Geraldine Fauconberg, Volume 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808 - English fiction |
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Page 19
... seemed to hear , much less to feel , a single note . Madame de St. Hermine and I might , perhaps , have been put out of humour by this insensibility , had we not found amusement in observing the very uncommon delight with which little ...
... seemed to hear , much less to feel , a single note . Madame de St. Hermine and I might , perhaps , have been put out of humour by this insensibility , had we not found amusement in observing the very uncommon delight with which little ...
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... the next dancing her with a rapid and incessant motion , that almost threatened to deprive her of breath , seemed to have nothing so much at heart as the desire of pro- voking his wife , and disturbing the rest of the ~ 20.
... the next dancing her with a rapid and incessant motion , that almost threatened to deprive her of breath , seemed to have nothing so much at heart as the desire of pro- voking his wife , and disturbing the rest of the ~ 20.
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... seemed moved to something like a feeling of approbation .. • When Emma was again permitted to re- sumé her seat , Mrs. Everley ventured to ob- serve to her aunt , that she thought it a pity Miss Cecil was not encouraged to cultivate ...
... seemed moved to something like a feeling of approbation .. • When Emma was again permitted to re- sumé her seat , Mrs. Everley ventured to ob- serve to her aunt , that she thought it a pity Miss Cecil was not encouraged to cultivate ...
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... seemed to stagger his fair ac- cuser . She put her hand upon his shoulder , and , smiling with an air of placability , said— Gently , gently , good man ! you cannot 66 fight the evil reporter , even were you so dis- 28.
... seemed to stagger his fair ac- cuser . She put her hand upon his shoulder , and , smiling with an air of placability , said— Gently , gently , good man ! you cannot 66 fight the evil reporter , even were you so dis- 28.
Page 47
... seemed tolerably reconciled to the arrangement . Mrs. Ever- ley , very good - humouredly , offered her ser- vices in the character of a dowdy Venus ; and Geraldine , Mrs. Neville , and myself , are to represent the three Graces . Emma's ...
... seemed tolerably reconciled to the arrangement . Mrs. Ever- ley , very good - humouredly , offered her ser- vices in the character of a dowdy Venus ; and Geraldine , Mrs. Neville , and myself , are to represent the three Graces . Emma's ...
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