Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-mondeJ. Bell, 1825 |
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... appeared , among the virgins of her tribe , as a gem of Golconda amidst beads of glass . Her parents saw in her , as in a flattering mirror , their fondest wishes . They pearled her jet black hair with many a costly transparent row ...
... appeared , among the virgins of her tribe , as a gem of Golconda amidst beads of glass . Her parents saw in her , as in a flattering mirror , their fondest wishes . They pearled her jet black hair with many a costly transparent row ...
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... appeared very sensible and intelligent . All public business , however , is transacted by the The women do not appear in mixed company ; but in influencing affairs , and in private negociations , they are powerful in- struments . men ...
... appeared very sensible and intelligent . All public business , however , is transacted by the The women do not appear in mixed company ; but in influencing affairs , and in private negociations , they are powerful in- struments . men ...
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... appeared at church , they created general envy and astonishment . In process of time death carried off the father and mother , and husbands carried off the daughters . My grandmother , now sole mistress of the mansion , began to turn ...
... appeared at church , they created general envy and astonishment . In process of time death carried off the father and mother , and husbands carried off the daughters . My grandmother , now sole mistress of the mansion , began to turn ...
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... appeared to me as the summit of architectural grandeur . Its inmates were , in my appre- hension , a race of superior beings ; and now , by one of the common turns of for- tune , how nearly do we approximate ! How the people I pass bow ...
... appeared to me as the summit of architectural grandeur . Its inmates were , in my appre- hension , a race of superior beings ; and now , by one of the common turns of for- tune , how nearly do we approximate ! How the people I pass bow ...
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... appeared at dinner . own ale than was consistent with the When we rose from table , she proposed patriarchal age attained by his ancestors . our going into " the other room , " and led After the death of her husband , my sister- the way ...
... appeared at dinner . own ale than was consistent with the When we rose from table , she proposed patriarchal age attained by his ancestors . our going into " the other room , " and led After the death of her husband , my sister- the way ...
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Side 14 - Under the Greenwood Tree Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i...
Side 252 - And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, "Go up, thou bald head...
Side 4 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Side 236 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads. Her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness; instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.
Side 62 - London dead : Much good, some ill, he did ; so hope all's even, And that his soul through mercy's gone to heaven.
Side 236 - Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Side 236 - That Day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with Pearls of the Size of Beans, and over it a Mantle of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads; her Train was very long, the End of it borne by a Marchioness; instead of a Chain, she had an oblong Collar of Gold and Jewels.
Side 61 - ... thine own distress With accurate greediness) Of every past delight : — Of all his winning ways, His pretty playful smiles, His joy at sight of thee, His tricks, his mimicry, And all his little wiles ! Oh ! these are recollections Round mothers' hearts that cling ; That mingle with the tears And smiles of after years, With oft awakening.
Side 262 - tis lovely ! Childhood's lip and cheek, Mantling beneath its earnest brow of thought ! Gaze — yet what seest thou in those fair, and meek, And fragile things, as...
Side 62 - And that his soul through mercy's gone to heaven ! You that survive and read this tale, take care For this most certain exit to prepare, Where blest in peace, the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the silent dust.