Courtship and wedlock; or, Lovers and husbands, by the author of 'Cousin Geoffrey'. |
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... less sublime affection of man ! A great writer has said , treating of this very subject , that " Custom comes with its inevita- ble curse " , ard many men seem rather to pride themselves , on the readiness , with which they cease to ...
... less sublime affection of man ! A great writer has said , treating of this very subject , that " Custom comes with its inevita- ble curse " , ard many men seem rather to pride themselves , on the readiness , with which they cease to ...
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... less beauty , less fortune , and fewer accomplishments than her own Ro- salie and Jeannetta possessed , had , by means of a good introduction , and a bad ambition , married , the one an old , decrepit , dissipated Peer - the other an ...
... less beauty , less fortune , and fewer accomplishments than her own Ro- salie and Jeannetta possessed , had , by means of a good introduction , and a bad ambition , married , the one an old , decrepit , dissipated Peer - the other an ...
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... less tinged with caricature , Jeannetta scorned the policy which bids her sex to ' stoop to conquer , ' which up- holds cunning as woman's best resource , and makes manœuvring not only a work of neces- sity , but a labor of love . She ...
... less tinged with caricature , Jeannetta scorned the policy which bids her sex to ' stoop to conquer , ' which up- holds cunning as woman's best resource , and makes manœuvring not only a work of neces- sity , but a labor of love . She ...
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... less , as she laughingly told Rosalie , to see some suitors who were really likely to suit , not darken the doors but brighten the fire - side ! CHAPTER IV . LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM . How silently , COURTSHIP AND WEDLOCK . 31.
... less , as she laughingly told Rosalie , to see some suitors who were really likely to suit , not darken the doors but brighten the fire - side ! CHAPTER IV . LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM . How silently , COURTSHIP AND WEDLOCK . 31.
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... less lofty but more sensible , with far less of useless genius , but much more of avail- able talent , less commanding , but far more winning , Rosalie saw nothing in these foreigners , with their dashing exterior and high - sounding ...
... less lofty but more sensible , with far less of useless genius , but much more of avail- able talent , less commanding , but far more winning , Rosalie saw nothing in these foreigners , with their dashing exterior and high - sounding ...
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actress admired adored affection aunt aunt's Baron de Saint beauty blush bosom bouquets Brighton brilliant Capitaine Crevecœur Captain Symons CHAPTER charm cheek cher Colonel Pevensey comfort Count de Montfaucon cousins Crevecoeur darling daugh daughters dear dearest delight Devil's Dyke devoted doubt dress elegant English envy eyes face fancy father fear feel felt foreigners fortune French friends gaze gentle Gerard Esdaile girl glance glory Gonzalve graceful hand handsome happy hear heart hope husband intimacy kind knew Lady Beauchamp lassie laugh look lover mamma Manor House Marquis marriage marry match mind Miss Jenny Macpherson mother netta never nieces night noble once Orde Orde's pale passion perhaps poor Gerard poor Violet pretty pride proud romantic Rosalie and Jeannetta Rosalie's Saint Felix scarcely seemed sister smile soul spirit Squire sure sweet tears tenderness theatre thou thought tion vanity Violet Woodville weak woman young actress
Pasajes populares
Página 59 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid ; Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or confectionary plum ; The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestowed By thy own hand, till fresh they shone and glowed...
Página 211 - Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs. O, gentle Romeo, If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully : Or, if thou think'st I am too quickly won, I'll frown, and be perverse, and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo ; but else, not for the world. In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond ; And therefore thou mayst think my 'havior light ; But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange.
Página 212 - Do not swear at all; Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry...
Página 213 - O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
Página 211 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false: at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Página 226 - Oh, Love! what is it in this world of ours Which makes it fatal to be loved? Ah why With cypress branches hast thou wreathed thy bowers, And made thy best interpreter a sigh?
Página 62 - Which colour'd all his objects:— he had ceased To live within himself; she was his life, The ocean to the river of his thoughts, Which terminated all: upon a tone, A touch of hers, his blood would ebb and flow, And his cheek change tempestuously— his heart Unknowing of its cause of agony.
Página 62 - Time taught him a deep answer — when she loved Another ; even now she loved another, And on the summit of that hill she stood Looking afar if yet her lover's steed Kept pace with her expectancy, and flew.
Página 146 - He stole her hand and she did not withdraw it ; he pressed it to his lips, and meekly her once proud head sank on his shoulder.