The Englishman: A Novel : in Six VolumesPrinted at the Minerva-Press, for A.K. Newman and Company, Leadenhall-Street, 1812 |
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... sphere must inter- nally acknowledge that perfection of cha- racter is a lusus naturæ , which does not often grace our sublunary state . VOL . I. To To the commingled character , in which the virtues outbalanced THE ...
... sphere must inter- nally acknowledge that perfection of cha- racter is a lusus naturæ , which does not often grace our sublunary state . VOL . I. To To the commingled character , in which the virtues outbalanced THE ...
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A Novel : in Six Volumes Medora Gordon Byron. To the commingled character , in which the virtues outbalanced the foibles , there can be no moral impropriety in my introducing my readers ; as such , it is to the hospitable mansion of sir ...
A Novel : in Six Volumes Medora Gordon Byron. To the commingled character , in which the virtues outbalanced the foibles , there can be no moral impropriety in my introducing my readers ; as such , it is to the hospitable mansion of sir ...
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... character ? in short , is not the union , in every point of view , a most promising one ? " " Granted , " said the baronet ; " yet Grace would have preferred a Wentworth . I know it , sir - do not attempt to contra- dict me . She has ...
... character ? in short , is not the union , in every point of view , a most promising one ? " " Granted , " said the baronet ; " yet Grace would have preferred a Wentworth . I know it , sir - do not attempt to contra- dict me . She has ...
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... character of an Englishman , must be determined by those who follow us through the ensuing pages . The effect of that reply , however , would of itself form a little episode , so various are the compre- hensions of the human mind . ˋ ...
... character of an Englishman , must be determined by those who follow us through the ensuing pages . The effect of that reply , however , would of itself form a little episode , so various are the compre- hensions of the human mind . ˋ ...
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... character ; but when thus surprised into the presence of her heart's master , and attacked in the way we have related , her unguarded manner caused a suffusion a suffusion and agitation , too much in unison with THE ENGLISHMAN . 19.
... character ; but when thus surprised into the presence of her heart's master , and attacked in the way we have related , her unguarded manner caused a suffusion a suffusion and agitation , too much in unison with THE ENGLISHMAN . 19.
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