The Cheverels of Cheverel Manor: Being the Correspondence of Sir Roger and Lady NewdigateLongmans, Green, and Company, 1898 - 231 páginas |
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acct Adieu agreable Arbury arrived ask'd Barton Barwell Bates Bath beautiful Bishop of Peterborough Buxton call'd Chaise Charles Parker Charming Chilvers Coton daughter dear dine dinner Dunstable Fanny Friday friends George Eliot George Romney GILFIL'S LOVE-STORY give happy Harefield hear hope horses John Hoppner Lady Cheverel Lady Middleton Lady Newdigate Lady Newdigate's last night Letter Lisbon Lord miles Milly Miss Monday morning Mortellari Motta Music Nelly Mundy o'Clock Packington Road Romney Room Sally Sally's Saturday seems sent Servts sh'd Shipley sing Sir Roger sister sleep Stansted stay Sunday tell Templetown thing thought Thursday to-day to-morrow to-night told Tuesday Wandon Warwickshire Wednesday Whetham whilst wife wish writes ye 1st ye best ye Company ye day ye Dear ye house ye Sea ye Steyne ye whole yesterday
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Página 84 - The elder lady, who is advancing toward the cushions, is cast in a very different mould of womanhood. She is tall, and looks the taller because her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee, and surmounted by lace and ribbons. She is nearly fifty, but her complexion is still fresh and beautiful-, with the beauty of an auburn blond ; her proud pouting lips, and her head thrown a little backward as she walks, gives an expression of hauteur which is not contradicted by the cold grey eye. The tucked-in...
Página 91 - A note from Romney to desire me to dress myself in white Sattin before I come to him to-day ; I have no such thing in town...
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Página 109 - ... fully Gratified in every sense. She sung ' Ombre Amene ' ' Generosi Bretagne ' & a new Duett with Fanny most divinely, & her Manner & person was praised almost as much as her Voice. The General Opinion is that she will make a most Capital Singer in a year or two when she gets at her full strength, but everybody adds what a pity to send such a Sweet inocent Girl out of a happy & secure situation into such a Sea of Dangers as this town...
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