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Σελίδα 59
In those days the person of a belle was sacred — it was un . profaned by the
sacreligious grasp of a stranger : - simple souls : -- they had not the waltz among
them yet ! My good aunt prided herself on keeping up this buckram delicacy ; and
if ...
In those days the person of a belle was sacred — it was un . profaned by the
sacreligious grasp of a stranger : - simple souls : -- they had not the waltz among
them yet ! My good aunt prided herself on keeping up this buckram delicacy ; and
if ...
Σελίδα 65
I contemplated with absolute dismay . As he still retained a spark of regard for the
lady who once reigned in his affections , he had been at unusual pains in
decorating his person , and broke upon my sight arrayed in the true style that
prevailed ...
I contemplated with absolute dismay . As he still retained a spark of regard for the
lady who once reigned in his affections , he had been at unusual pains in
decorating his person , and broke upon my sight arrayed in the true style that
prevailed ...
Σελίδα 66
... in contact with her train , lest it should scorch me like the tail of a comet . - But
who , I beg of you , is that amiable youth who is handing along a young lady , and
at the same time contemplating his 66 sweet person in a mirror , as he passes ?
... in contact with her train , lest it should scorch me like the tail of a comet . - But
who , I beg of you , is that amiable youth who is handing along a young lady , and
at the same time contemplating his 66 sweet person in a mirror , as he passes ?
Σελίδα 94
Van Vorst -- a person of the same name , in 1769 , owned Pawles Hook , and a
large farm at Pavonia , and is a lineal descendant from Van Vorst . ” So called
from the Navesink tribe of Indians , that inhabited these parts at present they are ...
Van Vorst -- a person of the same name , in 1769 , owned Pawles Hook , and a
large farm at Pavonia , and is a lineal descendant from Van Vorst . ” So called
from the Navesink tribe of Indians , that inhabited these parts at present they are ...
Σελίδα 138
Every person of the least observation , or experience , must have observed that
where this practice of marrying cousins , and second cousins , prevails in a family
, every member , in the course of a few generations , becomes queer ...
Every person of the least observation , or experience , must have observed that
where this practice of marrying cousins , and second cousins , prevails in a family
, every member , in the course of a few generations , becomes queer ...
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