The Dennes of Daundelyonn, Volume 1Smith, Elder, 1859 |
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... observe the almost insane manners and habits which the most sensible people calmly adopt , merely because other sensible people have been silly enough to do the same thing before them . Among other follies , it is curious to notice that ...
... observe the almost insane manners and habits which the most sensible people calmly adopt , merely because other sensible people have been silly enough to do the same thing before them . Among other follies , it is curious to notice that ...
Page 46
... observing that " it was too late : they would not now be wanted . " When the mourning milliner and her creaking cargo had disappeared , nurse lifted me , as the youngest , into her lap , and taking Florence and Angelica one in each arm ...
... observing that " it was too late : they would not now be wanted . " When the mourning milliner and her creaking cargo had disappeared , nurse lifted me , as the youngest , into her lap , and taking Florence and Angelica one in each arm ...
Page 96
... observation unless repeated over and over again . Her sleep became more like stupor than natural rest ; and there was also a vacancy in her countenance which alarmed my aunt , who could not conceive " what ailed the child ; she must ...
... observation unless repeated over and over again . Her sleep became more like stupor than natural rest ; and there was also a vacancy in her countenance which alarmed my aunt , who could not conceive " what ailed the child ; she must ...
Page 98
... observation , I went alone , and waited quietly in my uncle's morning room , among his whips , fishing - rods , deed - boxes , sample - pockets of hops , models of new ploughs , and portraits of old hunters , until he made his ...
... observation , I went alone , and waited quietly in my uncle's morning room , among his whips , fishing - rods , deed - boxes , sample - pockets of hops , models of new ploughs , and portraits of old hunters , until he made his ...
Page 114
... observe their various modes of displaying their several peculiar species of folly ; but I certainly never saw any such attempts equal those of Miss Carrington . She could neither eat , drink , look , speak , nor - I verily believe ...
... observe their various modes of displaying their several peculiar species of folly ; but I certainly never saw any such attempts equal those of Miss Carrington . She could neither eat , drink , look , speak , nor - I verily believe ...
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Page 9 - They say it was a shocking sight after the field was won; for many thousand bodies here lay rotting in the sun; but things like that, you know, must be after a famous victory. Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, and our good Prince Eugene. "Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!" said little Wilhelmine. "Nay... nay... my little girl," quoth he, "it was a famous victory.