The Listener, Volume 1James Nisbet, 1830 - Education |
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Page 12
... lady was so busy in pulling the dead leaves from a Geranium , and crumbling them in her fingers , I could not doubt but some important purpose was in the task . A third resumed the newspaper he had read for a whole hour before , and ...
... lady was so busy in pulling the dead leaves from a Geranium , and crumbling them in her fingers , I could not doubt but some important purpose was in the task . A third resumed the newspaper he had read for a whole hour before , and ...
Page 13
... would do it for me for a shilling , but I must save my allowance this week to buy a French trinket I have taken a fancy to . " " Poor thing ! she is much to be pitied , " said the lady of the trimming . " If I had THE LISTENER . 13.
... would do it for me for a shilling , but I must save my allowance this week to buy a French trinket I have taken a fancy to . " " Poor thing ! she is much to be pitied , " said the lady of the trimming . " If I had THE LISTENER . 13.
Page 14
... lady of the beads , " I can rarely make time for walking - though keeping the house makes me miserably languid . " And so the morning passed . It was four o'clock , and the company dispersed to their apartments . I pretend not to know ...
... lady of the beads , " I can rarely make time for walking - though keeping the house makes me miserably languid . " And so the morning passed . It was four o'clock , and the company dispersed to their apartments . I pretend not to know ...
Page 15
... lady something older , turning the leaves meantime so very fast , that those who are not used to this method of reading , might suppose she found nothing in it worthy of attention . " I dare say it is , " said another , whose eyes had ...
... lady something older , turning the leaves meantime so very fast , that those who are not used to this method of reading , might suppose she found nothing in it worthy of attention . " I dare say it is , " said another , whose eyes had ...
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... lady above that age can be charged with the habit I presume to censure . When young people are alone , freed from the constraints of society and the presence of those who are older or wiser than themselves , their ceaseless volubility ...
... lady above that age can be charged with the habit I presume to censure . When young people are alone , freed from the constraints of society and the presence of those who are older or wiser than themselves , their ceaseless volubility ...
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