Geraldine Fauconberg, Volume 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808 - English fiction |
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Page 42
... doors ; she grows heartily weary of per- petual dinner - parties ; she complains , that when riding or driving out , she meets not , in ten miles , with as many living creatures : playing or singing to bare walls fatigues her ; painting ...
... doors ; she grows heartily weary of per- petual dinner - parties ; she complains , that when riding or driving out , she meets not , in ten miles , with as many living creatures : playing or singing to bare walls fatigues her ; painting ...
Page 61
... , when I describe to you the situation of our tiny the- atre . It was erected at one end of the drawing - room , next the folding door that · opens into the library . This latter apartment was converted 61 . LETTER V. ...
... , when I describe to you the situation of our tiny the- atre . It was erected at one end of the drawing - room , next the folding door that · opens into the library . This latter apartment was converted 61 . LETTER V. ...
Page 65
... soft tap at the library door . Emma , in her little heathen dress , ran to open it ; and , preceded by Mr. Archer , who should enter but my brother ? You will easily conceive the surprise his unexpected appearance excited 65.
... soft tap at the library door . Emma , in her little heathen dress , ran to open it ; and , preceded by Mr. Archer , who should enter but my brother ? You will easily conceive the surprise his unexpected appearance excited 65.
Page 68
... door , when I stopped them a moment , to say to my brother- " Did you receive my letter before you left home ? And have you attended to the re- quest it contained ? " I alluded to a commission I had given him relative to Madame de St ...
... door , when I stopped them a moment , to say to my brother- " Did you receive my letter before you left home ? And have you attended to the re- quest it contained ? " I alluded to a commission I had given him relative to Madame de St ...
Page 78
... door ; asked whether it was likely Emma would be soon released ? and , in short , seem- ed as anxious to send her home , as if upon her punctual observance of the established hour depended the happiness of the child's whole future life 78.
... door ; asked whether it was likely Emma would be soon released ? and , in short , seem- ed as anxious to send her home , as if upon her punctual observance of the established hour depended the happiness of the child's whole future life 78.
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