The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse, Viz. Our Village, Belford Regis, Country Stories, Finden's Tableaux, Foscari, Julian, Rienzi, Charles the FirstCrissy & Markley, 1846 - 672 pages |
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Page 12
... sweet even in its monosyllables ; a dress remarkable for neat- ness and propriety , and borrowing from her delicate beauty an air of superiority not its own ; -such was the outward woman of Han- nah . Her mind was very like her person ...
... sweet even in its monosyllables ; a dress remarkable for neat- ness and propriety , and borrowing from her delicate beauty an air of superiority not its own ; -such was the outward woman of Han- nah . Her mind was very like her person ...
Page 31
... sweet even at this season . We have the good fortune to live in an unen- closed parish , and may thank the wise obsti- nacy of two or three sturdy farmers , and the lucky unpopularity of a ranting madcap lord of the manor , for ...
... sweet even at this season . We have the good fortune to live in an unen- closed parish , and may thank the wise obsti- nacy of two or three sturdy farmers , and the lucky unpopularity of a ranting madcap lord of the manor , for ...
Page 38
... sweet complacency ! We walked about desolate and forlorn , with the painful sense of want and insufficiency , and of that vacancy in our home , and at our board , which the departure of a cherished guest is sure to occasion . To lament ...
... sweet complacency ! We walked about desolate and forlorn , with the painful sense of want and insufficiency , and of that vacancy in our home , and at our board , which the departure of a cherished guest is sure to occasion . To lament ...
Page 40
... sweet to satiety ! rich to sight , and touch , and smell ! Lizzy was enchanted , and ran off with her prize , hiding amongst the trees in the very coyness of ecstasy , as if any human eye , even mine , would be a restraint on her ...
... sweet to satiety ! rich to sight , and touch , and smell ! Lizzy was enchanted , and ran off with her prize , hiding amongst the trees in the very coyness of ecstasy , as if any human eye , even mine , would be a restraint on her ...
Page 61
... sweet and loving temper was self - rewarded . She enjoyed the happi- ness she gave . Those were pleasant evenings when my father and mother were engaged in the Christmas - dinner visits of a gay and ex- tensive neighbourhood , and Mrs ...
... sweet and loving temper was self - rewarded . She enjoyed the happi- ness she gave . Those were pleasant evenings when my father and mother were engaged in the Christmas - dinner visits of a gay and ex- tensive neighbourhood , and Mrs ...
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