Her face was pale and thin, her features irregular; they may have been considered plain, even in youth, but her expression was so benevolent, her manners were so perfectly well-bred, partaking of English dignity and Irish frankness, that one never thought... Temple Bar - Página 346editado por - 1895Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
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...once assented, adding, " By all means let us go, for I myself have never seen Melrose by moonlight." reference either to beauty or plainness ; she ever...word she uttered ; she knew how to listen as well as to talk, and gathered information in a manner highly complimentary to those from whom she sought... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1877 - 522 páginas
...plain, even in youth ; but her expression was so benevolent, her manners were so perfectly well bred — partaking of English dignity and Irish frankness —...eyes increased the value of every word she uttered ; • During Miss Edgeworth's visit to Abbotsford, in 1823, previous to the return visit to Edgeworthntown,... | |
| Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 390 páginas
...plain even in youth; but her expression was so benevolent, her manners were sо perfectly well bred, partaking of English dignity and Irish frankness,...with reference either to beauty or plainness. She e ver occupied without claiming attention, charmingcoutinually by her singularly pleasant voice, while... | |
| Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1882 - 620 páginas
...brief. In person she was very small — she was ' lost in THE HALLS' VISIT. 499 a crowd.' Her face was pale and thin, her features irregular : they may have...every word she uttered. She knew how to listen as well as to talk, and gathered information in a manner highly complimentary to those from whom she sought... | |
| Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1882 - 610 páginas
...London being rare and brief. In person she was very small — she was ' lost in a crowd." Her face was pale and thin, her features irregular : they may have...every word she uttered. She knew how to listen as well as to talk, and gathered information in a manner highly complimentary to those from whom she sought... | |
| Helen Gray Cone, Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1887 - 332 páginas
...Byron, with Notices of His Life,' edited by Thomas Moore. New York : Harper & Bros., 1868. Her face was pale and thin, her features irregular : they may have...increased the value of every word she uttered. . . . She was ever neat and particular in her dress ; her feet and hands were so delicate and small as to be... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1894 - 386 páginas
...emphatically at home ! In person she was very email — she was " lost in a crowd ! " Her face was pale and thin, her features irregular ; they may have...every word she uttered. She knew how to listen as well as to talk, and gathered information in a manner highly complimentary to those from whom she sought... | |
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...was emphatically at home ! In person she was very small—she was "lost in a crowd ! " Her face was pale and thin, her features irregular; they may have...earnestness and truth that beamed from her bright blue—very blue—eyes increased the value of every word she uttered. She knew how to listen as well... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1895 - 930 páginas
...plain, even in yonth. But her expression was so benevolent, her manners were so perfectly well bred — partaking of English dignity and Irish frankness —...ever occupied, without claiming, attention, charming conlinaally by her singularly pleasant voice, while the earnestness and truth that beamed from her... | |
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