Walter HamiltonThomas Cautley Newby, Publisher, 1846 |
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... height of what was then called " the Season " at Cheltenham , some forty years ago , that the Duchess of Wynstanley , in her usual vivacious and somewhat peremptory VOL . I. B style , wrote to her brother - in - law WALTER HAMILTON ...
... height of what was then called " the Season " at Cheltenham , some forty years ago , that the Duchess of Wynstanley , in her usual vivacious and somewhat peremptory VOL . I. B style , wrote to her brother - in - law WALTER HAMILTON ...
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... refusal was precisely what the Duchess was least accustomed to --- it was an event , and therefore a pleasurable excitement ; it was treason against her authority , and there- fore to be resisted , -it was a novelty in 2 WALTER HAMILTON .
... refusal was precisely what the Duchess was least accustomed to --- it was an event , and therefore a pleasurable excitement ; it was treason against her authority , and there- fore to be resisted , -it was a novelty in 2 WALTER HAMILTON .
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... Duchess must be obeyed ; and the result was that her truant brother - in - law was speedily at her chariot wheel . Yet Lord Henry Massinger was one more accus- tomed to govern than obey , albeit not unused to the gentle thraldom of a ...
... Duchess must be obeyed ; and the result was that her truant brother - in - law was speedily at her chariot wheel . Yet Lord Henry Massinger was one more accus- tomed to govern than obey , albeit not unused to the gentle thraldom of a ...
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... Duchess of Wynstanley's love of patronage should so far have exceeded the bounds of common sense as to induce her to extend her protection to --- an Irish girl ! She had often boasted that though she had read of Irish bogs and Irish ...
... Duchess of Wynstanley's love of patronage should so far have exceeded the bounds of common sense as to induce her to extend her protection to --- an Irish girl ! She had often boasted that though she had read of Irish bogs and Irish ...
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... Duchess's encomiums on the Irish heiress ; ' for notwithstanding her Grace's professed love of novelty , it must not be supposed that had all the charms of Ellen O'Dwyer been multiplied a hundred fold , they alone could not have ...
... Duchess's encomiums on the Irish heiress ; ' for notwithstanding her Grace's professed love of novelty , it must not be supposed that had all the charms of Ellen O'Dwyer been multiplied a hundred fold , they alone could not have ...
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agent amongst anxiety appeared beauty brogue carriage Castle character cheek countenance Darnley Court Darnley's dear Doctor Sydney Dogherty Dogherty's door Dublin Duchess of Wynstanley Duke Dwyerstown Ellen encreased enquired equally exclaimed eyes favour feelings felt forgot gave gentlemen girl Granny half Hamil hand happy heard heart Henry's honour hope horse hour ilton Ireland Irish Jane O'Dwyer Jane's Lady Fermanagh Lady Henry Massinger Lady Jane Jamieson Larry Connor laugh less letter London looked Lord Henry Massinger Lord Weston Lord Winterton Lordship Loughnamore Macauley manner marriage ment mind Miss O'Dwyer morning Moyer namore never night once Oxfordshire passed perhaps poor racter replied round Rourke ruin scarcely scene seemed shew silence sister smile soon squireen stood tell thought tion tone turned voice Walter dear Walter Hamilton whilst whispered window wish words
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Página 176 - Even here undone ! I was not much afeard ; for once, or twice, I was about to speak, and tell him plainly, The selfsame sun that shines upon his court, Hides not his visage from our cottage, but Looks on alike.
Página 149 - Nay, had she been true, If heaven would make me such another world Of one entire and perfect chrysolite, I'd not have sold her for it.
Página 273 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Página 275 - Lord Angelo is precise ; Stands at a guard with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : Hence shall we see.
Página 206 - ... keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope" — we have presumed to court the assistance of the friends of the drama to strengthen our infant institution.
Página 153 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Página 177 - For men Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief Which they themselves not feel.
Página 49 - I have heard, but not believed, the spirits o' th' dead May walk again. If such thing be, thy mother Appeared to me last night, for ne'er was dream So like a waking. To me comes a creature, Sometimes her head on one side, some another.
Página 63 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes
Página 260 - ... the quays of the Rhone. Ah, those three were not philosophers ! Anxiously and tenderly they watched the asthmatic progress of the steamboat, and when its plume of smoke was no larger than a swallow on the horizon they were still waving and calling good-bye. All this time our philosopher was walking up and down the deck, with his hands in his pockets, and his head very high. He whistled, spat a long distance, stared at the women, inspected the working of the boat, swaggering as if he were a big...