Miss Pen and her niece; or, The old maid and the young one1843 |
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... mean eminence who hold the same opi- nion - in our view , St. Bees Head was certainly an island , and the sites of the ancient Abbey , and of the more recent Free Grammar school were once sub- merged beneath the ocean waves ; dol- phins ...
... mean eminence who hold the same opi- nion - in our view , St. Bees Head was certainly an island , and the sites of the ancient Abbey , and of the more recent Free Grammar school were once sub- merged beneath the ocean waves ; dol- phins ...
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... means of earlier connections still kept up , to invest even the domicile of the secluded schoolmaster with a tinge of fashionable life which , sooth to say , was somewhat out of place , and greatly as- tonished , and indeed scandalized ...
... means of earlier connections still kept up , to invest even the domicile of the secluded schoolmaster with a tinge of fashionable life which , sooth to say , was somewhat out of place , and greatly as- tonished , and indeed scandalized ...
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... mean- time , it is not to be expressed how many cold chickens the fair ones have eaten since this day seven night , for the good of their country . This great occasion has given birth to many discoveries of high moment for the conduct ...
... mean- time , it is not to be expressed how many cold chickens the fair ones have eaten since this day seven night , for the good of their country . This great occasion has given birth to many discoveries of high moment for the conduct ...
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... means detracted from her considerable personal attractions . The vulgar and fickle mob instantly saluted her with nu- merous low - lived remarks and inuen- does , and one fellow , more brutal than the rest , had just seized her by the ...
... means detracted from her considerable personal attractions . The vulgar and fickle mob instantly saluted her with nu- merous low - lived remarks and inuen- does , and one fellow , more brutal than the rest , had just seized her by the ...
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... mean proficient with his pencil , and his enthusiastic admiration of the ancient and beautiful church attached to St. Katherine's Hospital had led him to examine it more accurately , and more at leisure , than during his first hasty ...
... mean proficient with his pencil , and his enthusiastic admiration of the ancient and beautiful church attached to St. Katherine's Hospital had led him to examine it more accurately , and more at leisure , than during his first hasty ...
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Miss Pen and Her Niece; Or, the Old Maid and the Young One Elizabeth Stone No preview available - 2015 |
Miss Pen and Her Niece: Or, the Old Maid and the Young One Elizabeth Stone No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 100 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful: for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me: For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 196 - Soon as she spreads her hand, the aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perched upon a Matadore, Then each, according to the rank they bore ; For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Page 67 - I have often thought there has not been sufficient pains taken in finding out proper employments and diversions for the fair ones. Their amusements seem contrived for them, rather as they are women than as they are reasonable creatures; and are more adapted to the sex than to the species. The toilet is their great scene of business, and the right adjusting of their hair the principal employment of their lives.
Page 55 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies.
Page 234 - I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Page 192 - To chase these pagans in those holy fields Over whose acres walk'd those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd For our advantage on the bitter cross.
Page 100 - Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful: for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night.
Page 55 - I saw her upon nearer view A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance, in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 43 - I shall see him, but not n'ow; I shall behold him, but not nigh; There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 95 - ... picturesque ; and, indeed, it maun be confessed it is unco bonnie to look at...