Herbert LacyHenry Colburn, New Burlington Street., 1828 - 285 pages |
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... talking to Lady Rodborough , and he came by ; and he spoke en passant to Lady Rodborough , and then he stared at me as if he hardly knew whether to bow or not ; and I acknowledged him -- and then he bent in a sort of way as if he ...
... talking to Lady Rodborough , and he came by ; and he spoke en passant to Lady Rodborough , and then he stared at me as if he hardly knew whether to bow or not ; and I acknowledged him -- and then he bent in a sort of way as if he ...
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... talk , by way of light conversation , about ' a superior article in the last Review . ' And so this Mr. Lacy is an ally of Lady Barbara ? Very well - that is quite enough . — If he is literary , I give him up - I do abhor a wise young ...
... talk , by way of light conversation , about ' a superior article in the last Review . ' And so this Mr. Lacy is an ally of Lady Barbara ? Very well - that is quite enough . — If he is literary , I give him up - I do abhor a wise young ...
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... talk gravely , and learnedly , and use long words , and that sort of thing ; but talks - just all about anything in the world . " " Nonsense , in short . ' " Well - yes — perhaps it is . ” " That is conclusive , " said Lady Malvern ...
... talk gravely , and learnedly , and use long words , and that sort of thing ; but talks - just all about anything in the world . " " Nonsense , in short . ' " Well - yes — perhaps it is . ” " That is conclusive , " said Lady Malvern ...
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... talk to her , and by a happy selection of subjects , and per mitting her to enlarge upon the perfections of the Rodborough family , and many dear friends of high consideration , he soon gained a much better place in her good graces than ...
... talk to her , and by a happy selection of subjects , and per mitting her to enlarge upon the perfections of the Rodborough family , and many dear friends of high consideration , he soon gained a much better place in her good graces than ...
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... talk to , and the circumstance was probably unknown to all but themselves . Music was in due time proposed , and Agnes , who was an accomplished musician , sung and played a good deal , and in a style with which Lacy , who had an ...
... talk to , and the circumstance was probably unknown to all but themselves . Music was in due time proposed , and Agnes , who was an accomplished musician , sung and played a good deal , and in a style with which Lacy , who had an ...
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Page 206 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not...
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Page 75 - Nothing drives a party at a house in the country more completely to their resources than rain. To kill time soon became an important object, and various were the means devised. Music and billiards had their turn ; some went to play at battledore and shuttlecock in the hall ; others beguiled the hours in ransacking albums and portfolios. Mr. Tyrwhitt, in despair, proposed...