Geraldine Fauconberg, Volume 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808 - English fiction |
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... manner , for the strangeness and unpardonable negligence of my conduct when first I had the honour of being introduced to you . Let not its remem- brance , I beseech you , influence your future thoughts of me ; and , if you can ...
... manner , for the strangeness and unpardonable negligence of my conduct when first I had the honour of being introduced to you . Let not its remem- brance , I beseech you , influence your future thoughts of me ; and , if you can ...
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... manner imaginable . On a sofa , at` one end of the room , sat , or rather reclined , Sir Henry Tresilian , his eyes half closed , one leg stretched upon the seat , and one arm thrown over its back . Near him , with more condescension ...
... manner imaginable . On a sofa , at` one end of the room , sat , or rather reclined , Sir Henry Tresilian , his eyes half closed , one leg stretched upon the seat , and one arm thrown over its back . Near him , with more condescension ...
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... manners , occasionally , remarkably pleasing . But how shall I do justice to the indescrib- able insipidity of his luckless wife ? Ima- gine a tall , upright figure , of about two or three and thirty , dressed , as I observed be- fore ...
... manners , occasionally , remarkably pleasing . But how shall I do justice to the indescrib- able insipidity of his luckless wife ? Ima- gine a tall , upright figure , of about two or three and thirty , dressed , as I observed be- fore ...
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... manner . 99 Sir Henry declared he would hear them directly ; and Mrs. Neville , to gratify his affectionate impatience , went to the instru- ment unasked , in order to accompany the little girl ; who , thus taken by surprise , con ...
... manner . 99 Sir Henry declared he would hear them directly ; and Mrs. Neville , to gratify his affectionate impatience , went to the instru- ment unasked , in order to accompany the little girl ; who , thus taken by surprise , con ...
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... manners ; such delicacy of taste , united to such manli- ness of conduct ; such sweetness of temper , joined to so much discernment and spirit : in short , she says of him , with eloquence and fervour , what we , my dear sisters , have ...
... manners ; such delicacy of taste , united to such manli- ness of conduct ; such sweetness of temper , joined to so much discernment and spirit : in short , she says of him , with eloquence and fervour , what we , my dear sisters , have ...
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