Thoughts on men and things, a series of essays by 'Angelina Gushington'.Rivingtons, 1867 - 205 pages |
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... girl , to name her Miss Gushington , not seldom Miss Angelina Gushington ( see Essay ON GOING TO TOWN , & c . ) ; also , that when a comic writer has something more than usually absurd to say , or an observation more than ordinarily ...
... girl , to name her Miss Gushington , not seldom Miss Angelina Gushington ( see Essay ON GOING TO TOWN , & c . ) ; also , that when a comic writer has something more than usually absurd to say , or an observation more than ordinarily ...
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... girls have got on - and precious guys some of them make of themselves , I can tell you . And this reminds me to say how very kind the dons were to poor George , although he never will admit it , the ungrateful thing ! for one night when ...
... girls have got on - and precious guys some of them make of themselves , I can tell you . And this reminds me to say how very kind the dons were to poor George , although he never will admit it , the ungrateful thing ! for one night when ...
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... girl wears one of her own hair or somebody else's . A natural chignon is never so smooth as a false one , because , try as much as she will , the neatest and cleverest young - lady's maid can never prevent a few short hairs from ...
... girl wears one of her own hair or somebody else's . A natural chignon is never so smooth as a false one , because , try as much as she will , the neatest and cleverest young - lady's maid can never prevent a few short hairs from ...
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... girl who had hair enough of her own to make a chignon would ever think of hiding it under a net . Dear me ! what a trouble one's hair is to one . I am sure sometimes , before a party , my hair has been on my mind for hours together ...
... girl who had hair enough of her own to make a chignon would ever think of hiding it under a net . Dear me ! what a trouble one's hair is to one . I am sure sometimes , before a party , my hair has been on my mind for hours together ...
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... girl's prospects so much as a rumour that she is ever so little of a ' blue . ' Gentlemen always seem to me to what is termed " fight - shy " of any lady , especially any young lady , who appears to know what is meant by such things as ...
... girl's prospects so much as a rumour that she is ever so little of a ' blue . ' Gentlemen always seem to me to what is termed " fight - shy " of any lady , especially any young lady , who appears to know what is meant by such things as ...
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