The refusal, by the author of the Tale of the times, Volumen11810 |
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... turned Mrs. Prudentia and her lounge into ridicule , and people of foresight asked if she had a large fortune at her own dispo- sal : Yet all waited impatiently for the next invitation , for my friend's parties were the most genteel in ...
... turned Mrs. Prudentia and her lounge into ridicule , and people of foresight asked if she had a large fortune at her own dispo- sal : Yet all waited impatiently for the next invitation , for my friend's parties were the most genteel in ...
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... turning her talents to the best account , I hereby give notice , that as soon as the unsold copies of this novel are consigned to the trunk - maker , I shall commence the new series of Mrs. Prudentia's lucu- brations , in which care ...
... turning her talents to the best account , I hereby give notice , that as soon as the unsold copies of this novel are consigned to the trunk - maker , I shall commence the new series of Mrs. Prudentia's lucu- brations , in which care ...
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... turned up his eyes , and admitted it was very wonderful . " My dear Mrs Prudentia , " observed Stanza , who , with all his flippancy and self - conceit , really is well bred , “ I am sure your walls are never contaminated by the recital ...
... turned up his eyes , and admitted it was very wonderful . " My dear Mrs Prudentia , " observed Stanza , who , with all his flippancy and self - conceit , really is well bred , “ I am sure your walls are never contaminated by the recital ...
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... turned of sixty , when the demise of the young baronet first introduced him to the possession of uncontrouled power , and superfluous wealth , for the disposal of which no human tribunal could call him to account . He had lived neg ...
... turned of sixty , when the demise of the young baronet first introduced him to the possession of uncontrouled power , and superfluous wealth , for the disposal of which no human tribunal could call him to account . He had lived neg ...
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... to his language , he soon fixed his niece's attention , which , ever wandering from Churchill's antedated wars , turned with so ardent a gaze on his countenance while he recited the engagements he had witnessed 108 '
... to his language , he soon fixed his niece's attention , which , ever wandering from Churchill's antedated wars , turned with so ardent a gaze on his countenance while he recited the engagements he had witnessed 108 '
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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.