A great sensation, Volum 2Hurst&Blackett, 1862 |
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Resultats 1 - 5 de 24.
Pàgina 1
... Dowager Lady Ravens- dale , Lord Sevenoaks , and Sir John Cam- pion . Distant echo of the friendly chorus : " Boo - hoo ! " Sir John Campion . " What has become of the other sister ? I've not seen her since we left the church . There's ...
... Dowager Lady Ravens- dale , Lord Sevenoaks , and Sir John Cam- pion . Distant echo of the friendly chorus : " Boo - hoo ! " Sir John Campion . " What has become of the other sister ? I've not seen her since we left the church . There's ...
Pàgina 2
... Dowager Lady Ravensdale . " She is she's the most remarkable girl I ever saw — and she's not half developed yet , in any way . She will be beyond measure handsomer than her sister , both in face and figure , by and by ; but she's only ...
... Dowager Lady Ravensdale . " She is she's the most remarkable girl I ever saw — and she's not half developed yet , in any way . She will be beyond measure handsomer than her sister , both in face and figure , by and by ; but she's only ...
Pàgina 3
... Dowager Lady Ravensdale . " If you never run any greater risk than that of over - stat- ing the fine qualities of that girl , your future career will be a very safe one . " Exit . Sir John Campion . " That's a settler for you , my boy ...
... Dowager Lady Ravensdale . " If you never run any greater risk than that of over - stat- ing the fine qualities of that girl , your future career will be a very safe one . " Exit . Sir John Campion . " That's a settler for you , my boy ...
Pàgina 31
... , " as soon as she had learnt to see her way ; and she had done so . That Constance should have fulfilled the Dowager's predictions , is a result not un- warranted by the previous accounts of her ; at any A GREAT SENSATION . 31.
... , " as soon as she had learnt to see her way ; and she had done so . That Constance should have fulfilled the Dowager's predictions , is a result not un- warranted by the previous accounts of her ; at any A GREAT SENSATION . 31.
Pàgina 33
... Dowager's prediction respect- ing her had been strictly verified , to the astonishment of all but three people , who , differing extremely in idiosyncrasy and antecedents , possessed each some quality by which to see and foresee her ...
... Dowager's prediction respect- ing her had been strictly verified , to the astonishment of all but three people , who , differing extremely in idiosyncrasy and antecedents , possessed each some quality by which to see and foresee her ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
acute Dowager answered Rupert beauty beg your pardon better brother Cadogan Place Carlsbad carriage cat's-paw Caterina CHAPTER cheek Constance countenance course daresay daugh door drawing-room Edgar Edith Ernsford Court eyes fact feel Francesca da Rimini gallery gone Grahame Grahame's Grosvenor Square half hand hear heard heart hobbledehoy hope horse hour idle pairs instant Jemima Kensington Gardens Lady Goodwin Lady Ravensdale less London look Lord Elfin Lord Elfintower Lord Elfintower's Lord Ravensdale Lord Sevenoaks mean mind minutes Molini Moorfield morning mysterious lady never o'clock passed pause Perringston position Pre-Raphaelite Ravensdale's recognised replied rose round Schönbeck seen Sir John Campion slapping fine woman slowly soon sorrow sort South Eastern Railway Spuckers stance stood suppose sure talk tell there's thing thought tion told tone turned Twinbriggles voice walked watching week whilst wish words
Passatges populars
Pàgina 51 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o...
Pàgina 6 - ... accent of Christians nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and bellowed that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Pàgina 5 - tis not to come ; if it be not to come, it will be now ; if it be not now, yet it will come : the readiness is all...
Pàgina 209 - Amor, ma tu allor più m'informe A seguir d'una fera che mi strugge La voce ei passi e l'orme, E lei non stringi, che s'appiatta e fugge.
Pàgina 41 - Sunt quibus in satira videar nimis acer et ultra legem tendere opus; sine nervis altera quidquid composui pars esse putat, similisque meorum mille die versus deduci posse. Trebati, quid faciam praescribe. 'quiescas.
Pàgina 193 - I can't think who can have put such an idea into your head.
Pàgina 261 - You are like a young bear : you have all your troubles before you.
Pàgina 14 - I have no more to do with her than the man in the moon; but I know all about her, and I wish to be of use to her if I can.