Category: Novels
In the retired village of Deane, in Yorkshire, lived for many years one of those unfortunate females ycleped an old maid; a title which generally exposes the possessor to every species of contempt, however inoffensive, or even worthy, the individual may be, thus unluckily desi...
Whilst Mordaunt was thus occupied at Oxford, Mrs. Sullivan had been indulging in a variety of speculations, the object of which were, to endeavour to secure to her beloved son t...
3. CHAPTER III.The family at Webberly House was the only one in the neighbourhood of Deane, which lived in a style of ostentatious expense; its members vainly endeavouring to purchase respect...
13. CHAPTER XIII.The excuse, which Mordaunt had made for his abrupt departure from Deane Hall, was not, in truth, totally devoid of foundation: for he had really received an invitation to join a...
4. CHAPTER IV.Each look, each motion, wak'd a new born grace, That o'er her form its transient glory cast; Some lovelier wonder soon usurp'd the place, Chas'd by a charm still lovelier than t...
5. CHAPTER V.The dessert was scarcely laid on the table and the servants withdrawn, when a clatter of pattens and a loud talking announced the arrival of the guests from Deane. Mrs. Galton a...
2. CHAPTER II.About eleven next day, a crazy machine, in the days of our grandfathers called a noddy, appeared at Mrs. Martin's door. In it was seated Mr. Lucas in his best black suit and fla...
9. CHAPTER IX._Puff._--For, egad now, that is one of the most ungrateful observations I ever heard;--for the less inducement he has to tell all this, the more I think you ought to be obliged...
11. CHAPTER XI.Soon after the family at Deane Hall had lost the society of Augustus Mordaunt, they had accepted an invitation to dine at Webberly Mouse. The appointed day having arrived, and C...
15. CHAPTER XV.Few people were ever endowed with a greater capacity of receiving pleasureable emotions than Selina Seymour, and the whole tenor of her joyful life had hitherto tended to increa...
1. CHAPTER I.In the retired village of Deane, in Yorkshire, lived for many years one of those unfortunate females ycleped an old maid; a title which generally exposes the possessor to every...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Alquanto malagevole ed aspretta, Per mezzo im bosco presero la via, Che, oltra che sassosa fosse e stretta, Quasi su dritta alla collina gia. Ma poiche furo ascesi in su la belt...
12. CHAPTER XII.Pure was her bosom, as the silver lake, Ere rising winds the ruffled waters shake; When the bright pageants of the morning sky Across the expansive mirror lightly fly, By vernal...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Immediately after Sir Henry Seymour's death Mordaunt wrote to inform Mr. Seymour of the event, who was the nearest male relative to Sir Henry then alive, but who had not lived o...
10. CHAPTER X.----He says he loves my daughter, I think so too: for never gaz'd the moon Upon the water, as he'll stand and read As t'were, my daughter's eyes: and to be plain, I think there...
7. CHAPTER VII.Ah! gentle pair, ye little think, how nigh Your change approaches, when all these delights Will vanish, and deliver ye to wo, More wo, the more your taste is now of joy!
6. CHAPTER VI.Lady Eltondale was arrived at the meridian of life, and no longer boasted the charms of youth, "_Elle ne fut pas plus jolie; mais elle fut toujours belle_:" and perhaps the fini...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Augustus met with his usual kind reception at the parsonage; nor was it long before he found the opportunity he wished of consulting his earliest and most revered friend; for Mr...