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Pagina 24
... Miss Partington to expect it to be complied with . But as the people below had a large acquaintance , she did not know how often she might have her retirements in- vaded , if she gave way . And indeed there were levities in the ...
... Miss Partington to expect it to be complied with . But as the people below had a large acquaintance , she did not know how often she might have her retirements in- vaded , if she gave way . And indeed there were levities in the ...
Pagina 26
... MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE TO MISS HOWE . Thursday . R. LOVELACE is extremely sunk in my opinion . since Monday night : nor see I before me any thing that can afford me a pleasing hope . For what , with a mind so unequal as his , can be my ...
... MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE TO MISS HOWE . Thursday . R. LOVELACE is extremely sunk in my opinion . since Monday night : nor see I before me any thing that can afford me a pleasing hope . For what , with a mind so unequal as his , can be my ...
Pagina 27
... MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE . Florence , April 13 . I AM extremely concerned to hear of a difference be- twixt the rest of a family so near and dear to me , and you , still dearer to me than any of the rest . Your parents , the most indulgent ...
... MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE . Florence , April 13 . I AM extremely concerned to hear of a difference be- twixt the rest of a family so near and dear to me , and you , still dearer to me than any of the rest . Your parents , the most indulgent ...
Pagina 30
... MISS HOWE . Sunday Night , May 7 . She tells Miss Howe , that now her clothes are come , Mr. Lovelace is continually teazing her to go abroad with him in a coach , attended by whom she pleases of her own sex , either for the air , or to ...
... MISS HOWE . Sunday Night , May 7 . She tells Miss Howe , that now her clothes are come , Mr. Lovelace is continually teazing her to go abroad with him in a coach , attended by whom she pleases of her own sex , either for the air , or to ...
Pagina 33
... Miss Howe , notwithstanding the prohibition from Mrs. Howe to both : It is impossible that one so young and so inexperienced as she is , can have all her caution from herself ; the behaviour of the women so unexceptionable ; no ...
... Miss Howe , notwithstanding the prohibition from Mrs. Howe to both : It is impossible that one so young and so inexperienced as she is , can have all her caution from herself ; the behaviour of the women so unexceptionable ; no ...
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acquainted answer apprehensions attend behaviour believe beloved beseech canonical hour Captain Tomlinson charmer charming coach cousin Covent Garden cursed dear creature desired devil dining-room door Dorcas doubt excuse expect eyes favour fellow forgive gentleman give gout Hampstead hand happy happy day HARLOWE TO MISS heard heart honour hope Jack JOHN BELFORD July 17 June 28 knew Lady Betty lady's leave letter libertine lodgings look Lord LOVELACE TO JOHN Mabell madam marriage married MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE Miss Harlowe Miss Montague Morden morning mother never night nymphs obliged occasion once person pity poor present pretended Lady ready ROBERT LOVELACE sake Sally Sally Martin seems sent servant Sinclair soul suffered suppose sure tell thee thou hast thou wilt thought Thursday told uncle unhappy vile villain wench wish woman women word wretch write
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Pagina 335 - A horrid hole of a house, in an alley they call a court ; stairs wretchedly narrow, even to the first-floor rooms : And into a den they led me, with broken walls, which had been papered, as I saw by a multitude of tacks, and some torn bits held on by the rusty heads. The floor indeed was clean, but the ceiling was smoked with...
Pagina 157 - ... longer from her, any more than (from the violent impulses of my passion) to forbear manifesting myself. I unbuttoned therefore my cape, I pulled off my flapt slouched hat ; I threw open my great coat, and, like the devil in Milton (an odd comparison though !) I started up in my own form divine, Touch' a by the beam of her celestial eye, More potent than Ithuriel's spear...
Pagina 166 - O the poor Clarissa Harlowe! She tore off her head-clothes; inquired where I was: and in she came, her shining tresses flowing about her neck; her ruffles torn, and hanging in tatters about her snowy hands; with her arms spread out; her eyes wildly turned, as if starting from their orbits. Down sunk she at my feet, as soon as she approached me; her charming bosom heaving to her uplifted face; and clasping her arms about my knees, Dear Lovelace...
Pagina 167 - ... besought her reliance on my faith and honour — and revowed all my old vows, and poured forth new ones. At last, with a heart-breaking sob, I see, I see, Mr. Lovelace, in broken sentences she spoke — I see, I see — that at last — at last — I am ruined ! — Ruined, if your pity — let me implore your pity! — and down on her bosom, like a half-broken stalked lily top heavy with the over-charging dews of the morning, sunk her head, with a sigh that went to my heart.