A winter in Washington; or, Memoirs of the Seymour family. Repr |
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Halaman v
... impossible to know , without loving for his virtues , and admiring for his talents . In choosing Washington as the scene of my story , and in attempting to describe its a 3 manners and society , his idea was inse rable from.
... impossible to know , without loving for his virtues , and admiring for his talents . In choosing Washington as the scene of my story , and in attempting to describe its a 3 manners and society , his idea was inse rable from.
Halaman vi
Seymour fict. family. manners and society , his idea was inse rable from the social circle which his sence embellished , or the public events which his wisdom directed . Although I have no precedent for in- troducing a living character ...
Seymour fict. family. manners and society , his idea was inse rable from the social circle which his sence embellished , or the public events which his wisdom directed . Although I have no precedent for in- troducing a living character ...
Halaman viii
... ideas , than by the existing scene . The Tiber , the Capitol , were words which imparted a charm to every surrounding object ; and never can I forget the emotions which I felt the first time I climbed the hill on which the Capitol is ...
... ideas , than by the existing scene . The Tiber , the Capitol , were words which imparted a charm to every surrounding object ; and never can I forget the emotions which I felt the first time I climbed the hill on which the Capitol is ...
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... ideas of happiness . Turning , therefore , after a moment's ex- amination of the young enthusiast , as she in her own mind called Theodore , to her aunt - " We will not , my dear madain , " said she to Mrs. Seymour , " enter into a ...
... ideas of happiness . Turning , therefore , after a moment's ex- amination of the young enthusiast , as she in her own mind called Theodore , to her aunt - " We will not , my dear madain , " said she to Mrs. Seymour , " enter into a ...
Halaman 21
... ideas of sobriety with these characters . " 66 " It is an idea you will soon lose , by mixing with the gay and fashionable world , ” said Mrs. Seymour . Though it is not often you meet with so much levity , and , I was going to add ...
... ideas of sobriety with these characters . " 66 " It is an idea you will soon lose , by mixing with the gay and fashionable world , ” said Mrs. Seymour . Though it is not often you meet with so much levity , and , I was going to add ...
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