Home and the WorldD. Appleton, 1857 - 408 sider |
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Side 156
... Almeria , who , without hesitation , assumed the reins of government in the household , and subjected every one in it , even Mr. Belmont himself , to her imperious domination . Almeria Belmont had mistaken her vocation in endeavoring to ...
... Almeria , who , without hesitation , assumed the reins of government in the household , and subjected every one in it , even Mr. Belmont himself , to her imperious domination . Almeria Belmont had mistaken her vocation in endeavoring to ...
Side 157
Almeria Belmont had mistaken her vocation in endeavoring to present herself as a finical lady of fashion . Nature had designed her , if nature ever has such a design , for an actress ; for she was endowed with wonderful histrionic ...
Almeria Belmont had mistaken her vocation in endeavoring to present herself as a finical lady of fashion . Nature had designed her , if nature ever has such a design , for an actress ; for she was endowed with wonderful histrionic ...
Side 159
... Almeria's merits attention , though it was one that she had copied , and which has since become too common to be remarked upon ; the music which gave life to the scene was placed behind a bower of freshly blooming flowers , large enough ...
... Almeria's merits attention , though it was one that she had copied , and which has since become too common to be remarked upon ; the music which gave life to the scene was placed behind a bower of freshly blooming flowers , large enough ...
Side 160
... Almeria determined that it should electrify the world of fashion . The fan à l'antique , the Brussels lace handkerchief , and a bouquet of the rarest and most costly flowers that art could produce from the treasures of nature , were ...
... Almeria determined that it should electrify the world of fashion . The fan à l'antique , the Brussels lace handkerchief , and a bouquet of the rarest and most costly flowers that art could produce from the treasures of nature , were ...
Side 161
maidens , and Almeria descended to the receiving- rooms with delighted anticipation of the sensation her superb toilette would excite . As she passed mirror after mirror in walking through the long suite of rooms , each reflection of ...
maidens , and Almeria descended to the receiving- rooms with delighted anticipation of the sensation her superb toilette would excite . As she passed mirror after mirror in walking through the long suite of rooms , each reflection of ...
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acquaintance Almeria Antoine appeared Avonmore Beatrice beautiful Belmont beneath Bois de Boulogne bright brilliant Captain Delamere carriage charms cheek Clair companion Comte de Visconti conversation costume dark daugh daughter dear door dress Dubourg Duke of Orleans elegant Evelyn exclaimed expression eyes fair fair brow fancy father favorite feeling flowers Fowler garden Genoese gentle give glance graceful hand happy heard heart honor hope horses hour imagined inquired La Superba laughing letter light little Alice looked Louis Quinze louis-d'or lovely Madame de St Madame Laval Melville ment metropolis Miss morning mother mysterious nald nature never Nina noble Palais Royal passed perceived person pleasure present princess promise received Reginald replied Constance rose scene seat seemed seen shade side smile soon supposed thing thought tion Tuileries Uncle Uncle Tom Vicomte Villiers Vivian voice walked words young lady youth
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Side 50 - I found him close with Swift— Indeed? no doubt (Cries prating Balbus) something will come out.' 'Tis all in vain, deny it as I will: 'No, such a genius never can lie still'; And then for mine obligingly mistakes The first lampoon Sir Will or Bubo makes.
Side 231 - I charm thy life From the weapons of strife, From stone and from wood, From fire and from flood, From the serpent's tooth, And the beasts of blood : From Sickness I charm thee, And Time shall not harm thee ; But Earth, which is mine, Its fruits shall deny thee ; And Water shall hear me, And know thee and fly thee ; And the Winds shall not touch thee When they pass by thee, And the Dews shall not wet thee When they fall nigh thee...
Side 101 - Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath, brown furze, any thing : The wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death.
Side 167 - He is a gentleman, steady in his principles, of nice honour, with abundance of learning : brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a lion : a sure friend and an irreconcileable enemy : would lose his life readily to serve his country ; and would not do a base thing to save it.
Side 94 - ALAS ! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain has tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships, that have gone down at sea, When Heaven was all tranquillity! A something light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh ! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this has shaken.
Side 41 - The parlor windows in the newer portion "commanded a view of the extensive lawn in front of the house. One side of it gave entrance to a conservatory filled with tropical fruit trees and flowering plants.
Side 17 - World, In it, she stated that "the house . . . like the grounds showed the work of successive generations. The original structure had received many additions, some of the latest claiming a title to architectural taste The more ancient portion of the building . . . always seemed to possess a special attraction for the family.
Side 298 - Beatrice recognized the Duke de Chartres, the eldest son of the Duke of Orleans.
Side 85 - Ay, ay, Mr. vach, you'll be here of a week day soon, for I saw a funeral last night." Upon one occasion the clergyman asked her, "Well, Molly, have you seen a funeral lately?" " Ay, ay, Mr. vach," was the reply, " I saw one a night or two ago, and I saw you as plainly as I see you now ; and you did what I never saw you do before.