 I brought him with me the other day to Bath, where he made such hasty love to Harriet, whom he had little doubt of subduing in a week, and where he so totally silenced my John Bull wife, who understands a Frenchman no better than Molly housemaid, where...  A Memoir of the Right Honourable Hugh Elliot - Side 285af Emma Eleanor Elizabeth Hislop Elliot-Murray Kynynmoumd Countess of Minto - 1868 - 436 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1868 - 548 sider
...sufferings, should rather increase than weaken our affection for him, and I am really happy in welcoming and perhaps serving him here. I brought him with me...all our friends, that I could hardly keep the peace in his favour ; and if he had not been called unexpectedly to town this morning, I am sure my wife's... | |
 | 1869 - 826 sider
...sufferings, should rather increase than weaken our affection for him, and I am really happy invelcoming and perhaps serving him here. I brought him with me...Frenchman no better than Molly housemaid, where he BO scared my little boy with caressing him, so completely disposed of me from breakfast to supper,... | |
 | Gilbert Elliot Earl of Minto - 1874 - 480 sider
...totally silenced my John Bull wife, who understands a Frenchman no better than Molly housemaid, and so scared my little boy with caressing him, so completely...astonished all our friends, that I could hardly keep reported to be there, in order to share the dangers of his friend Sir Gilbert. The whole story is so... | |
 | Gilbert Elliot Earl of Minto - 1874 - 432 sider
...success : — ' He made such hasty love to Harriet, whom he had little doubt of subduing in a week, and so totally silenced my John Bull wife, who understands a Frenchman no better than Molly housemaid, and so scared my little boy with caressing him, so completely disposed of me from breakfast to supper,... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1898 - 524 sider
...such hearty love to Harriet [Lady Elliot's sister] whom he had little doubt of subduing in a week, and so totally silenced my John Bull wife, who understands a Frenchman no better than Molly housemaid, and so scared my little boy by caressing him, so completely disposed of me from breakfast to supper,... | |
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