The Dennes of Daundelyonn, Volume 1Smith, Elder, 1859 |
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Page 65
... style : there was also a very modern French boudoir , furnished according to the latest fashion . The hall by which we entered might have been the original of the one described in that song of VOL . 1 . F 1 " The Old English Gentleman ...
... style : there was also a very modern French boudoir , furnished according to the latest fashion . The hall by which we entered might have been the original of the one described in that song of VOL . 1 . F 1 " The Old English Gentleman ...
Page 91
... style of handwriting , in black letter character ; which was itself utterly incomprehensible to us , and remained for many a long day afterwards a sealed book . " COMPENDIUM OF STUDIES . " Monday : -Eight o'clock SYSTEM . 91.
... style of handwriting , in black letter character ; which was itself utterly incomprehensible to us , and remained for many a long day afterwards a sealed book . " COMPENDIUM OF STUDIES . " Monday : -Eight o'clock SYSTEM . 91.
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... 1 treble , 1 chain , 1 double , 1 plain - was Arabic to me . With the exception of about three hours ' hard practice daily at her ponderous symphonies and sonatas - the elephantine or mammoth style of music in " WE ARE SEVEN . " 137.
... 1 treble , 1 chain , 1 double , 1 plain - was Arabic to me . With the exception of about three hours ' hard practice daily at her ponderous symphonies and sonatas - the elephantine or mammoth style of music in " WE ARE SEVEN . " 137.
Page 138
Mrs. Charles J. Proby. sonatas - the elephantine or mammoth style of music in which she excelled — and another hour or two devoted to picking and pecking at the gaudiest silk and most glistening of beads with a barbed implement of ...
Mrs. Charles J. Proby. sonatas - the elephantine or mammoth style of music in which she excelled — and another hour or two devoted to picking and pecking at the gaudiest silk and most glistening of beads with a barbed implement of ...
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... style as her own . " " How absurdly ridiculous you are , Soph ! Where did you go next ? " " To the Claverings . " " Were they at home ? " asked Angelica . " No ; out , I am happy to say ; so we went on to Miss Rowlandson's , the horrid ...
... style as her own . " " How absurdly ridiculous you are , Soph ! Where did you go next ? " " To the Claverings . " " Were they at home ? " asked Angelica . " No ; out , I am happy to say ; so we went on to Miss Rowlandson's , the horrid ...
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