Husband Hunting, Or, The Mother and Daughters: A Tale of Fashionable Life, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1825 |
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Pagina 16
... detecting and defeating his plans . The day previous to her departure , Cath- erine spent with Mrs. Gordon . Julia took leave of her with many tears . My ill - for- 66 tune pursues me , " she said : " I 16 HUSBAND HUNTING .
... detecting and defeating his plans . The day previous to her departure , Cath- erine spent with Mrs. Gordon . Julia took leave of her with many tears . My ill - for- 66 tune pursues me , " she said : " I 16 HUSBAND HUNTING .
Pagina 23
... Gordon , of the 49th ? Is he like- ly to get on ? Has his father made any ex- ertion in his favour ? Has he any possible chance of promotion ? " - " Whether he is safe , is a mmor consideration , " whispered Martha . If he does not get ...
... Gordon , of the 49th ? Is he like- ly to get on ? Has his father made any ex- ertion in his favour ? Has he any possible chance of promotion ? " - " Whether he is safe , is a mmor consideration , " whispered Martha . If he does not get ...
Pagina 40
... Gordon , my dear father ! " said Cathe- rine ardently , " has only a noble presence , a cultivated mind , and a most generous and excellent heart to recommend him : rank and fortune are much ; but shall those go for nothing ? " " Not in ...
... Gordon , my dear father ! " said Cathe- rine ardently , " has only a noble presence , a cultivated mind , and a most generous and excellent heart to recommend him : rank and fortune are much ; but shall those go for nothing ? " " Not in ...
Pagina 212
... Gordon ; the Gordon- " I detest the name - I have recollections . " " Yes , possibly . But , my dearest widow , all detestation of names is unpardonable , except in one of the two instances ; where a lady , tired of her own , desires to ...
... Gordon ; the Gordon- " I detest the name - I have recollections . " " Yes , possibly . But , my dearest widow , all detestation of names is unpardonable , except in one of the two instances ; where a lady , tired of her own , desires to ...
Pagina 213
... Gordon is really a superior animal ; heir to twenty thousand a year , a future baronet , and as handsome as gambling , cham- paigne , and late hours , can leave any man . He would make a passable , easy , careless , husband for your ...
... Gordon is really a superior animal ; heir to twenty thousand a year , a future baronet , and as handsome as gambling , cham- paigne , and late hours , can leave any man . He would make a passable , easy , careless , husband for your ...
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Pagina 187 - Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Pagina 89 - Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing can we call our own but death, And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones.
Pagina 63 - Content!' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.
Pagina 98 - I'll frown, and be perverse, and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world. In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond; And therefore thou mayst think my haviour light; But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange.
Pagina 255 - To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and, perhaps, Out of my weakness, and my melancholy, (As he is very potent with such spirits,) Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Pagina 64 - I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chapfallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i
Pagina 13 - Which we more hunt for than the grace of God ! Who builds his hope in air of your...
Pagina 3 - 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.
Pagina 21 - Not with the living ; They feed upon opinions, errors, dreams, And make 'em truths ; they draw a nourishment Out of defamings, grow upon disgraces ; And, when they see a virtue fortified Strongly above the battery of their tongues, Oh, how they cast to sink it ! and, defeated, (Soul-sick with poison) strike the monuments Where noble names lie sleeping, till they sweat, And the cold marble melt.
Pagina 209 - Flatter had sat with his elbow on the table, and his chin resting on his hand, looking at the lady's agitated visage.