ISBN: 9781458954541

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Before going to bed, he answered Long- vale's and Lady Pumpton's letters. He thanked Arthur for the offer of his rooms, and told him, without mentioning to what amount, that he had been a considerable sufferer through Winter's rascality. He spoke of giving up his clubs, and society in general, and confidentially avowed his intention of living economically for some time. He made no allusion to Lady Eda, though he read and re-read the passage inArthur's letter which related to her; thinking as he did so, how selfish it was to take pleasure in hearing she was sometimes sad at the mention of his name. "And yet, dear child," he exclaimed, " the clouds of memory pass quickly over your sunny being, and all is bright again as ever." To Lady Pumpton he " regretted that absence had prevented him receiving her note in time to answer it sooner. He was much flattered if his society could possibly be agreeable to her ladyship, and would do himself the honour to call to-morrow or the next day." He smiled as he folded this note. " Yes," thought he, " you will, at least serve to distract me. I dare say you will be glad to enrol me in the list of your cavaliers, though you would have despised the notion of marrying anybody but a Lord. Ha! ha! I verily believe I was jackanapes enough to think of falling in love with you once myself. Old Johnson said marriages would be aswell assorted if the couples were matched by the Lord Chancellor. I'faith, I believe there's some truth in it! Fancy now, if I had married that woman, what a life she would have led me! The chances are, we should have been two again within six weeks of the day we were made one. And yet I certainly was within an ace of falling in love with her. What fools we are, to be sure! and all for a pretty face! In. Books History~~General High-and-Low-Or-Lifes-Chances-and-Changes~~Henry-John-Coke General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Hurst and Blackett in 1854 in 318 pages; Subjects: History / General;<

ISBN: 9781458954541

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1854 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. It was rather late when he got there; but it was the only dancing drum of the night, and the house was crowded from half-way up the staircase to a third of the way up to the second floor. He found Lady Pippledem on the landing. She never deserted her post, push, and crush, and squeeze as they would, the whole crowd could not have budged Lady Pippledem from the spot where she received her guests. With so many great people to shake hands with, she must have died of apoplexy (her threatening malady) if they had not moved her from the landing. The Marchioness of Frumpingdown would have cut i her for ever if she had not been ready, as that great lady came up, to make a lane, and say loud enough for everybody to hear: Would you be kind enough to let Lady Frumpingdown get past. And then, what a disappointment it would have been to the whole room not to have known that the Countess of Blueblaises was at the party. All the world was ready, at the shortest notice, to fall down and worship Lady Blueblaises--it was so well known she had not her equal in the United Kingdom for saying ill-natured things and taking away people''s characters. Lady Pippledem welcomed her with becoming affection, and whispered to a bystander, so that Lady Blueblaises might hear it, What a lovely girl Lady Adlecheeser (her seventh daughter) is. She was a shrewd matron, was Lady Pippledem--made a good, dashing, vulgar attempt to be a great lady, and succeeded on the main as well as the average do. Rank was her idol--the cabalistic arts of a Baptiste Hatton had never been dreamed of in her philosophy--and she plumped down on her knees without more ado, and fell to worshipping it quite devoutly; not in a sneaking, cowardly, underhand way, like some who are ashamed of what they... Henry John Coke, Books, History, High And Low; Or, Life's Chances And Changes Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Hurst and Blackett in 1854 in 318 pages; Subjects: History / General;<

ISBN: 9781458954541

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1854 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. It was rather late when he got there; but it was the only dancing drum of the night, and the house was crowded from half-way up the staircase to a third of the way up to the second floor. He found Lady Pippledem on the landing. She never deserted her post, push, and crush, and squeeze as they would, the whole crowd could not have budged Lady Pippledem from the spot where she received her guests. With so many great people to shake hands with, she must have died of apoplexy (her threatening malady) if they had not moved her from the landing. The Marchioness of Frumpingdown would have cut i her for ever if she had not been ready, as that great lady came up, to make a lane, and say loud enough for everybody to hear: Would you be kind enough to let Lady Frumpingdown get past. And then, what a disappointment it would have been to the whole room not to have known that the Countess of Blueblaises was at the party. All the world was ready, at the shortest notice, to fall down and worship Lady Blueblaises--it was so well known she had not her equal in the United Kingdom for saying ill-natured things and taking away people''s characters. Lady Pippledem welcomed her with becoming affection, and whispered to a bystander, so that Lady Blueblaises might hear it, What a lovely girl Lady Adlecheeser (her seventh daughter) is. She was a shrewd matron, was Lady Pippledem--made a good, dashing, vulgar attempt to be a great lady, and succeeded on the main as well as the average do. Rank was her idol--the cabalistic arts of a Baptiste Hatton had never been dreamed of in her philosophy--and she plumped down on her knees without more ado, and fell to worshipping it quite devoutly; not in a sneaking, cowardly, underhand way, like some who are ashamed of what they... Henry John Coke, Books, History, High And Low; Or, Life's Chances And Changes Books>History, General Books LLC<