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Excerpt from The Man of Fortune, Vol. 1 of 2: And Other TalesHis nearest relatives were cousins, the sons of uncles, who had tormented him with advice and interference in his youth. He hated the whole pack of them. They were the Master Goodchilds who had been set up as examples to his boy hood. Of their children he knew nothing, he wished to know nothing, chiefly because their injudicious parents were always tormenting him with letters concern...

Excerpt from The Royal FavouriteI Will not enlarge won the woes of tho exiled queen. Since the days of the great Sir alter, the case of distressed royalty has gone rather out of fashion. Charles II. Was little more than a boy, Mary de Medicis little less than an old woman. But extremes meet, as well as distressed sovereigns, and all that the rival of the fair Gabrielle had to bestow upon the future patron of Nell Gwynne, was a rest deat of goo...

Excerpt from Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb, Vol. 3 of 3: A NovelMy poetry is the dream of the sleeping passions. When they are awake, I cannot speak their language - only in.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct t...

Excerpt from Progress and Prejudice, Vol. 2 of 2He did not hear the gasping sigh that burst from the bosom of his companion. He was listening only to himself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the ...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Memoirs of a Peeress, or the Days of Fox, Vol. 1 of 2What next? Is not the author of Hajji Babs, sati with giving us the most perfect and entertaining picture 0 East, and oriental feelings, customs, and manners, that he break into the preserves of the best describers of our ow tional characters and society? Abel Allnutt is more near! Vicar of Wakefield than any novel we can call to mind the epoch of that - the first of its class. ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Paris in 1841But at the close of a couple of days, even the surliest of John Bulls is irresistibly impelled to march with the joyous crowd, and at the end of a week, finds himself wearing his cap and bells, and brandishing the bauble of folly, as giddily as the rest of the noisy throng.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a rep...

Excerpt from Birthright, and Other Tales, Vol. 1 of 3Most true! Replied the young man to whom this observation was addressed, by a companion of more' than double his years as they sat together Over their wine, in the dining room of a fine Old country mansion, named Holme Court, enjoying sweet converse which appeared to have led the elder of the two into a vein somewhat narrative.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousand...

Excerpt from Mothers and Daughters, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale of the Year 1830SO much the better for him, Observed Sir Coniyne, even though he should still venture on a personal inspection of the waters Of the Elbe. Immediate drowning is preferable to hanging next season, which would have been poor Frederick's inevitable destiny. Lorimer is far too sensitively honourable a fellow to put up with a giddy ¿irting wife.About the PublisherForgotten Books...

Excerpt from Hungarian Tales, Vol. 2 of 3Oh! Who would be a woman! Who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman? She hath hard measures still where she hopes kindest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the w...

Excerpt from The Popular Member, Vol. 2 of 3: The Wheel of Fortune, EtcI am woman enough, and therefore san guine enough, to look to the end rather than the means, replied Caroline, unmoved by the almost contemptuous smile curling the handsome lip of Lord Alan.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical wo...

Excerpt from The Banker's Wife, or Court and City, Vol. 3 of 3: A NovelMoreover, all was so bright, so prosperous, so sunshiny around her, that it seemed absurd to look out for breakers when launched on that glassy sea, and under a sky so propi tious. Flattering as was her position in London life, the banker's wife had never felt the value of her good acceptation in society till called upon to present her daughter. The kindness with which Lydi...

Excerpt from The Banker's Wife, or Court and City, Vol. 1 of 3: A NovelDear Sir, I cannot more strongly mark that the fol lowing pages are intended to exhibit the failings of an individual, not as an attack upon a class, than by placing at the head of my work the name of one who, ancestrally connected for the last two centuries with the fibanking profession in a house of business which has existed in the same spot since the sfyear 1650, has ad...

Excerpt from The Dowager, or the New School for Scandal, Vol. 1 of 3A favourite complaint of foreigners against London, is the tedious length of the streets. To an eye familiar only With the picturesque irregularities of foreign cities, nothing can ex ceed the monotony of such thoroughfares as Baker Street, or Gloucester Place - traversing under varied denominations, a Whole parish, and carrying the eye along a waste of weary brick walls perfo...