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Page 19
... eyes of her young beau by two or three white lies , as she termned them , ( flights of fancy , in which she was apt to indulge , ) she resumed her attack on his heart , and continued to converse , in her most seducing manner , till the ...
... eyes of her young beau by two or three white lies , as she termned them , ( flights of fancy , in which she was apt to indulge , ) she resumed her attack on his heart , and continued to converse , in her most seducing manner , till the ...
Page 25
... wretched than we were before , by trying to lessen Annabel's faults in her own eyes ! Our only comfort is the hope that she is ashamed of herself . " " But neither her shame nor penitence , " cried Burford , " will give THE STAGE COACH .
... wretched than we were before , by trying to lessen Annabel's faults in her own eyes ! Our only comfort is the hope that she is ashamed of herself . " " But neither her shame nor penitence , " cried Burford , " will give THE STAGE COACH .
Page 29
... eyes ; —and when my uncle , coarsely , as I thought , talked of her father as a bankrupt , her expression of angry mortification was so ludicrous , that I could scarcely help laughing . Nay , I do assure you , " he continued , " that ...
... eyes ; —and when my uncle , coarsely , as I thought , talked of her father as a bankrupt , her expression of angry mortification was so ludicrous , that I could scarcely help laughing . Nay , I do assure you , " he continued , " that ...
Page 34
... it was the wish not to lose consequence in the eyes of her supposed admirer , which had led her to her last fatal falsehood , Lady Alberry , with the mother's approbation , contrived a plan for laying the axe , 34 OF LYING . ILLUSTRATIONS.
... it was the wish not to lose consequence in the eyes of her supposed admirer , which had led her to her last fatal falsehood , Lady Alberry , with the mother's approbation , contrived a plan for laying the axe , 34 OF LYING . ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page 42
... eyes on the discovered violet before him with such an equivocal expression , that Eustace was dis- concerted ; and the more so , when Darcy , who could not but feel the ludicrous situation in which he was placed , hid his face in his ...
... eyes on the discovered violet before him with such an equivocal expression , that Eustace was dis- concerted ; and the more so , when Darcy , who could not but feel the ludicrous situation in which he was placed , hid his face in his ...
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Albany AMELIA OPIE Annabel Annabel's Baryton beauty believe benevolence better Bilney Burford called child christian coach conceal considered Constantia cried Darcy daugh dear death deceive declared dress enabled exclaimed eyes false falsehood Fanny father fault feel flattered Freeland girl give guest guilty habit hear heart honour hope indulge innocent lies Jemima JEROME OF PRAGUE Lady Alberry Lady Delaval Lady Leslie lence liar lies living Lollards look Lord MALIGNITY Marmaduke mean ment metho mind moral mother motives Musgrave nature never occasions offended opinion Overton painful penitent PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY persons poor principle religious replied resent ROBERT CARTER Sandford servants sincerity Somerstown soon soul speaking the truth spontaneous truth suffer sure tell temptation thee thing Thomas Bilney Thomas Wolsey thou thought tion told trust uncon unto utter vanity violate white lying wife wiser sex wish withholding woman worldly young