Friends and Fortune: A Moral TaleD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 240 pages |
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... wait , but were gratified at last , as the heiress , with characteristic caprice , chose to make her first appearance in London at the com- mencement of a raw , bleak December . : Seated at breakfast in an apartment where the unpleasant ...
... wait , but were gratified at last , as the heiress , with characteristic caprice , chose to make her first appearance in London at the com- mencement of a raw , bleak December . : Seated at breakfast in an apartment where the unpleasant ...
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... wait till they come . Susan , get the north attic ready ; make it as tidy as you can : toilet pincushion , you know , and all that , if you find one , you can put a bit of carpet down near the bed , and I'll let you know in good time ...
... wait till they come . Susan , get the north attic ready ; make it as tidy as you can : toilet pincushion , you know , and all that , if you find one , you can put a bit of carpet down near the bed , and I'll let you know in good time ...
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... wait no longer , when the long expected roll of wheels was heard at last ; and in a few minutes , a carriage and four dashed through the lodge and round the drive , and up to the hall door , in as aristocra- tic a style as the hostess ...
... wait no longer , when the long expected roll of wheels was heard at last ; and in a few minutes , a carriage and four dashed through the lodge and round the drive , and up to the hall door , in as aristocra- tic a style as the hostess ...
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... waiting for an answer on her requesting chicken , zealously gave her veal cutlet ; and then pressed her to take some currant jelly and bread - sauce . He handed her bread four times , passed the mustard twice , and finally overturned ...
... waiting for an answer on her requesting chicken , zealously gave her veal cutlet ; and then pressed her to take some currant jelly and bread - sauce . He handed her bread four times , passed the mustard twice , and finally overturned ...
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... waiting upon you , as Antoine does , without being noticed . Dear me and you've only a hard mattress to sleep upon ... wait- ed at table , and took care I had all I wanted without appear- ing to do so . You may tell him privately from ...
... waiting upon you , as Antoine does , without being noticed . Dear me and you've only a hard mattress to sleep upon ... wait- ed at table , and took care I had all I wanted without appear- ing to do so . You may tell him privately from ...
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Page 39 - O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 40 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Page 39 - Our revels now are ended... These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air, And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind: we are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep..