O'Donnel: A National Tale, 3. köideHenry Colburn, 1815 - 339 pages |
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... thing , as your Lady- ship may suppose ; at least , I once skaited a journey in Holland , and found it a pleasant and expeditious mode of travelling . " " Skaited a journey ! " echoed her Ladyship , her face brightening into smiles of ...
... thing , as your Lady- ship may suppose ; at least , I once skaited a journey in Holland , and found it a pleasant and expeditious mode of travelling . " " Skaited a journey ! " echoed her Ladyship , her face brightening into smiles of ...
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... thing loth ; " and remained the leading feature of attraction and interest , du- ring the short stay of the noble guests . Lady Llanberis was delighted with her own character of cicerone to her favourite of the hour ; called on her for ...
... thing loth ; " and remained the leading feature of attraction and interest , du- ring the short stay of the noble guests . Lady Llanberis was delighted with her own character of cicerone to her favourite of the hour ; called on her for ...
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... voured to catch its features through the inequalities of her manner and conduct , gave endless play to conjecture , and room for observation : there was some- thing so pleasantly incongruous in her mingled cynicism and gaiety O'DONNEL . 15.
... voured to catch its features through the inequalities of her manner and conduct , gave endless play to conjecture , and room for observation : there was some- thing so pleasantly incongruous in her mingled cynicism and gaiety O'DONNEL . 15.
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A National Tale Lady Morgan (Sydney). thing so pleasantly incongruous in her mingled cynicism and gaiety , her know- ledge of human weakness , and liberal contribution to its absurdities , that he was amused even where he was not ...
A National Tale Lady Morgan (Sydney). thing so pleasantly incongruous in her mingled cynicism and gaiety , her know- ledge of human weakness , and liberal contribution to its absurdities , that he was amused even where he was not ...
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... woman was to him a thing unsexed . Like all men , whose strong passions and peculiar modes of life have led them to seek the rounds of pleasure in their least excusable form , O'Donnel had raised a rigid standard on the O DONNEL . 17.
... woman was to him a thing unsexed . Like all men , whose strong passions and peculiar modes of life have led them to seek the rounds of pleasure in their least excusable form , O'Donnel had raised a rigid standard on the O DONNEL . 17.
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