Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 3Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells Harper's Magazine Company, 1851 Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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... Pompley to the sound of " Sir Richard . ” Still , however disappointed at the ill - success of his bluff diplomacy with Mr. Egerton , and how- ever yet cherishing the most vindictive resent- ment against that individual - he did not ...
... Pompley to the sound of " Sir Richard . ” Still , however disappointed at the ill - success of his bluff diplomacy with Mr. Egerton , and how- ever yet cherishing the most vindictive resent- ment against that individual - he did not ...
Page 256
... Pompley was grand , but Mrs. Pompley was grander . The Colonel was stately in right of his military rank and his services in India ; Mrs. Pompley was GLISH LIFE . * CHAPTER VII EONARD had been about six weeks with his uncle , and those ...
... Pompley was grand , but Mrs. Pompley was grander . The Colonel was stately in right of his military rank and his services in India ; Mrs. Pompley was GLISH LIFE . * CHAPTER VII EONARD had been about six weeks with his uncle , and those ...
Page 257
... Pompley— " That young man has really an air distingué who is he ? " " Oh , " said Mrs. Pompley , in unaffected sur- prise , " that is the nephew of the rich Vulgarian I was telling you of this morning . " " Ah ! and you say that he is ...
... Pompley— " That young man has really an air distingué who is he ? " " Oh , " said Mrs. Pompley , in unaffected sur- prise , " that is the nephew of the rich Vulgarian I was telling you of this morning . " " Ah ! and you say that he is ...
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... Pompley sat alone in his drawing - room ( which opened pleasantly on an old - fashioned garden ) absorbed in the house - bills . For Colonel Pomp- ley did not leave that domestic care to his lady —perhaps she was too grand for it ...
... Pompley sat alone in his drawing - room ( which opened pleasantly on an old - fashioned garden ) absorbed in the house - bills . For Colonel Pomp- ley did not leave that domestic care to his lady —perhaps she was too grand for it ...
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... Pompley's fortune . It might be the trus - dren of your own . She will be a blessing to it must be . The trustee had talked you , as she has been all upon earth to me ! " If Colonel Pompley's face was red in ordinary " Let him come in ...
... Pompley's fortune . It might be the trus - dren of your own . She will be a blessing to it must be . The trustee had talked you , as she has been all upon earth to me ! " If Colonel Pompley's face was red in ordinary " Let him come in ...
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