The Only Daughter: A Domestic Story, Volume 2Colburn, 1839 |
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... turned her mother ; " her manners , let me as- sure you , are as polished as your own , if less artificially so . " " Excuse me , ma'am , all polish is more or less artificial ! " said the young lady , politely . " Then I conclude Miss ...
... turned her mother ; " her manners , let me as- sure you , are as polished as your own , if less artificially so . " " Excuse me , ma'am , all polish is more or less artificial ! " said the young lady , politely . " Then I conclude Miss ...
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... possibility to interest her in the latest discoveries in Pa- risian gastronomy , she turned her face , red and wrathful in every direction to reprove and im- prove the evolutions of Alister the foot - boy , 10 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... possibility to interest her in the latest discoveries in Pa- risian gastronomy , she turned her face , red and wrathful in every direction to reprove and im- prove the evolutions of Alister the foot - boy , 10 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
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... turned with all the interest of a débutante to examine the gift ; a small crescent of exqui- site brilliants meant to ornament the hair . " An ' here's a cairn gorum brooch , " con- tinued aunt Katie , " that I meant to hae given that ...
... turned with all the interest of a débutante to examine the gift ; a small crescent of exqui- site brilliants meant to ornament the hair . " An ' here's a cairn gorum brooch , " con- tinued aunt Katie , " that I meant to hae given that ...
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... turned over her pretty robe of white , and aunt Katie's glittering jewel which , in her girlish vanity , she had drawn that morning from their hiding place , till a sigh of chagrin and reproach was bestowed upon Roderick , such as she ...
... turned over her pretty robe of white , and aunt Katie's glittering jewel which , in her girlish vanity , she had drawn that morning from their hiding place , till a sigh of chagrin and reproach was bestowed upon Roderick , such as she ...
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... Turning the world upside down my dear , for the sake of my mistress's eye - brows - and intoxicated as is the wont of heroes , with my own good success ; so give me some tea , for as Meg Merrilies hath it , I am both fou and fastin ...
... Turning the world upside down my dear , for the sake of my mistress's eye - brows - and intoxicated as is the wont of heroes , with my own good success ; so give me some tea , for as Meg Merrilies hath it , I am both fou and fastin ...
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Page 1 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 191 - And blushed and smiled the tale to hear, Poured from her dark-eyed cavalier ; And yet, I too must moralize, Albeit with gentler sympathies, Of all my own fond heart can tell Of love's despair, and love's farewell, — Its many miseries ; — its tears, Like lava, not like dew ; — its fears, That make hope painful ; — then its trust, So often trampled in the dust ; — Neglected, blighted, and betrayed, A sorrow and a mockery made ! Then change and adverse fortune, all That binds and keeps sweet...
Page 245 - The Gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That rightly think'st and hast most rightly said.