Longman's Magazine, Volume 22Longmans, Green, 1893 |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-5 van 40
Pagina
... girl . On learning their business the damsel shouted upstairs , " Mother , here's a gentleman as is come for father's vote for Member of Parliament . " To this a voice from above made answer , " Tell ' im to chalk his name on the ...
... girl . On learning their business the damsel shouted upstairs , " Mother , here's a gentleman as is come for father's vote for Member of Parliament . " To this a voice from above made answer , " Tell ' im to chalk his name on the ...
Pagina 42
... girl ready to join the noble army of martyrs ; she has not quite forgotten yet how to romp and ' pretend ' on her own account , and to her the floor does not seem such a long way off as it does to her elders . Or there is the dear old ...
... girl ready to join the noble army of martyrs ; she has not quite forgotten yet how to romp and ' pretend ' on her own account , and to her the floor does not seem such a long way off as it does to her elders . Or there is the dear old ...
Pagina 45
... girls were treated by him as a dangerous explosive , within a mile of which no match should be struck , for fear of a catastrophe , and so faithful was he to this theory that his friends frequently felt it their duty to reason with him ...
... girls were treated by him as a dangerous explosive , within a mile of which no match should be struck , for fear of a catastrophe , and so faithful was he to this theory that his friends frequently felt it their duty to reason with him ...
Pagina 47
... girls - upon my word , it's letting the wolf into the sheep- fold . ' ' Very possibly the wolf is not so black as he is painted , ' Miss Wilkins cautiously suggested . ' He is blacker , at any rate , far , than he ought to be , and it ...
... girls - upon my word , it's letting the wolf into the sheep- fold . ' ' Very possibly the wolf is not so black as he is painted , ' Miss Wilkins cautiously suggested . ' He is blacker , at any rate , far , than he ought to be , and it ...
Pagina 50
... girl with a straw hat shading her face , and her back turned to him , while she busied herself with the fastening . Conrad's first impression was one of annoyance at the inter- ruption of his privacy , his second was the question ...
... girl with a straw hat shading her face , and her back turned to him , while she busied herself with the fastening . Conrad's first impression was one of annoyance at the inter- ruption of his privacy , his second was the question ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Allerton Alston ANDREW LANG answered Arthur Fulton asked Barty better Blencowe Blois Bruhl CHLORODYNE cried curaçoa Curé d'Agen dark Davos door doubt Drake dress England English ENO'S FRUIT SALT epiphytes exclaimed eyes face Father Urquhart fear feel felt followed gentleman girl give half hand Hawkins head heard heart honour horses hour Huguenot Humphry Clinker joke king King of Navarre knew lady laughed leave leopard London looked Lord Arthur Madame mademoiselle Maignan Majesty Marsac matter miles mind Miss morning never night once orchids passed perhaps person poor present Rambouillet replied Rosny round seemed seen ships Simon Fleix Sir Barton sire smile Spanish speak stood strange Street tell thing Thomas Clutterbuck thought told took trees turned voice woman wonder word writing Yegor young
Populaire passages
Pagina 522 - I will do it if you will allow me; only you must resolve and not delay or dally — the wings of man's life are plumed with the feathers of death.
Pagina 438 - It may please your Honour to be advertised that Fitzwilliam is returned from Spain, where his message was acceptably received, both by the King himself, the Duke of Feria, and others of the Privy Council. His despatch and answer were with great expedition and great countenance and favour of the King. The Articles are sent to the Ambassador with orders also for the money to be paid to me by him, for the enterprise to proceed with all diligence. The pretence is that my powers should join with the Duke...
Pagina 42 - This day, being Sunday, January 28, 1727-8, about eight o'clock at night, a servant brought me a note, with an account of the death of the truest, most virtuous, and valuable friend that I, or perhaps any other person, was ever blessed with.
Pagina 36 - Do you know what ? when I am writing in our language, I make up my mouth just as if I was speaking it. I caught myself at it just now.
Pagina 374 - And sure no one will contend, that the epistolary style is in general the most proper to a novelist, or that it hath been used by the best writers of this kind.
Pagina 42 - I cannot call to mind that I ever once heard her make a wrong judgment of persons, books, or affairs Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom mixed with the greatest decency. She had a gracefulness, somewhat more than human, in every motion, word, and action.
Pagina 379 - London is literally new to me ; new in its streets, houses, and even in its situation : as the Irishman said, " London is now gone out of town." What I left open fields, producing hay and corn, I now find covered with. streets, and squares, and palaces, and churches. I am credibly informed, that, in the space of seven years, eleven thousand new houses have been built in one quarter of Westminster, exclusive of what is daily added to other parts of this unwieldy metropolis.
Pagina 192 - A new invention is brought before the public, and commands success. A score of abominable imitations are immediately introduced by the unscrupulous, who, in copying the original closely enough to deceive the public, and yet not so exactly as to infringe upon legal rights, exercise an ingenuity that, employed in an original channel, could not fail to secure reputation and profit."— ADAMS.
Pagina 379 - About five and twenty years ago, very few, even of the most opulent citizens of London kept any equipage, or even any servants in livery. Their tables produced nothing but plain boiled and roasted, with a bottle of port and a tankard of beer.
Pagina 41 - ... now, cutting down willows, planting others, scouring my canal, and every kind of thing. If Raymond goes over this summer, you must submit, and make them a visit, that we may have another eel and trout fishing ; and that Stella may ride by and see Presto in his morning-gown in the garden, and so go up with Joe to the Hill of Bree, and round by Scurlock's Town.