Eve Effingham: Sequel to Homeward BoundG. Routledge, 1855 - 287 pagini |
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Pagina 48
... English nobleman , Mr. Bragg ? " 66 Considerably better , Miss , especially in the way of republican com- fort . " Miss Ring , like all belles , detested the word republican , their vocation being clearly to exclusion , and she pouted a ...
... English nobleman , Mr. Bragg ? " 66 Considerably better , Miss , especially in the way of republican com- fort . " Miss Ring , like all belles , detested the word republican , their vocation being clearly to exclusion , and she pouted a ...
Pagina 49
... English clergy were more free than our own , and then she had been accustomed to think everything English of the purest water . A little reflection reconciled her to the innovation ; and the next day , at a dinner party , she was heard ...
... English clergy were more free than our own , and then she had been accustomed to think everything English of the purest water . A little reflection reconciled her to the innovation ; and the next day , at a dinner party , she was heard ...
Pagina 54
... English writer and wit , who was known to bring up the rear . This was not a common house , in which dollars had place , or belles rioted , but the temple of genius ; and every one felt an ardent desire to manifest a proper homage to ...
... English writer and wit , who was known to bring up the rear . This was not a common house , in which dollars had place , or belles rioted , but the temple of genius ; and every one felt an ardent desire to manifest a proper homage to ...
Pagina 55
... English writer , and this was more than sufficient . " I believe the world generally prefers the a - a - a- , " said Lu- cius Junius Brutus ; " but the few give a decided preference to the " Oh ! out of all question preferable ...
... English writer , and this was more than sufficient . " I believe the world generally prefers the a - a - a- , " said Lu- cius Junius Brutus ; " but the few give a decided preference to the " Oh ! out of all question preferable ...
Pagina 58
... English pamphleteer , by what I can learn , " answered he of satire ; some fellow who has achieved a pert review , or written a Minerva Pressism , and who now flourishes like a bay tree among us . A modern Horace , or a Juvenal on his ...
... English pamphleteer , by what I can learn , " answered he of satire ; some fellow who has achieved a pert review , or written a Minerva Pressism , and who now flourishes like a bay tree among us . A modern Horace , or a Juvenal on his ...
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Abbott admiration agreeable American answer appearance Aristabulus asked Assheton baronet beautiful believe better Bloomfield Bragg Bulwer's called Captain Ducie Captain Truck certainly character Cinq Mars commodore companion composite order confess cousin Jack cried dare say dear Dodge England English Eve Effingham exclaimed eyes fancy father favour feel gentleman Grace Hajji hand happy Hawker hear heard heart hope Howel Hudson Square inquired interest J. F. Cooper Jarvis John Effingham knew lake laughing look Lucius Junius Brutus M'Intosh ma'am Mademoiselle Viefville manner married matter means Miss Effingham Miss Eve Miss Ring Miss Van Cortlandt mother nation nature neighbours never observed opinion passed person render respect returned scarcely Sir George Templemore smile society sogdollager soon speak surprise SUSAN HOPLEY taste Templeton thing thought town true truth village whole party Wigwam wish woman young lady
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Pagina 239 - Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty. Sure I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all.
Pagina 192 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Pagina 63 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd : The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings, lie intreasured.
Pagina 78 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished! Reply, reply. It is engendered in the eyes. With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell.
Pagina 138 - Be brave, then; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hooped pot; shall have ten hoops and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common; and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass: and when I am king, as king I will be,— ALL God save your majesty!
Pagina 76 - The whole country is in such a constant state of mutation, that I can only liken it to the game of children, in which, as one quits his corner, another runs into it, and he that finds no corner to get into, is the laughingstock of the others. Fancy that dwelling...
Pagina 73 - The fault just now is, perhaps, to consult the books too rigidly, and to trust too little to invention ; for no architecture, and especially no domestic architecture, can ever be above serious reproach, until climate, the uses of the edifice, and the situation, are respected as leading considerations. Nothing can be uglier, per se, than a Swiss cottage, or anything more beautiful under its precise circumstances.
Pagina 250 - What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have...
Pagina 88 - I know the shaggy hills about, The meadows smooth and wide, The plains, that, toward the southern sky, Fenced east and west by mountains lie. A white man, gazing on the scene, Would say a lovely spot was here, And praise the lawns...