The Novels of Frederika Bremer, 11. köideH. G. Clarke and Company, 1845 |
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Page 11
... with stars and orders to stand around them . " Ah , that is she ! " thought I , with hasty emotions when a lady of noble figure and carriage made her appearance , while conversing with an elderly gentleman she slowly A DIARY . 11.
... with stars and orders to stand around them . " Ah , that is she ! " thought I , with hasty emotions when a lady of noble figure and carriage made her appearance , while conversing with an elderly gentleman she slowly A DIARY . 11.
Page 15
... stands a person , which methinks I have also seen before , a regular , but marble - cold expression , somewhat sallow , with the features of a Voltaire . " " Another relation of yours . Your and my brother- in - law , L'Envoyé , St ...
... stands a person , which methinks I have also seen before , a regular , but marble - cold expression , somewhat sallow , with the features of a Voltaire . " " Another relation of yours . Your and my brother- in - law , L'Envoyé , St ...
Page 38
... stand , I think that we are here together an awakened little people , and know how to cheer each other . November 12th . Our every - day life begins more and more to assume form . There is a great prevalence of diversion in it , and I ...
... stand , I think that we are here together an awakened little people , and know how to cheer each other . November 12th . Our every - day life begins more and more to assume form . There is a great prevalence of diversion in it , and I ...
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... stands so high that one shrinks from a mere attempt to approach him . He is too im- maculate ! " " Lennartson is not without faults , no more than any other person , " said Brenner , " but they are such as are peculiar to great natures ...
... stands so high that one shrinks from a mere attempt to approach him . He is too im- maculate ! " " Lennartson is not without faults , no more than any other person , " said Brenner , " but they are such as are peculiar to great natures ...
Page 65
... stand that she , my stepmother , had taken her under her patronage and introduced her into society , in which she would otherwise not have gained admission so easily ; and on which account Brenner indeed had ever after cherished and ...
... stand that she , my stepmother , had taken her under her patronage and introduced her into society , in which she would otherwise not have gained admission so easily ; and on which account Brenner indeed had ever after cherished and ...
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Page 11 - I care for nobody, no, not I, And nobody cares for me.
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