Queens of Beauty and Their Romances, Volumen1D.Appleton, 1907 |
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actor actress admiration afterwards Agnes Ann Bracegirdle appeared beauty Belle Hamilton Belle Stewart Bellenden Captain character Charles charming coach Colley Cibber Colonel comedy Countess Court daughter death delightful dress Duchess of Tyrconnel Duke entertainment eyes face fashion Frances Jennings friendship gallant gentleman George Anne Bellamy girl give grace Grammont Gunning handsome happy heart Hervey Hill Horace Walpole husband Hutchinson John John Hutchinson King King's Lady Charlotte Lady Coventry Lady Elizabeth Hastings Lady Mary Lady Sarah Lennox Lady Susan Ledstone Lepel letters lived London look Lord Hervey Lord Mohun lordship lovers Lucy Lucy Hutchinson Maids of Honour marriage married Mary Berry Miss Berry mother Mountford never Oldfield Owthorpe passion person play pretty Princess Queen Royal says sister society stage Street sweet Talbot tell thing thought told took Tyrconnel virtue whilst wife woman women Wortley writes young
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Página 98 - twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), " No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Página 159 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels...
Página 134 - His endeavouring to shield her from a storm, was a natural action, and what he would have certainly done for his horse, if he had been in the same situation. Neither am I of opinion, that their sudden death was a reward of their mutual virtue.
Página 159 - Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expressed : A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
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Página 133 - ... arm about his Sarah's neck, and the other held over her face, as if to screen her from the lightning. They were struck dead, and already grown stiff and cold in this tender posture. There was no mark or discolouring on their bodies, only that Sarah's eyebrow was a little singed, and a small spot between her breasts. They were buried the next day in one grave...