Manners: A Novel ... In Two Volumes, Volume 1W. B. Gilley, 1818 |
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... appearance at church the evening before of the party from Webberly House , consisting of Mrs. Sullivan and her two elder daugh- ters , the Miss Webberlys .- " I declare , I wasn't sure they were come down yet , " said Mrs. Martin ...
... appearance at church the evening before of the party from Webberly House , consisting of Mrs. Sullivan and her two elder daugh- ters , the Miss Webberlys .- " I declare , I wasn't sure they were come down yet , " said Mrs. Martin ...
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... appearance of the Webberly family , her cheek glowed with indignation at their insolent carriage to modest worth : the atten- tive suavity of her manner was more than usually pleasing to the unassuming but insulted party , and her ...
... appearance of the Webberly family , her cheek glowed with indignation at their insolent carriage to modest worth : the atten- tive suavity of her manner was more than usually pleasing to the unassuming but insulted party , and her ...
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... appearance at Webberly House last November excited so much gossip . " - " -- " Yes , she is . " -- " Then pray introduce me ; we have never met , though I called on her the last time I visited Mrs. Sullivan . " This request was soon ...
... appearance at Webberly House last November excited so much gossip . " - " -- " Yes , she is . " -- " Then pray introduce me ; we have never met , though I called on her the last time I visited Mrs. Sullivan . " This request was soon ...
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... appearance in some degree corroborated . - Though to his inferiors his address was always affable , yet to strangers of his own rank in life he was generally reserved ; he was therefore not always understood ; and those who were ...
... appearance in some degree corroborated . - Though to his inferiors his address was always affable , yet to strangers of his own rank in life he was generally reserved ; he was therefore not always understood ; and those who were ...
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... appearance , and to constitute him an honorary member of different farming societies ; which , besides procuring him sun- dry good dinners , particularly suited the supineness of his disposition , by giving him an excuse , " De ne rien ...
... appearance , and to constitute him an honorary member of different farming societies ; which , besides procuring him sun- dry good dinners , particularly suited the supineness of his disposition , by giving him an excuse , " De ne rien ...
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Adelaide Adelaide's admiration amusement anxious attention aunt barouche beautiful believe beloved called carriage Cecilia Webberly character CHARLES SEDLEY charms child colour compliments conversation countenance Crosbie dance daugh daughter Deane Hall dear dear Charlotte delighted dress elegance Eltondale's endeavoured exclaimed expression eyes fashion father feelings felt Frederick Elton Galton gave George Meredith girl give grief happiness heart honour James Fenton Lady Elton Lady Eltondale less letter London look Lord Eltondale Lord Osselstone Lucas Lucy manner marry Martin ment mind Miss Seymour Miss Webberly Miss Wildenheim mother natural never niece night Osselstone's party passion perhaps pleasure poor present racter received recollection regret replied Sally Lunn scarcely scene Sedley Sedley's seemed Selina Sir Henry Seymour's Sir Henry's smile society Somerset House soon sorrow Sullivan sure Temple thing thought tion turn uncon usual Viscountess Webberly House whilst wish young
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Page 226 - OH happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content ? whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die, Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'er-look'd, seen double, by the fool, and wise.
Page 227 - Where grows ? — where grows it not ? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Page 148 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Page 65 - Gad, now, that is one of the most ungrateful observations I ever heard ; for the less inducement he has to tell all this, the more I think you ought to be obliged to him; for I am sure you'd know nothing of the matter without it.
Page 54 - Ah ! gentle pair, ye little think how nigh Your change approaches, when all these delights Will vanish, and deliver ye to woe ; More woe, the more your taste is now of joy...
Page 1 - WHAT, and how great, the Virtue and the Art To live on little with a cheerful heart, (A doctrine sage, but truly none of mine,) Let's talk, my friends, but talk before we dine.
Page 226 - O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise. Plant of celestial seed ! if dropp'd below, Say in what mortal soil thou deign'st to grow ? Fair...
Page 39 - Name a town life, and in a trice, He had a story of two mice. Once on a time (so runs the fable) A country mouse, right hospitable, Received a town mouse at his board, Just as a farmer might a lord.
Page 231 - O primavera, gioventù de l'anno, bella madre di fiori, d'erbe novelle e di novelli amori, tu torni ben, ma teco non tornano i sereni e fortunati di de le mie gioie; tu torni ben, tu torni, ma teco altro non torna che del perduto mio caro tesoro la rimembranza misera e dolente. Tu quella se...
Page 76 - SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.