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Peggy looked very sad and wan after her mother's departure, but her companions soon discovered that anything like out-spoken sympathy was unwelcome. The redder her eyes, the more erect and dignified was her demeanour; if her lips trembled when she spoke, the more grandiose and...
Many indeed regarded the attempt as almost certain, feeling sure that Napoleon would never be convinced of his own inability to conquer England, until he had tried and failed. A...
5. CHAPTER II.As we have seen, the incomes of our three friends amounted altogether to £270 a year. In the winter months the accounts for the rent of the rooms, coal, gas, candles, and simila...
3. PART II.No. The thing here meant is nothing more than the common domestic wit-snapper, generally, say her enemies, more of a snapper than a wit, concerning which statement it is perhaps...
1. CHAPTER VII.Peggy looked very sad and wan after her mother's departure, but her companions soon discovered that anything like out-spoken sympathy was unwelcome. The redder her eyes, the mor...
2. PART IV.The appearance of the hands is secondary only to that of the face, and many women pride themselves upon their beautiful white hands. But it is not everybody who can have white h...