Geraldine Fauconberg, Volume 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808 - English fiction |
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... admired the laborious undertaking her ladyship had in hand ; and , in short , did very nearly as well as if each of us had been an Arachne . * During the greatest part of this time , Mrs. Neville , seated at another table , was answer ...
... admired the laborious undertaking her ladyship had in hand ; and , in short , did very nearly as well as if each of us had been an Arachne . * During the greatest part of this time , Mrs. Neville , seated at another table , was answer ...
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... from amidst the surrounding crowd ? forming some attachment towards the few amiable individuals who may chance to mingle in the herd ? Alas ! I fear Mrs. Ne- ville has rather aspired after admiration than friendship ; and 40.
... from amidst the surrounding crowd ? forming some attachment towards the few amiable individuals who may chance to mingle in the herd ? Alas ! I fear Mrs. Ne- ville has rather aspired after admiration than friendship ; and 40.
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Sarah Harriet Burney. ville has rather aspired after admiration than friendship ; and if such is the case , she al- ready , early as it is , has reason to lament the injudicious choice . Admiration can only be fed , to the satisfaction ...
Sarah Harriet Burney. ville has rather aspired after admiration than friendship ; and if such is the case , she al- ready , early as it is , has reason to lament the injudicious choice . Admiration can only be fed , to the satisfaction ...
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... admiration or dis- gust , pleasure or pain , must all be solitary : every social sentiment lies dormant ; all the kind affections of her nature appear suspend- ed . Ah ! who upon such terms would envy the independence of the high - born ...
... admiration or dis- gust , pleasure or pain , must all be solitary : every social sentiment lies dormant ; all the kind affections of her nature appear suspend- ed . Ah ! who upon such terms would envy the independence of the high - born ...
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... admirable perform- ance , and afterwards proceeded together to the drawing - room . I will not tire you with a repetition of half the courteous things that were said to us the moment we appeared . Perhaps , however , I might , without ...
... admirable perform- ance , and afterwards proceeded together to the drawing - room . I will not tire you with a repetition of half the courteous things that were said to us the moment we appeared . Perhaps , however , I might , without ...
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