Author: Dorothea GerardPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 336
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An Arranged Marriage
Author: Dorothea GerardAn Arranged Marriage (Classic Reprint)
Author: Dorothea GerardPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334926488
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Excerpt from An Arranged Marriage The Old lady next to Sir George is Lady Malvern, and her principal delight in life is to pick holes in her friends' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
An Arranged Marriage
Author: Dorothea GerardPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230283395
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xxvi. the second ball at farringdccn." It was April, and again the stately apartments of Farringdon Hall were alive with music and lights. The second ball given by Mr. Brand under his own roof was very magnificent, though scarcely more magnificent than the first had been just one year ago. To an ignorant eye the scene presented was much the same, but there were no ignorant eyes here to-night. Nobody had slept at the village inn this time, and there was no danger of any ill-natured insinuations being circulated with regard to the source from which the guests had been supplied. Everybody present not only knew everybody else personally and intimately, but could also have stood an examination upon the pedigree of each of his fellow-guests. Mr. Brand, in a new evening coat and new gold studs, was too happy to speak much, but moved incessantly from room to room, treading as heavily as though he were tramping the high-road, and. yet believing himself to be walking upon clouds. The evening was to him an ever-repeated peregrination. In the first drawing-room there was Sir George Claverstone to be seen, talking to Miss Nelton, and trying the while to look as though it was the most natural thing in the world for him to be there. In the billiard-room the Honourable Mr. Paton was advising a neighbour as to the purchase of a hunter; in the supper-room, a big man with white eyelashes, whom Mr. Brand understood to be distantly related to a duke, was handing an ice to the fair-haired Jenny Linwood, while in the dancing-room hard by various ladies and gentlemen with most satisfactory-sounding names were revolving to the sound of a splendidly executed waltz. But this was not all. In the boudoir beyond the dancingroom there was the best thing of all...
Bulletin
Author: Cincinnati (Ohio), Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
The Literary Year-book
Author: Frederick George AflaloPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Consists of "accessions" and "books in foreign languages".
Bulletin of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: Literary Year-book and Bookman's Directory
Author: Bulletin of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: Library Company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 996
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