The life of a beauty, by the author of 'The jilt'. |
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... there there the lovely and only child of Sir Grigor Mc.Grigor , natu- rally vain and cunning , grew up shallow and heartless . With no natural object of affection near - surrounded by girls who envied her for her A RETROSPECT . 13.
... there there the lovely and only child of Sir Grigor Mc.Grigor , natu- rally vain and cunning , grew up shallow and heartless . With no natural object of affection near - surrounded by girls who envied her for her A RETROSPECT . 13.
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... object to another , was full of the Present and the Future . To both the time seemed short , till they reached Colonel Stuart's villa , a lovely place , on a velvet lawn of emerald green sloping down to the banks of the blue and ...
... object to another , was full of the Present and the Future . To both the time seemed short , till they reached Colonel Stuart's villa , a lovely place , on a velvet lawn of emerald green sloping down to the banks of the blue and ...
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... object of the loftiest beauty , the winning the first love of one true heart ! " But the happy festival is over , the bride has risen to change her dress , the gentlemen remain at table for awhile , and the ladies repair to the drawing ...
... object of the loftiest beauty , the winning the first love of one true heart ! " But the happy festival is over , the bride has risen to change her dress , the gentlemen remain at table for awhile , and the ladies repair to the drawing ...
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... of the company the de- parture of the bride and bridegroom was the principal object of interest , and they clustered and crowded together , waving hands , hats , and handkerchiefs , until the bride had retired into a 48 THE EXCURSION .
... of the company the de- parture of the bride and bridegroom was the principal object of interest , and they clustered and crowded together , waving hands , hats , and handkerchiefs , until the bride had retired into a 48 THE EXCURSION .
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... object seemed to be , to place him- self every now and then , so that Robina must confront at once his superb figure and beautiful face , and that of the small , pale , and insignifi- cant Luxmore , who , with one shoulder much above ...
... object seemed to be , to place him- self every now and then , so that Robina must confront at once his superb figure and beautiful face , and that of the small , pale , and insignifi- cant Luxmore , who , with one shoulder much above ...
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admiration Angelina anguish arms auld Leddy Beenie believe bosom breakfast canna Captain CHAPTER charms cheek child cold Colonel Fitzgeorge comfort coquette curricle daugh daughter dear delight devoted door Dougal dreadful dress Duke of Dartmoor Dunkeld e'en Eva Morris Eva's eyes face fancy father fear feel felt Fichu fond gaze George Darnly Gillespie girl Glenlonely Grace Grinlay hair hand happy head heart heartless honour hope hour husband knew Lady Emmeline Lady Mc.Grigor lassie laugh lips looked lover Luxmore's madam mair mamma Marmaduke Mc.Quibble mind Miranda miserable Miss Luxmore Miss Mc Miss Mc.Dougal Miss Mc.Prudie Miss Twitch mother never nurse odious pale passion poor Eva poor Luxmore Robina rose seemed Shoozie Sir Davie Sir Grigor Mc.Grigor smile Southron sure taste tears thought Trimmer vanity watch weel weep wife wish woman young
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197 페이지 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
124 페이지 - — what a different sound That word had in my youthful ears ! And how, each time the day comes round, Less and less white its mark appears ! When first our scanty years are told, It seems like pastime to grow old ; And, as Youth counts the shining links, That Time around him binds so fast, Pleased with the task, he little thinks How hard that chain will press at last. Vain was the man, and false as vain, Who said...
116 페이지 - ... yield ; and who, as she went on, living with Burton, confirmed, as if intuitively, (for the chances are, she had never read them,) the merit of those lines of the immortal POPE, which bid the wife be one — " Who never answers till her husband cools ; And, if she rules him, never shews she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, And has her humour most when she obeys.
281 페이지 - ... evil, blameless, or neutral, may not the authorized and legalized tenderness have been deeper and more enduring, the post-nuptial kiss more fervent and pure ? I know not, but I exert the common privilege of my countrymen, and guess. It has been said that love begins with the first sigh and ends with the first permitted kiss. I do not go quite so far as this cold maxim in my code of laws for the regulation of ante-nuptial behaviour, but I am a warm advocate, upon principle, for a very restrained...
100 페이지 - Love, the delicate, devoted love woman should glory to inspire, as the old saying has it, " begins with the first sigh, and ends with the first kiss ;