The Dennes of Daundelyonn, Volume 1Smith, Elder, 1859 |
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Page 11
... writing these pages ! But though my mother's grief and anxiety were open and acknowledged , and consequently less hard to bear , I have not forgotten - I shall never forget the misery of the last few weeks of our residence in Wales ...
... writing these pages ! But though my mother's grief and anxiety were open and acknowledged , and consequently less hard to bear , I have not forgotten - I shall never forget the misery of the last few weeks of our residence in Wales ...
Page 35
... methodical rolls of hard , uncompromising border ? A clever writer has recently attacked with justice many incongruities and absurdities of modern costume ; " the cylindrical hat , " amongst D 2 MATER TENEBRARUM . 35.
... methodical rolls of hard , uncompromising border ? A clever writer has recently attacked with justice many incongruities and absurdities of modern costume ; " the cylindrical hat , " amongst D 2 MATER TENEBRARUM . 35.
Page 50
... fluous ; and I take it for granted that those who read them will at once set down their respective writers as the formal , but kind and considerate man of business , the warm - hearted country gentle- 50 THE DENNES OF DAUNDELYONN .
... fluous ; and I take it for granted that those who read them will at once set down their respective writers as the formal , but kind and considerate man of business , the warm - hearted country gentle- 50 THE DENNES OF DAUNDELYONN .
Page 162
... writing , display- ing much deplorable tact — by the one party in its endeavour to evade all unpleasant investigation , which was pronounced intrusive , inquisitorial , and to be resisted on principle ; by the other in its endeavour ...
... writing , display- ing much deplorable tact — by the one party in its endeavour to evade all unpleasant investigation , which was pronounced intrusive , inquisitorial , and to be resisted on principle ; by the other in its endeavour ...
Page 182
... writing all sorts of verses , of which she was the theme . Oh , how I wish he had never come to St. Agatha's , or been invited to Daundelyonn . No good will come of it , I feel certain . " “ I had no idea of all this , Angelica , " I ...
... writing all sorts of verses , of which she was the theme . Oh , how I wish he had never come to St. Agatha's , or been invited to Daundelyonn . No good will come of it , I feel certain . " “ I had no idea of all this , Angelica , " I ...
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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.