Courtship and wedlock; or, Lovers and husbands, by the author of 'Cousin Geoffrey'. |
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... girl's heart , fostered , guiltily fostered , as it had been from the very cradle , than even woman's natural love of prece- dence , or her delight in the pomps and vanities she swears so solemnly to abjure . From a marriage contracted ...
... girl's heart , fostered , guiltily fostered , as it had been from the very cradle , than even woman's natural love of prece- dence , or her delight in the pomps and vanities she swears so solemnly to abjure . From a marriage contracted ...
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... girl , however exquisite , or virtuous . The old aphorism says , Familiarity breeds contempt , ' and our eloquent ... girls send best love to their cousins , but cannot find a moment to write a line . " Addio , carissima ! I am half ...
... girl , however exquisite , or virtuous . The old aphorism says , Familiarity breeds contempt , ' and our eloquent ... girls send best love to their cousins , but cannot find a moment to write a line . " Addio , carissima ! I am half ...
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... girl herself , who was most anxious to do away with any impression that his visits had any particular object , or that he had presumed to raise his eyes to one who so entirely despised him , his tastes , habits , and pursuits . What a ...
... girl herself , who was most anxious to do away with any impression that his visits had any particular object , or that he had presumed to raise his eyes to one who so entirely despised him , his tastes , habits , and pursuits . What a ...
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... girls , and which she and they had looked upon as presents ; even the very shawl she so boasted of having received ... girl with only four thousand pounds , " barely the portion of a huckster's daughter , " he thought he had done quite ...
... girls , and which she and they had looked upon as presents ; even the very shawl she so boasted of having received ... girl with only four thousand pounds , " barely the portion of a huckster's daughter , " he thought he had done quite ...
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... girl , " said Mrs. Orde , after a few mo- ments ' reflection , " you know , far better than I can tell you , how boundless is my gratitude to these gentlemen , how valueless , how odious life would be to me without you , and how glad ...
... girl , " said Mrs. Orde , after a few mo- ments ' reflection , " you know , far better than I can tell you , how boundless is my gratitude to these gentlemen , how valueless , how odious life would be to me without you , and how glad ...
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Courtship and Wedlock: Or, Lovers and Husbands, by the Author of 'Cousin ... Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Courtship and Wedlock: Or, Lovers and Husbands, by the Author of 'Cousin ... Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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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.