Herbert LacyHenry Colburn, New Burlington Street., 1828 - 285 pages |
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Page 44
... balls and second rate routs ; and there are so many of that description , one is compelled to draw a strict line . " " It is very advisable , " said Lacy : " I wish others would be as strict . It is the only 44 HERBERT LACY .
... balls and second rate routs ; and there are so many of that description , one is compelled to draw a strict line . " " It is very advisable , " said Lacy : " I wish others would be as strict . It is the only 44 HERBERT LACY .
Page 45
... wish ; indeed , ' I said , ' you positively must not give Agnes another subscription . ' But she only laughed , and told me she could not afford to lose her , for there was a terrible dearth of beauty . " . Lady Malvern then went on to ...
... wish ; indeed , ' I said , ' you positively must not give Agnes another subscription . ' But she only laughed , and told me she could not afford to lose her , for there was a terrible dearth of beauty . " . Lady Malvern then went on to ...
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... wish to view the bright side of every circumstance , added to a nervous eagerness to be lively and agreeable , sometimes produced results , which closely verged upon the ludicrous . In the present instance , after the first greetings ...
... wish to view the bright side of every circumstance , added to a nervous eagerness to be lively and agreeable , sometimes produced results , which closely verged upon the ludicrous . In the present instance , after the first greetings ...
Page 56
... wish to consult his judgment . There was no resisting such an assurance , and Lacy was forced to com- ply , exchanging with Agnes a look of comic despair , as he was hurried out of the room . Mr. Bingley was that well known animal , a ...
... wish to consult his judgment . There was no resisting such an assurance , and Lacy was forced to com- ply , exchanging with Agnes a look of comic despair , as he was hurried out of the room . Mr. Bingley was that well known animal , a ...
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... . " You cannot conceive , " said Mr. Bingley , " how superior it is to the house I pulled down . I wish you could have seen that house . If I knew where to lay my hand upon it , I should like to show you 58 HERBERT LACY .
... . " You cannot conceive , " said Mr. Bingley , " how superior it is to the house I pulled down . I wish you could have seen that house . If I knew where to lay my hand upon it , I should like to show you 58 HERBERT LACY .
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