Memorials: And Other Papers, Bind 1J.R. Osgood, 1874 |
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Side 35
... gentlemen . His picture of Squire Western is not only a malicious , but also an incongruous libel . The squire's ordinary language is impossible , being alternately bookish and absurdly rustic . In reality , the conventional dialect ...
... gentlemen . His picture of Squire Western is not only a malicious , but also an incongruous libel . The squire's ordinary language is impossible , being alternately bookish and absurdly rustic . In reality , the conventional dialect ...
Side 36
... gentleman . Meantime the question arises , Did he mean his Squire Western for a representative portrait ? Possibly not . He might design it expressly as a sketch of an individ - ual , and by no means of a class . And the fault may be ...
... gentleman . Meantime the question arises , Did he mean his Squire Western for a representative portrait ? Possibly not . He might design it expressly as a sketch of an individ - ual , and by no means of a class . And the fault may be ...
Side 41
... gentlemen ; and almost uniformly I heard such verdicts passed upon the personal attrac- tions of both , but especially Lady Massey , as tended greatly to soothe the feelings of Lord Massey . It is singular that Lady Massey universally ...
... gentlemen ; and almost uniformly I heard such verdicts passed upon the personal attrac- tions of both , but especially Lady Massey , as tended greatly to soothe the feelings of Lord Massey . It is singular that Lady Massey universally ...
Side 44
... gentleman . The squire - not very rich , I believe , but rich enough to rank as a matri- monial prize in the lottery of a country girl , whom one single step of descent in life might have brought 44 THE ORPHAN HEIRESS .
... gentleman . The squire - not very rich , I believe , but rich enough to rank as a matri- monial prize in the lottery of a country girl , whom one single step of descent in life might have brought 44 THE ORPHAN HEIRESS .
Side 46
... gentleman , to what century be- longing I do not know , who had every possible bad quality known to European experience , and a solitary good one , namely , eight hundred thousand pounds sterling . The man's name was Schreiber ...
... gentleman , to what century be- longing I do not know , who had every possible bad quality known to European experience , and a solitary good one , namely , eight hundred thousand pounds sterling . The man's name was Schreiber ...
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