THE LIFE OF A BEAUTY. A NOVEL. BY THE AUTHOR OF "The Jilt," "The Breach of Promise," IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: T. C. NEW BY, PUBLISHER, 1846. 927. THE LIFE OF A BEAUTY. CHAPTER I. THE BIRTH OF A BEAUTY. Angelina Luxmore was born and bred a beauty! Every one understands what it is to be born a beauty, although some weeks (nay, months) must elapse, before even to the fondest eye and most sanguine heart, the little wizen 'wee thing,' red-faced, bald-headed, flat-nosed, and old-looking, can give any great promise of the charms that are to enchant the world. |