Geraldine Fauconberg, Volume 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808 - English fiction |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 50
Page 2
... hand , to choose a spot favourable to their purpose , she said- " This is giving you very useless trouble , I fear , Mr. Lesmore , for when you are gone , I shall forget all you have taught me . ” " O no ; if you continue practising ...
... hand , to choose a spot favourable to their purpose , she said- " This is giving you very useless trouble , I fear , Mr. Lesmore , for when you are gone , I shall forget all you have taught me . ” " O no ; if you continue practising ...
Page 5
... hand ; so the colonel's smiling resem- blance , to be out of the way , was put into one of the spare bed - chambers . Mrs. Everley has continually inquired what progress Geraldine was making in her copy ; and , at last , from the mere ...
... hand ; so the colonel's smiling resem- blance , to be out of the way , was put into one of the spare bed - chambers . Mrs. Everley has continually inquired what progress Geraldine was making in her copy ; and , at last , from the mere ...
Page 7
... hand , from which she was reading select passages to him aloud . At a neat , unlittered table , in the middle of the apartment , was posted Lady Tresilian , dressed with the nicest exactitude , and poring her eyes , with very exemplary ...
... hand , from which she was reading select passages to him aloud . At a neat , unlittered table , in the middle of the apartment , was posted Lady Tresilian , dressed with the nicest exactitude , and poring her eyes , with very exemplary ...
Page 16
... 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- ing a note that had been brought whilst we were at ...
... 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- ing a note that had been brought whilst we were at ...
Page 19
... hand , and looking as if anxious to banish all sense save that of hear- ing , she scarcely allowed herself to breath , from the apprehension of losing any part of so invaluable a treat . When conscious that the eye of her aunt rested ...
... hand , and looking as if anxious to banish all sense save that of hear- ing , she scarcely allowed herself to breath , from the apprehension of losing any part of so invaluable a treat . When conscious that the eye of her aunt rested ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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.