The refusal, by the author of the Tale of the times, Volumen11810 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 37
Página 2
... manners , that I am convinced the highest connections , and the most lucrative places and pensions , courted her acceptance ; nay , ( though she never told me so ) that she abso- lutely refused many valuable presents . I can only ...
... manners , that I am convinced the highest connections , and the most lucrative places and pensions , courted her acceptance ; nay , ( though she never told me so ) that she abso- lutely refused many valuable presents . I can only ...
Página 21
... and I can bear the fullest testimony to the unblemished purity of her morals and manners . No peeping through the sticks of her fan at officers , no private consultations with spruce barristers and young physicians , 21.
... and I can bear the fullest testimony to the unblemished purity of her morals and manners . No peeping through the sticks of her fan at officers , no private consultations with spruce barristers and young physicians , 21.
Página 22
... manners , but all was discreet , grave , and irre- proachable , worthy . the adoption of all the pert forward girls , who in their zéal to catch hearts forget that the hook should never be visible . But though , like " the fair vestal ...
... manners , but all was discreet , grave , and irre- proachable , worthy . the adoption of all the pert forward girls , who in their zéal to catch hearts forget that the hook should never be visible . But though , like " the fair vestal ...
Página 37
... and bons - vivans of the age did not copy from Petronius , Horace , or Lucullus , but , with the pro- fligacy , adopted the mind and manners of pugilists and coachmen ; while de- mireps and beaux - esprits , not content with being 37.
... and bons - vivans of the age did not copy from Petronius , Horace , or Lucullus , but , with the pro- fligacy , adopted the mind and manners of pugilists and coachmen ; while de- mireps and beaux - esprits , not content with being 37.
Página 38
... manners . She was firmly convinced , that a plot existed to degrade eminence and anni- hilate rank , but she never would be- lieve that the intended victims were active agents in the conspiracy , busily employed in expediting their own ...
... manners . She was firmly convinced , that a plot existed to degrade eminence and anni- hilate rank , but she never would be- lieve that the intended victims were active agents in the conspiracy , busily employed in expediting their own ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance admiration affection allow amiable ancholy asthma attachment attention aunt's Avon Park baronet bashaw beauty called celibacy character compliment convinced countenance court Danbury dear dearest aunt delicacy discover Earl of Avondel early elegant Emily Emily's equally eulo fear fear Lord feel felicity felt female fortune girl Glenvorne gout grace happy heart heiress hero honour hope intimate knew Lady Mackin Lady Mackintosh Lady Selina ladyship laugh letter letters of recal Lime Grove lived London look Lord Avon Lord Avondel lover Mande Mandeville castle manner marriage Marshal Saxe ment mind Miss Mandeville Miss Mandeville's ness never niece niece's noble observed opinion pain person possession praise Prudentia racter reputation Selina Delamore shewed silent sion Sir Walter Mandeville soldier soon soul spect Stanza superior suppose tachment talents talk thought tion told tosh ture uncle uncle's vinced virtue wish woman young lady
Pasajes populares
Página 222 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Página 255 - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn; Happiest of all is that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Página 192 - You hate me, you despise me ! you do well ; For what I've done I hate and scorn myself. Oh, night, fall on me ! I shall blush to death.
Página 202 - Prince! I blush to think what I have said, But fate has wrested the confession from me; Go on, and prosper in the paths of honour, Thy virtue will excuse my passion for thee, And make the Gods propitious to our love.
Página 239 - Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.