The Lady of the Manor, 3. köideHoulston and Stoneman, 1841 |
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Page 12
... walking with my governess in the gardens of Versailles . She was dressed in a simple robe of dimity , with a straw hat , in which was a single bunch of artificial flowers . Her attendants were few ; and there was in her countenance an ...
... walking with my governess in the gardens of Versailles . She was dressed in a simple robe of dimity , with a straw hat , in which was a single bunch of artificial flowers . Her attendants were few ; and there was in her countenance an ...
Page 13
... walks , some straight , some winding , are separated one from another by little coppices or groves , ( for we have not a word in English to describe the ornamented bosquet of the French , ) in which grottoes charm and fountains play ...
... walks , some straight , some winding , are separated one from another by little coppices or groves , ( for we have not a word in English to describe the ornamented bosquet of the French , ) in which grottoes charm and fountains play ...
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... walking with my parents in the gardens of Versailles , and listening to my father's conversation , for his lessons were at that time always given through the medium of conversation , and gene- rally taken from the objects which ...
... walking with my parents in the gardens of Versailles , and listening to my father's conversation , for his lessons were at that time always given through the medium of conversation , and gene- rally taken from the objects which ...
Page 23
... walks by which they were approached . " There are nearly sixteen thousand inhabitants spread over these mountains , who have no other subsistence but what they derive from their cattle and the tillage of their fields . There are few ...
... walks by which they were approached . " There are nearly sixteen thousand inhabitants spread over these mountains , who have no other subsistence but what they derive from their cattle and the tillage of their fields . There are few ...
Page 34
... stepped forth into the cool air embalmed as it was with the breath of flowers , for the parterres on each side of the grand walk which proceeded directly from the front of the palace to the more 34 THE LADY OF THE MANOR .
... stepped forth into the cool air embalmed as it was with the breath of flowers , for the parterres on each side of the grand walk which proceeded directly from the front of the palace to the more 34 THE LADY OF THE MANOR .
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