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... Carriages and riding horses came up in numbers . Trim little babies were secured in wicker baskets on to the backs of diminutive Shetland ponies , and led out by a long leathern strap for an " airing " by an under footman . Gay ladies ...
... Carriages and riding horses came up in numbers . Trim little babies were secured in wicker baskets on to the backs of diminutive Shetland ponies , and led out by a long leathern strap for an " airing " by an under footman . Gay ladies ...
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... Everything around looked gay and cheerful . The little party leant over the rails to watch for a while . Up the road went many carriage - folk , but more riders ; this , it seemed , was the time THE FIRST STUDY , WESTWARD . 27.
... Everything around looked gay and cheerful . The little party leant over the rails to watch for a while . Up the road went many carriage - folk , but more riders ; this , it seemed , was the time THE FIRST STUDY , WESTWARD . 27.
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... carriages were for the most part low- cut , open ones , perfectly appointed , sometimes drawn by two horses , sometimes by one only . In them generally reclined two fashionable ladies with a small child or a pug - dog sitting up in ...
... carriages were for the most part low- cut , open ones , perfectly appointed , sometimes drawn by two horses , sometimes by one only . In them generally reclined two fashionable ladies with a small child or a pug - dog sitting up in ...
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... carriages and horses ( much to the coachmen's disgust ) while he piloted them across . The main road still swept on , but there was another called the " Row , " with an unintelligible adjective often used in connection with it , which ...
... carriages and horses ( much to the coachmen's disgust ) while he piloted them across . The main road still swept on , but there was another called the " Row , " with an unintelligible adjective often used in connection with it , which ...
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... carriages- “ Vic- torias " they were called - had drawn up under the trees close to them in the drive , and the occupants had either alighted to sit or walk about , or leant back languidly , talking with men who came up to them . But ...
... carriages- “ Vic- torias " they were called - had drawn up under the trees close to them in the drive , and the occupants had either alighted to sit or walk about , or leant back languidly , talking with men who came up to them . But ...
Términos y frases comunes
answered arms asked beautiful busy carriages certainly church CITY OF PLEASURE close cloth course cried Croaker crowd Crown 8vo darlings delighted door Dot's doubt dressed excitement exclaimed eyes face fancy fashion Fcap fear flowers front garden gaze glanced Great-heart told hands happy hatchment head heart Hebrew Bible high bailiff hope hour hurry inquired knew lady little Dot Lollards looked Lowther Street luggage maiden mind morning morocco murmured nearly never night nymphets once party passed pleasure plenty poor portmanteaus Presently Punch and Judy quiet rooks round seemed Shetland ponies side sight sister smile soon sorrow sort stood sure talk tell things thought took travellers trees Trixie and Dot Trixie's truly turned waiting walk watched whispered window wonderful words
Pasajes populares
Página 368 - Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Página 248 - Tis the voice of the sluggard ; I heard him complain, " You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his sides, and his shoulders, and his heavy head. "A little more sleep, and a little more slumber...