Geraldine Fauconberg, Volume 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808 - English fiction |
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... received us with the most graceful cordiality ; presented us to her guests , and devoted herself to us , till the arrival of the Everleys . I then had leisure to contem- plate the ill - paired baronet and his wife ; for such I was sure ...
... received us with the most graceful cordiality ; presented us to her guests , and devoted herself to us , till the arrival of the Everleys . I then had leisure to contem- plate the ill - paired baronet and his wife ; for such I was sure ...
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... received your second letter , my dear Augusta , and perceive , still more plainly than by the first , that you have no in- clination to let me wander uninterruptedly in the flowery paths of elegant literature ! A gossip I have been ...
... received your second letter , my dear Augusta , and perceive , still more plainly than by the first , that you have no in- clination to let me wander uninterruptedly in the flowery paths of elegant literature ! A gossip I have been ...
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... received have been people she cared for ; and , what is worse , I have heard her acknowledge , that with an immense list of town acquaintance , she has not a single intimate friend ! How , and amongst what sort of people , must she have ...
... received have been people she cared for ; and , what is worse , I have heard her acknowledge , that with an immense list of town acquaintance , she has not a single intimate friend ! How , and amongst what sort of people , must she have ...
Page 71
... received , was the disparity of her figure , elegant as it is , to the character she personated . Hers is a form and face that would better have suited a majestic Juno , or the " laughter loving " goddess herself , than any of her ...
... received , was the disparity of her figure , elegant as it is , to the character she personated . Hers is a form and face that would better have suited a majestic Juno , or the " laughter loving " goddess herself , than any of her ...
Page 73
... , as soon as her fictitious character was laid aside , all her accustomed diffidence and sim- plicity , received his caresses and commenda- * Sentimental Journey . VOL . II . E tions with blushing and unaffected modesty . She is a 73.
... , as soon as her fictitious character was laid aside , all her accustomed diffidence and sim- plicity , received his caresses and commenda- * Sentimental Journey . VOL . II . E tions with blushing and unaffected modesty . She is a 73.
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