and I saw the person she de- scribes as Lord Avondel , covered with the insignia of ...
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... fortunes of em- pires , have too much of fable , conjec- ture , and misrepresentation in them . to be justly characterized by so ab- stract and simple a term as truth . And I also assert , that we shall transgress the laws of candour if ...
... fortunes of em- pires , have too much of fable , conjec- ture , and misrepresentation in them . to be justly characterized by so ab- stract and simple a term as truth . And I also assert , that we shall transgress the laws of candour if ...
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... Fortune , therefore , had a very different effect upon his sincere , blunt character , to what she usually exerts , by making him more out of humour with the world , and dissatisfied with . himself ; and but for his strong at- tachment ...
... Fortune , therefore , had a very different effect upon his sincere , blunt character , to what she usually exerts , by making him more out of humour with the world , and dissatisfied with . himself ; and but for his strong at- tachment ...
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acquaintance admiration affection allow amiable ancholy asthma attachment attention aunt's Avon Park baronet bashaw beauty called celibacy character compliment convinced countenance court Danbury dear dearest aunt delicacy discover Earl of Avondel early elegant Emily Emily's equally eulo fear fear Lord feel felicity felt female fortune girl Glenvorne gout grace happy heart heiress hero honour hope intimate knew Lady Mackin Lady Mackintosh Lady Selina ladyship laugh letter letters of recal Lime Grove lived London look Lord Avon Lord Avondel lover Mande Mandeville castle manner marriage Marshal Saxe ment mind Miss Mandeville Miss Mandeville's ness never niece niece's noble observed opinion pain person possession praise Prudentia racter reputation Selina Delamore shewed silent sion Sir Walter Mandeville soldier soon soul spect Stanza superior suppose tachment talents talk thought tion told tosh ture uncle uncle's vinced virtue wish woman young lady
Beliebte Passagen
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.