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... silence , and I overheard a pert girl inquire of another tittering flirt , at what age Mrs. Prudentia al- lowed them to practise talking , prepa- ratory to the very hard service which would be required of them when they must , according ...
... silence , and I overheard a pert girl inquire of another tittering flirt , at what age Mrs. Prudentia al- lowed them to practise talking , prepa- ratory to the very hard service which would be required of them when they must , according ...
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... silence , or even for that of the person they addressed ; and it was no unusual thing to see two de- claimers , equally loud , talking to , or rather at , each other . But when the tumult of " Yes , madam , this is my opinion ...
... silence , or even for that of the person they addressed ; and it was no unusual thing to see two de- claimers , equally loud , talking to , or rather at , each other . But when the tumult of " Yes , madam , this is my opinion ...
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... commend this compendium of secret history to the world with all its imperfections , and I assure the pub- lic , that unless some people whom I will not name , make it worth my while to be silent , I shall next time be less 44.
... commend this compendium of secret history to the world with all its imperfections , and I assure the pub- lic , that unless some people whom I will not name , make it worth my while to be silent , I shall next time be less 44.
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Jane West. to be silent , I shall next time be less careful about personality . I remain the most devoted servant of the public , ELEANOR SINGLETON . INTRODUCTION BY MRS . PRUDENTIA . A FRAGMENT . There 45.
Jane West. to be silent , I shall next time be less careful about personality . I remain the most devoted servant of the public , ELEANOR SINGLETON . INTRODUCTION BY MRS . PRUDENTIA . A FRAGMENT . There 45.
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... silence with unwonted eager- ness , " be careful , no names . " " I admire your caution " answered Stanza , " but there is no need of the personal appellative ; to name the qua- D lities which they affect is quite as dis- criminative . 49.
... silence with unwonted eager- ness , " be careful , no names . " " I admire your caution " answered Stanza , " but there is no need of the personal appellative ; to name the qua- D lities which they affect is quite as dis- criminative . 49.
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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.