A great sensation, Volum 2Hurst&Blackett, 1862 |
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Pàgina 2
... never saw any- one develop so wonderfully in so short a time . And she has talent , too ? " Dowager Lady Ravensdale . " Talent ? She has genius and power , such as , in suitable times , would form a heroine of the highest order . I ...
... never saw any- one develop so wonderfully in so short a time . And she has talent , too ? " Dowager Lady Ravensdale . " Talent ? She has genius and power , such as , in suitable times , would form a heroine of the highest order . I ...
Pàgina 3
... never run any greater risk than that of over - stat- ing the fine qualities of that girl , your future career will ... never can make out how it was that she didn't make Ravensdale turn out something better . He has run B 2 A GREAT ...
... never run any greater risk than that of over - stat- ing the fine qualities of that girl , your future career will ... never can make out how it was that she didn't make Ravensdale turn out something better . He has run B 2 A GREAT ...
Pàgina 4
... never was more sorry for anything . The county has lost the best man there was to stand for it . " Sir John Campion . " Was he going to stand ? " Lord Sevenoaks . " Yes ; and he threw it up when this happened ; and I'm very sorry , 4 A ...
... never was more sorry for anything . The county has lost the best man there was to stand for it . " Sir John Campion . " Was he going to stand ? " Lord Sevenoaks . " Yes ; and he threw it up when this happened ; and I'm very sorry , 4 A ...
Pàgina 6
... never entered into her inexperienced speculations on men and manners . Sir John Campion had fulfilled his pro- mise with a scrupulous exactness , in spirit as well as in letter , that puzzled Caterina , and , in some degree , himself ...
... never entered into her inexperienced speculations on men and manners . Sir John Campion had fulfilled his pro- mise with a scrupulous exactness , in spirit as well as in letter , that puzzled Caterina , and , in some degree , himself ...
Pàgina 11
... never- theless find him now , within a month of his previous visit , calling upon her , at ten o'clock in the morning , to ask a favour of her . Their interview is as follows : Sir John ( trying to look glad to see her ) . " Well ...
... never- theless find him now , within a month of his previous visit , calling upon her , at ten o'clock in the morning , to ask a favour of her . Their interview is as follows : Sir John ( trying to look glad to see her ) . " Well ...
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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.