Walter Colyton: A Tale of 1688, Volume 2H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830 - Great Britain |
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Page 97
... Morlay was reading , either to her , or to a girl who sate upon an ottoman by her side . The girl was Lady Catherine Darnley , the Countess's daughter , by the King , or by Colo- nel Graham , if we may rather believe the scan- dalous ...
... Morlay was reading , either to her , or to a girl who sate upon an ottoman by her side . The girl was Lady Catherine Darnley , the Countess's daughter , by the King , or by Colo- nel Graham , if we may rather believe the scan- dalous ...
Page 98
... Morlay was aware , and having just art enough to conceal her art , she contrived , although an ignorant weak - minded woman , to obtain an ascendency over the stronger intellect of Catherine Sedley ; nay , 98 WALTER COLYTON .
... Morlay was aware , and having just art enough to conceal her art , she contrived , although an ignorant weak - minded woman , to obtain an ascendency over the stronger intellect of Catherine Sedley ; nay , 98 WALTER COLYTON .
Page 101
... Morlay ; " your only motive for concealment upon these occasions is your humility , an indisposition to assert , as you ought to do , your high rank and station . You know that all the women are dying with envy of you , and so you go ...
... Morlay ; " your only motive for concealment upon these occasions is your humility , an indisposition to assert , as you ought to do , your high rank and station . You know that all the women are dying with envy of you , and so you go ...
Page 102
... Morlay ; " the attempt , you see , is quite ridiculous ; it looks , in fact , like affectation , and so I have told her a hundred times , for I am a plain - spoken body , and always like to say my say openly , however others may fawn ...
... Morlay ; " the attempt , you see , is quite ridiculous ; it looks , in fact , like affectation , and so I have told her a hundred times , for I am a plain - spoken body , and always like to say my say openly , however others may fawn ...
Page 103
... Morlay , mia cara ! you are always twitting me with my carelessness in money mat- ters . Ought I not to count out these guineas and see that none be clipped ? nay , ought I not , like a true Shylock in petticoats , to exact good ...
... Morlay , mia cara ! you are always twitting me with my carelessness in money mat- ters . Ought I not to count out these guineas and see that none be clipped ? nay , ought I not , like a true Shylock in petticoats , to exact good ...
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