Retrospection: A TaleTaylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1821 - 230 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 18
Page 34
... . Not the least curiosity was manifested , or apparent interest taken , in my unconcealed literary occupations , by any member of the family ; for how intent soever I might be on my business , they 34 RETROSPECTION .
... . Not the least curiosity was manifested , or apparent interest taken , in my unconcealed literary occupations , by any member of the family ; for how intent soever I might be on my business , they 34 RETROSPECTION .
Page 72
... interest such a young man , will not excite surprise . He was interested his attachment became too conspicuous to be concealed ; and he gradually succeeded in removing from my mind those feelings , which in prouder days would have ...
... interest such a young man , will not excite surprise . He was interested his attachment became too conspicuous to be concealed ; and he gradually succeeded in removing from my mind those feelings , which in prouder days would have ...
Page 81
... interest in the affair from the beginning quite an adept in the business , there was no branch of it to which she could not turn her hand . She had the reputation , among her associates , of being able so to outwit old folks , and ...
... interest in the affair from the beginning quite an adept in the business , there was no branch of it to which she could not turn her hand . She had the reputation , among her associates , of being able so to outwit old folks , and ...
Page 90
... interest people took in my affairs by my own ir- ritated feelings - to suppose , that what was uppermost in my own thoughts , must of necessity be so in theirs ; and thus I imagined that my recent disappointment would be the almost ...
... interest people took in my affairs by my own ir- ritated feelings - to suppose , that what was uppermost in my own thoughts , must of necessity be so in theirs ; and thus I imagined that my recent disappointment would be the almost ...
Page 91
... interest among our common acquaintance ; and that they will either laugh or cry at our expense , much beyond the present moment . My friend , Miss Watson , had managed her own affairs so much better than she had done mine , as to be ...
... interest among our common acquaintance ; and that they will either laugh or cry at our expense , much beyond the present moment . My friend , Miss Watson , had managed her own affairs so much better than she had done mine , as to be ...
Common terms and phrases
accosted acquaintance affairs afford agreeable amiable anxiety appeared beautiful frontispiece began believe boards brocade brother character cheerful chimneys Christian circum circumstances comfort conduct confess connexion cordially countenance dear Miss Burrows discerned Edinburgh Review Edition effect endeavours evil excite exclaimed farm father favourable fear feelings felt FLEET STREET foolscap 8vo friends habits hand happy hitherto hope humble imagined indulged JANE TAYLOR JOHN CLARE JOHN KEATS knew lady late Lucy luxuries means ment mind Miss Watson mistress morning morocco mortification mother natural Nazarite neighbourhood neighbours ness never nexion Northamptonshire object occasion ONGAR opinion parents perceive perly person Peter Patterson present Price racter recollection rendered replied respecting Richard rience roughgood seemed sentiments servants siderable SIR MATTHEW HALE situation soon sorrow spirit Spitalfield stance suffered sure TAYLOR temper thing thought tion wife William Thoroughgood wish young
Popular passages
Page 136 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 192 - he who ruleth his spirit is greater than he who taketh a. city," the rigid discipline and government, to which Mr.