Husband Hunting, Or, The Mother and Daughters: A Tale of Fashionable Life, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1825 |
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Pagina 10
... reaching me ; it is dated eight months back . " Courtney's counte- nance struck her . " Can you explain this delay ? " fixing her eyes inquiringly on him . " Explain , -delay ! " he murmured ; " no , my air cousin , that is a task above ...
... reaching me ; it is dated eight months back . " Courtney's counte- nance struck her . " Can you explain this delay ? " fixing her eyes inquiringly on him . " Explain , -delay ! " he murmured ; " no , my air cousin , that is a task above ...
Pagina 27
... reached Eng- land . You have come alone from the army . " " No , not absolutely alone , " replied Mor daunt , laughingly ; " but I can assure you , that my companion is not at all burthened with the histories of the campaign ...
... reached Eng- land . You have come alone from the army . " " No , not absolutely alone , " replied Mor daunt , laughingly ; " but I can assure you , that my companion is not at all burthened with the histories of the campaign ...
Pagina 50
... reached their family , for all corres- pondence had been long interdicted , describ- ed him as involved in low excesses followed by low quarrels in defence of those excesses , the result of which must be speedily the loss of his ...
... reached their family , for all corres- pondence had been long interdicted , describ- ed him as involved in low excesses followed by low quarrels in defence of those excesses , the result of which must be speedily the loss of his ...
Pagina 62
... reached her ears . " I cannot bear , " argued the pe- nitent Mordaunt , " that my folly should be set down as a decided breach of confidence . " She had promised , and her lips were closed . CHAPTER VIII . A I cry content to that which ...
... reached her ears . " I cannot bear , " argued the pe- nitent Mordaunt , " that my folly should be set down as a decided breach of confidence . " She had promised , and her lips were closed . CHAPTER VIII . A I cry content to that which ...
Pagina 63
... reached his uncle's door ; and , to do her justice , she spoke with all sincerity , - for she loved visitors , and she loved money , and Courtney knew the full policy of pur- chasing golden opinions . 66 To his inquiries after her ...
... reached his uncle's door ; and , to do her justice , she spoke with all sincerity , - for she loved visitors , and she loved money , and Courtney knew the full policy of pur- chasing golden opinions . 66 To his inquiries after her ...
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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.