Memoirs of Harriot, Duchess of St. Albans, Volume 2Carey and Hart, 1840 |
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Page 11
... never had money to spare for the purchase of real gems , and she had been so unlucky with her paste - diamonds , that she was resolved to keep all her savings for extra satin - shoes and fresh gloves . " And so you have not a ruby ...
... never had money to spare for the purchase of real gems , and she had been so unlucky with her paste - diamonds , that she was resolved to keep all her savings for extra satin - shoes and fresh gloves . " And so you have not a ruby ...
Page 12
... never a day without wearing this valued souvenir , which in time she had surrounded by brilliants : she even made the artists represent it in her portraits ; and it figures in miniature in our own frontis- piece . When the Colosseum was ...
... never a day without wearing this valued souvenir , which in time she had surrounded by brilliants : she even made the artists represent it in her portraits ; and it figures in miniature in our own frontis- piece . When the Colosseum was ...
Page 18
... never exchanged a word with him . Yet that she had been an actress was an excuse in his mind for addressing her with such flippant familiarity . This person was as vain as he was indolent , and was continually recurring to " his ...
... never exchanged a word with him . Yet that she had been an actress was an excuse in his mind for addressing her with such flippant familiarity . This person was as vain as he was indolent , and was continually recurring to " his ...
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... never see it again . " " I am very sorry , dear mother . ” 66 Yes , my dear ; but the worst of the matter is , that I have not another sixpence in the world , and that money was required for a most pressing matter . Could you , dear ...
... never see it again . " " I am very sorry , dear mother . ” 66 Yes , my dear ; but the worst of the matter is , that I have not another sixpence in the world , and that money was required for a most pressing matter . Could you , dear ...
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... never exhibited by daylight , conti- nued to wear , while ridiculously ashamed of the voluntary obligations they had incurred . It seems to have been decreed that the cur- rent of Miss Mellon's domestic life should be every now and then ...
... never exhibited by daylight , conti- nued to wear , while ridiculously ashamed of the voluntary obligations they had incurred . It seems to have been decreed that the cur- rent of Miss Mellon's domestic life should be every now and then ...
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