The Metropolitan Magazine, Volume 33Saunders and Otley, 1842 |
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... never do . " Poor Constance ! As this bitter gibing smote upon her heart , a sear and yellow leaf " fell from the tree above her on her lap , and seemed to bring more melancholy with it . " When I sat under this same tree , " thought ...
... never do . " Poor Constance ! As this bitter gibing smote upon her heart , a sear and yellow leaf " fell from the tree above her on her lap , and seemed to bring more melancholy with it . " When I sat under this same tree , " thought ...
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... never ap- peared to her in the light he had supposed - that her eyes had never been opened to the contemptible traits which he had fancied he had seen her shrink from - that her love for him was enduring still - and that the change he ...
... never ap- peared to her in the light he had supposed - that her eyes had never been opened to the contemptible traits which he had fancied he had seen her shrink from - that her love for him was enduring still - and that the change he ...
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... Never , perhaps , had there been a finer example seen of a strutting , vain , and silly coxcomb , subjugated to the tyranny of an artful and imperious wife . Sir James hardly dared , in his very boldest mo- ments , to assert as much ...
... Never , perhaps , had there been a finer example seen of a strutting , vain , and silly coxcomb , subjugated to the tyranny of an artful and imperious wife . Sir James hardly dared , in his very boldest mo- ments , to assert as much ...
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... never any objection to doing that , " he replied , looking at her askance , as if afraid of the effect of his bold innuendo . And with reason too , for with a brow that seemed mimick- ing the awful front of thundering Jove , she ...
... never any objection to doing that , " he replied , looking at her askance , as if afraid of the effect of his bold innuendo . And with reason too , for with a brow that seemed mimick- ing the awful front of thundering Jove , she ...
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... never suffer you to show off your low spirits before company , without trying to rattle you out of them . Don't you think I am right , Mr. Fitz- osborne ? " 66 Upon my word , Lady Ridley , you must excuse my passing any judgment on the ...
... never suffer you to show off your low spirits before company , without trying to rattle you out of them . Don't you think I am right , Mr. Fitz- osborne ? " 66 Upon my word , Lady Ridley , you must excuse my passing any judgment on the ...
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