Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 73William Blackwood, 1853 - England |
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Page 77
... Heronry , the residence of Lady Lee , a goodly company - goodly , not so much in point of numbers as in personal ap- pearance . Three ladies were there , all young , and none of them plain . Lady Lee was a young widow , the handsomest ...
... Heronry , the residence of Lady Lee , a goodly company - goodly , not so much in point of numbers as in personal ap- pearance . Three ladies were there , all young , and none of them plain . Lady Lee was a young widow , the handsomest ...
Page 78
... Heronry again , to sit on the daisies and think of all I had seen . " " Dear me , " said Lady Lee , " you remind me , my dear , of fancies of my own that I used to have before I was married . You remember , Orelia , how romantic I was ...
... Heronry again , to sit on the daisies and think of all I had seen . " " Dear me , " said Lady Lee , " you remind me , my dear , of fancies of my own that I used to have before I was married . You remember , Orelia , how romantic I was ...
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... Heronry , might be closed to him altogether , or , at any rate , rendered a much less eligible abode ; and these contingencies he now exerted himself to guard against . Sir Joseph's was a mind in which , when an idea did enter , it got ...
... Heronry , might be closed to him altogether , or , at any rate , rendered a much less eligible abode ; and these contingencies he now exerted himself to guard against . Sir Joseph's was a mind in which , when an idea did enter , it got ...
Page 92
... Heronry were , for the most part , regulated by sport- ing events . He was a regular at- tendant at all great race meetings , and spent here the intervals , espe- cially if his funds were low . The state of these funds was almost en ...
... Heronry were , for the most part , regulated by sport- ing events . He was a regular at- tendant at all great race meetings , and spent here the intervals , espe- cially if his funds were low . The state of these funds was almost en ...
Page 147
... Heronry never makes much difference to me , said Lady Lee . " The Colonel cares as little for flowers and literature as I do for race - horses and Cuba cigars , so that we haven't much in common . But here he comes . " Bagot entered ...
... Heronry never makes much difference to me , said Lady Lee . " The Colonel cares as little for flowers and literature as I do for race - horses and Cuba cigars , so that we haven't much in common . But here he comes . " Bagot entered ...
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Page 109 - And beginning with Rokeby (the job's sure to pay) Means to do all the Gentlemen's Seats on the way. Now, the Scheme is (though none of our hackneys can beat him) To start a fresh Poet through Highgate to meet him; Who, by means of quick proofs — no revises — long coaches — May do a few Villas, before Sc — tt approaches.