The mysteries of the court of London, Teil 1,Band 1 -Teil 2,Band 2

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Seite 386 - ... Somerville, on returning to the room, entered immediately upon the subject by alluding to what I had seen. " I am little skilled," said she, " in keeping my feelings to myself. And why should I attempt it, when the cause of my disquietude is so obvious. My poor father " And as she uttered these words, she covered her face with her hands, and burst into an agony of tears.
Seite 4 - ... conviction of the necessity of persisting in a vigorous prosecution of the war. He announced his acceptance of the Crown of Corsica, and the conclusion of a treaty for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess Caroline of Brunswick. The Addresses in reply gave rise to warm debates with some circumstances not wholly in favour of the Government. Among the Peers, indeed, there were only the usual speakers of Opposition, as Lords Lansdowne and Stanhope, and the usual minority of ten or...
Seite 79 - you see, at last, the struggle between the body and the soul. You see conscience forced to yield, even in a redoubt which it had believed impregnable.
Seite 106 - Las Cases on board again before seven o'clock the same evening; and one of the first questions I put to him was, whether he had been at Rochefort. He answered, that on returning to Isle d'Aix, he found that Buonaparte had arrived there.
Seite 5 - ... and luv, by God's blessing, have settled down on this house ; but there are stings here and stings there, when we go out of doors. We must not only have peace and luv in the house, but peace all round it. So I 've made up my mind. I 'm for America ! " " For America 1 " exclaimed Jane. " Surely you cannot be in earnest.
Seite 60 - I asked to speak to Monseigneur the Archbishop of Cambray." " Well, I am he." " How! you, monseigneur ? " cried Buvat, taking his hat in both hands, and bowing almost to the ground ; " excuse me, but I did not recognise your Eminence. It is true that this is the first time I have had the honour of seeing you. Still hum ! at that air of majesty hum, hum I ought to have understood " " Your name ?" asked Dubois, interrupting the good man's compliments.
Seite 308 - ... rear by a very aged woman, apparently the mother of the miller, who, though dressed in the sober garb peculiar to her sect, and scarcely able to utter her words distinctly from age and loss of teeth, abused him as much and as rapidly as she possibly could. As she stood on the end of the plank, and there was only room for one person to pass at a time between the mill and the rail, which protected the passers over the plank, Aqueous still facing the miller's man who was following him closely, removed...
Seite 266 - ... had enough of them. I have received much kindness here from all sorts and conditions of men. Dearest and most enduring of all my recollections are those happy hours spent at Tillypronie with the earliest and best of our English friends. The chains of office will not fetter me for ever, I hope, and the first use I shall make of my liberty will be to cross the great water and to renew an acquaintance which will be precious to me as long as I live. To Senator Lodge LONDON, August 31, 1898. Just...
Seite 235 - He was, as usual, clothed in white; he was white, literally, from the hair of his head to the soles of his feet, and his face, though full of vigor, was much the same color.
Seite 340 - he cried, and in the cruel riot of anger and love that was going on within him he felt for the first time in his life as if he wanted to burst into tears.

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