Courtship and wedlock; or, Lovers and husbands, by the author of 'Cousin Geoffrey'. |
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... dear grandnieces , the benefit o ' her experience , and o ' her countenance . " 66 Miss Jenny Macpherson , far too proud to be indebted to any one , insisted on making a fair remuneration for her board , lodging , and an occasional ...
... dear grandnieces , the benefit o ' her experience , and o ' her countenance . " 66 Miss Jenny Macpherson , far too proud to be indebted to any one , insisted on making a fair remuneration for her board , lodging , and an occasional ...
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... dear old rector of the village , where Mrs. Orde's elegant country seat was situated , and this dear old rector had a dearer son ! In childhood , he had been the playmate , and in early youth the companion of Jeannetta and of Rosalie ...
... dear old rector of the village , where Mrs. Orde's elegant country seat was situated , and this dear old rector had a dearer son ! In childhood , he had been the playmate , and in early youth the companion of Jeannetta and of Rosalie ...
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... dear girls , it will probably be some years hence , to some dear , quiet , country clergyman , or some frank - hearted neighbouring squire , a Gerard Esdaile or a Matthew Moody , who would not remove them from your immediate circle , or ...
... dear girls , it will probably be some years hence , to some dear , quiet , country clergyman , or some frank - hearted neighbouring squire , a Gerard Esdaile or a Matthew Moody , who would not remove them from your immediate circle , or ...
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... , and a mariage de con- venances is very seldom one of inclination too ; but you , darling , who laugh at what you call my ' romance , ' it is for you to realize our dear mother's expectations , and 26 COURTSHIP AND WEDLOCK .
... , and a mariage de con- venances is very seldom one of inclination too ; but you , darling , who laugh at what you call my ' romance , ' it is for you to realize our dear mother's expectations , and 26 COURTSHIP AND WEDLOCK .
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... dear , as I tell you , at first , and added that she is deeply in debt , for most expensive , nay , ex- travant trousseaux , which ought to have been paid for out of her daughters ' portions , but for which all the bills are sent in to ...
... dear , as I tell you , at first , and added that she is deeply in debt , for most expensive , nay , ex- travant trousseaux , which ought to have been paid for out of her daughters ' portions , but for which all the bills are sent in to ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admiration affection appear attentions aunt baron beauty believe bosom called Captain CHAPTER cheek cold Colonel Pevensey comfort count Crèvecœur daughters dear dearest delight devotion door dress English eyes face fair fancy father fear feel felt foreign Gerard girl give Gonzalve half hand happy head hear heard heart honour hope hour husband interest Jeannetta kind knew Lady Beauchamp laugh leave less letter light lips live look lover manner marry mean mind Miss Jenny mother nature never night noble object once Orde pale passion Patience perhaps poor present pride proud Rosalie Saint Felix seemed seen sister smile spirit sweet Symons tears tell tenderness things thought took true turned Violet watch wife wild wish woman wretched young
Pasajes populares
Página 65 - 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 9 - 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 confectionery plum ; The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestowed By thy own hand, till fresh they shone and glowed...
Página 66 - Do not swear at all; Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry, And I'll believe thee.
Página 66 - O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
Página 66 - 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 haviour light: But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange.
Página 72 - Oh, Love ! what is it in this world of ours, Which makes it fatal to be loved ? Ah ! why With cypress branches hast thou wreath'd thy bowers, And made thy best interpreter a sigh...
Página 9 - 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 103 - If she be not fair for me, what care I how fair she be ? " But he did care, and he told himself that the song did him no good.
Página 279 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, "Tis woman's whole existence; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart; Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange; Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Página 147 - Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing. Good night, good night ! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say — good night, till it be morrow.