Eve Effingham: Sequel to Homeward BoundG. Routledge, 1855 - 287 pagini |
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... entered , displaying her fine person and beauti- ful features to the very best advantage , and they were features and a person that are not seen every day , even in a country where female beauty is so common . She was in a carriage ...
... entered , displaying her fine person and beauti- ful features to the very best advantage , and they were features and a person that are not seen every day , even in a country where female beauty is so common . She was in a carriage ...
Pagina 3
... entered , while her voice was scarcely audible and her limbs trem- bled . " Miss Van Cortlandt ! " said Eve , in the same low smothered tone . This formality caused a chill in both , and each unconsciously stopped and curtsied . Eve had ...
... entered , while her voice was scarcely audible and her limbs trem- bled . " Miss Van Cortlandt ! " said Eve , in the same low smothered tone . This formality caused a chill in both , and each unconsciously stopped and curtsied . Eve had ...
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... entered . " Monsieur Aristabule , " said Pierre , eyeing the card , but sticking at the first name . Mr. Aristabulus Bragg was advancing with an easy assurance to make his bow to the ladies , when the more finished air and quiet dignity ...
... entered . " Monsieur Aristabule , " said Pierre , eyeing the card , but sticking at the first name . Mr. Aristabulus Bragg was advancing with an easy assurance to make his bow to the ladies , when the more finished air and quiet dignity ...
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... entered ; or the altar at which you have long worshipped more sacred than another at which you never knelt ? " 66 Nothing gives me greater satisfaction than to answer the questions of gentlemen that travel through our country ...
... entered ; or the altar at which you have long worshipped more sacred than another at which you never knelt ? " 66 Nothing gives me greater satisfaction than to answer the questions of gentlemen that travel through our country ...
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... entered the drawing - room ; " but you will remember we have no church establishment , and dare not take such liberties with the ceremonials of the altar . " " That is a short - lived custom with us , I fancy , though far from an ...
... entered the drawing - room ; " but you will remember we have no church establishment , and dare not take such liberties with the ceremonials of the altar . " " That is a short - lived custom with us , I fancy , though far from an ...
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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...