Human Life, with variations; or, the Chapter of Accidents, etcLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; and Lake, Uxbridge, 1817 - 188 pages |
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... person and mind were improved in the same degree . Could you have seen her on our meeting , your heart would have been too full to utter your admiration . - Her lovely blue eyes darted on me an ineffable gleam of joy , which her ...
... person and mind were improved in the same degree . Could you have seen her on our meeting , your heart would have been too full to utter your admiration . - Her lovely blue eyes darted on me an ineffable gleam of joy , which her ...
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... persons , on their first appearance in public . As she passed , reclining on the arm of her adorer , the several sets who had already began dancing , she could not avoid hearing the numerous exclama- tions of admiration made of her ...
... persons , on their first appearance in public . As she passed , reclining on the arm of her adorer , the several sets who had already began dancing , she could not avoid hearing the numerous exclama- tions of admiration made of her ...
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Caroline Herbert. cessary to expend so large a sum on the decoration of the person to how much better a purpose would part of the mo- ney , which has been lavished for such useless trifles , have been expended in relieving the wants of ...
Caroline Herbert. cessary to expend so large a sum on the decoration of the person to how much better a purpose would part of the mo- ney , which has been lavished for such useless trifles , have been expended in relieving the wants of ...
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... person to that of a professed beauty , with less good hu- mour . D ' Alembert , whose heart had never yet moved to love , beheld her at first only with esteem and admiration ; he expressed frequently to Edmund his opi- nion of her ; his ...
... person to that of a professed beauty , with less good hu- mour . D ' Alembert , whose heart had never yet moved to love , beheld her at first only with esteem and admiration ; he expressed frequently to Edmund his opi- nion of her ; his ...
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... but she appeared extremely de- jected . " I can offer you at present " said she " no adequate compensation , for the kind and uncommon interest you have taken for a person with whom you are totally unacquainted 84 HUMAN LIFE .
... but she appeared extremely de- jected . " I can offer you at present " said she " no adequate compensation , for the kind and uncommon interest you have taken for a person with whom you are totally unacquainted 84 HUMAN LIFE .
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