A great sensation, Volum 2Hurst&Blackett, 1862 |
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Pàgina 10
... stronger intellect and greater susceptibility , he instinctively avoided them , and they gradually dimi- nished in frequency and friendliness ; so that his last visit had measured nearly nine months from 10 A GREAT SENSATION .
... stronger intellect and greater susceptibility , he instinctively avoided them , and they gradually dimi- nished in frequency and friendliness ; so that his last visit had measured nearly nine months from 10 A GREAT SENSATION .
Pàgina 11
Edward Heneage Dering. that his last visit had measured nearly nine months from the preceding one , and termi- nated in coolness , not expressed , but un- derstood not necessary , but inevitable . - Such being the state of affairs , we ...
Edward Heneage Dering. that his last visit had measured nearly nine months from the preceding one , and termi- nated in coolness , not expressed , but un- derstood not necessary , but inevitable . - Such being the state of affairs , we ...
Pàgina 20
... nearly out of her wits . Its title was , " Steps on the ladder descending to perdition , " and its main tendency was to prove that those steps were worn by the feet of beauty blindly fated to eternal damnation . Reading and hearing ...
... nearly out of her wits . Its title was , " Steps on the ladder descending to perdition , " and its main tendency was to prove that those steps were worn by the feet of beauty blindly fated to eternal damnation . Reading and hearing ...
Pàgina 53
... nearly seven now . Come at once - will you ? " " It's very kind of you , " said Rupert , in a tone ill calculated to render the assertion reciprocal . " It's very kind of you ; but the fact is , it's quite impossible , for we've so much ...
... nearly seven now . Come at once - will you ? " " It's very kind of you , " said Rupert , in a tone ill calculated to render the assertion reciprocal . " It's very kind of you ; but the fact is , it's quite impossible , for we've so much ...
Pàgina 62
... sip with inconceiv- able slowness . This gained him nearly five minutes , but , like all temporary expedients , only delayed the crisis . The claret finished , and the conversation still in suspense 62 A GREAT SENSATION .
... sip with inconceiv- able slowness . This gained him nearly five minutes , but , like all temporary expedients , only delayed the crisis . The claret finished , and the conversation still in suspense 62 A GREAT SENSATION .
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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.