Geraldine Fauconberg, Volume 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808 - English fiction |
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... assured , he has , on several recent occasions , spoken of me in terms the direct reverse of all he formerly asserted me to be . " * By all that's sacred , never ! " cried Sir Henry , with great warmth . " If such inform- ation has ...
... assured , he has , on several recent occasions , spoken of me in terms the direct reverse of all he formerly asserted me to be . " * By all that's sacred , never ! " cried Sir Henry , with great warmth . " If such inform- ation has ...
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... assured her , that the charac- ter to which she so much objected , had such a subordinate part to represent , that if her ladyship was absolutely averse to his ap- pearing in proper costume , it would not be im- practicable to leave him ...
... assured her , that the charac- ter to which she so much objected , had such a subordinate part to represent , that if her ladyship was absolutely averse to his ap- pearing in proper costume , it would not be im- practicable to leave him ...
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... assured must be painful , though it made her look prettier than ever , I now said- " You best can tell , my dear brother , how Miss Fauconberg came to imbibe such rigid notions of your sublime wisdom ; but certain it is , that when she ...
... assured must be painful , though it made her look prettier than ever , I now said- " You best can tell , my dear brother , how Miss Fauconberg came to imbibe such rigid notions of your sublime wisdom ; but certain it is , that when she ...
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... assured of success . Lady Tresilian , though tolerably well pleas- ed , I believe , with the part her niece had borne in the evening's entertainment , was yet by no means soothed into forgetfulness of her accustomed rules . Before we ...
... assured of success . Lady Tresilian , though tolerably well pleas- ed , I believe , with the part her niece had borne in the evening's entertainment , was yet by no means soothed into forgetfulness of her accustomed rules . Before we ...
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... assured of an ample paternal succession ; and taught , moreover , to consider herself as heiress to the greatest part of his extensive property . These are circumstances , which , according to the usual course of things , are but too ...
... assured of an ample paternal succession ; and taught , moreover , to consider herself as heiress to the greatest part of his extensive property . These are circumstances , which , according to the usual course of things , are but too ...
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Adieu admiration affectionate alarm Albert amongst amusement answered appeared Archer assured attention beautiful behold believe brother Cæsar carriage cerned character cheerful Chimæra Clara Colonel Courtville conversation countenance cried daugh dear Augusta dear Julia delight dinner door dress Emma Cecil entreat Everley eyes favour fear feel Ferdi FERDINAND LESMORE gave Gerald Geraldine Geraldine's give hand Hanmer hear heard heart Hermine Hermine's Highgrove Park honour hope indulgent Lady Tresilian laughing Lesmore's letter Litchmere's look Lord Litch Lord Litchmere Madame de St means ment Miss Fauconberg MISS LESMORE Monsieur de St morning mother nand ness never Neville observed occasion pain Parkton Castle perhaps pity pleasure poor present racter raldine resumed Rushley scarcely seemed Selforth sentiments Sir Henry Tresilian sister smile soon Southwaight speaking spirit thing thought tion uncle utter Westhill whilst wholly wish young
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Page 276 - The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Page 296 - ... revived, and found its appropriate nourishment amid the distresses of the country. Out of the disappointment of those fond hopes, which the people had indulged on the accession of the whig party to power, that spirit arose which affected to despise the whole race of statesmen ; which proclaimed that the axe must be laid to the root of the tree, and that without some radical change, the nature of which no one could explain, the nation was undone.