London Society, Volume 15; Volume 17James Hogg, Florence Marryat William Clowes and Sons, 1870 - English literature |
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... sure , saw less . For women feel the embarrassment of a false posi- tion more than men , if only in the matter of milliner's bills - compared with which those of tailors ' Are as moonlight unto sunlight , and as water unto wine ; ' -and ...
... sure , saw less . For women feel the embarrassment of a false posi- tion more than men , if only in the matter of milliner's bills - compared with which those of tailors ' Are as moonlight unto sunlight , and as water unto wine ; ' -and ...
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... sure that she did not tell her friend . Fortunately , Captain Pemberton would not be present at the ball . He had no taste for civic fes- tivities , and was content to leave his daughter to the charge of Lucy and the mayor's family ...
... sure that she did not tell her friend . Fortunately , Captain Pemberton would not be present at the ball . He had no taste for civic fes- tivities , and was content to leave his daughter to the charge of Lucy and the mayor's family ...
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... sure that his entertainments are not the less splendid on that account . The Town Hall of Shuttleton was not a very beautiful edifice as regarded its exterior , though it had been recently built at a large cost to the ratepayers , and ...
... sure that his entertainments are not the less splendid on that account . The Town Hall of Shuttleton was not a very beautiful edifice as regarded its exterior , though it had been recently built at a large cost to the ratepayers , and ...
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... sure to happen in an assembly which was open to the re- proach of being ' mixed , ' there were a number of private parties who , by previous arrangement , kept to themselves . ' For in social Shuttle- ton there were wheels within wheels ...
... sure to happen in an assembly which was open to the re- proach of being ' mixed , ' there were a number of private parties who , by previous arrangement , kept to themselves . ' For in social Shuttle- ton there were wheels within wheels ...
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... sure that the great ball at Shuttleton was not wanting in this kind of excitement . I should be sorry to enter into the feelings of every local dandy who rushed out of the room after a rebuff to brush his hair , for the fourth time , or ...
... sure that the great ball at Shuttleton was not wanting in this kind of excitement . I should be sorry to enter into the feelings of every local dandy who rushed out of the room after a rebuff to brush his hair , for the fourth time , or ...
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Page 68 - ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, of York, Mariner, who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himself.
Page 275 - And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand, until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Page 389 - With manners wond'rous winning ; And never follow'd wicked ways — Unless when she was sinning. At church, in silks and satins new, With hoop of monstrous size, She never slnmber'd in her pew — But when she shut her eyes.
Page 459 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Page 32 - Hear the sledges with the bells — Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Page 275 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 11 - I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in— glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Page 389 - GOOD people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word— From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind; She freely lent to all the poor— Who left a pledge behind.
Page 358 - Read him, therefore; and again and again: and if then you do not like him, surely you are in some manifest danger not to understand him.
Page 68 - Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an uninhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself.