Moths, by OuidaLippincott, 1880 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 11
Page 56
... Calvados . This year it was full of people : the Prin- cess Nadine Nélaguine was keeping open house there for her brother Sergius Zouroff . White - sailed yachts anchored in its bay ; chasseurs in green and gold beat its woods ; riding ...
... Calvados . This year it was full of people : the Prin- cess Nadine Nélaguine was keeping open house there for her brother Sergius Zouroff . White - sailed yachts anchored in its bay ; chasseurs in green and gold beat its woods ; riding ...
Page 192
... Calvados shore . He had not changed in any way ; something of the radiance and gaiety of its expression was gone that was all . He sat down and ran his hands softly over the keys in Schu- mann's " Adieu . " She could no longer see him ...
... Calvados shore . He had not changed in any way ; something of the radiance and gaiety of its expression was gone that was all . He sat down and ran his hands softly over the keys in Schu- mann's " Adieu . " She could no longer see him ...
Page 198
... Calvados he said with good - humoured gallantry to his wife- " You have not invited me , Vera . The place is yours . I have no business in it unless you wish for me . " " The place is always yours , and I am yours , " she answered in a ...
... Calvados he said with good - humoured gallantry to his wife- " You have not invited me , Vera . The place is yours . I have no business in it unless you wish for me . " " The place is always yours , and I am yours , " she answered in a ...
Page 201
... Calvados , and she could discern nothing that she knew . The dressing - bell was ringing , and she hurried to her rooms . Her husband was intolerant of any excuses of fatigue or indisposition , and always expected to see her in full ...
... Calvados , and she could discern nothing that she knew . The dressing - bell was ringing , and she hurried to her rooms . Her husband was intolerant of any excuses of fatigue or indisposition , and always expected to see her in full ...
Page 204
... Calvados , while the salt sea washes its base . The name of this little village she had never known , but , guessing by the position it had been in above the sea , she knew that it must have been somewhere between Grand Bec and Viller ...
... Calvados , while the salt sea washes its base . The name of this little village she had never known , but , guessing by the position it had been in above the sea , she knew that it must have been somewhere between Grand Bec and Viller ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
amused answered asked beautiful better BRET HARTE Bulmer Calvados Casse-une-Croûte charming child cloth extra cold colour Corrèze creature Crown 8vo Dachstein dark daughter dear dress Duchesse de Sonnaz Duchesse Jeanne eyes face fancy Félicité felt flowers Fuschia Leach gilt girl grand grew hand happy hated heard heart Herbert honour hour husband Illustrations innocent insult JAMES PAYN Jeanne de Sonnaz Jura knew Lady Dolly Lady Stoat laughed live Madame de Sonnaz Madame Jeanne Madame Nélaguine marriage marry mother Mull murmured Nadine never night Noisette once OUIDA pale Paris passed passion perhaps poor pretty Prince Zouroff Princess Zouroff rose seemed Sergius Zouroff shame sigh sing singer smile snow society song spoke stood sure Svir sweet Szarisla tell thing thought told Trouville Vere's voice wife WILKIE COLLINS wish woman women wonder words young
Popular passages
Page 21 - Timbs' English Eccentrics and Eccentricities: Stories of Wealth and Fashion, Delusions, Impostures, and Fanatic Missions, Strange Sights and Sporting Scenes, Eccentric Artists, Theatrical Folks, Men of Letters, &c. By JOHN TIMBS, FSA With nearly 50 Illustrations.
Page 3 - Hood's (Thomas) Choice Works, In Prose and Verse. Including the CREAM OF THE COMIC ANNUALS.
Page 22 - Containing Notices of the Descent, Birth, Marriage, Education, &c., of more than 12,000 distinguished Heads of Families, their Heirs Apparent or Presumptive, the Offices they hold or have held, their Town and Country Addresses, Clubs, &c.
Page 16 - Rowlandson, the Caricaturist. A Selection from his Works, with Anecdotal Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures, and a Sketch of his Life, Times, and Contemporaries. With nearly 400 Illustrations, mostly in Facsimile of the Originals. By JOSEPH GREGO, Author of ' ' James Gillray, the Caricaturist ; his Life, Works, and Times.
Page 410 - Broad Grins," " My Nightgown and Slippers," and other Humorous Works, Prose and Poetical, of GEORGE COLMAN. With Life by G. B. BUCKSTONE, and Frontispiece by HOGARTH.
Page 412 - Englishman's House, The : A Practical Guide to all interested in Selecting or Building a House, with full Estimates of Cost, Quantities, &c. By CJ RICHARDSON. Third Edition. With nearly 600 Illustrations. Ewald (Alex. Charles, FSA), Works by : Stories from the State Papers. With an Autotype Facsimile, Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. The Life and Times of Prince Charles Stuart, Count of Albany, commonly called the Young Pretender.
Page 412 - TIMES. Crown 8ve, cloth extra, gilt, with Illustrations, 6s. Emanuel On Diamonds and Precious Stones ; their History, Value, and Properties ; with Simple Tests for ascertaining their Reality. By HARRY EMANUEL, FRGS With numerous Illustrations, Tinted and Plain. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, js.
Page 6 - Longfellow's Complete Prose Works. Including "Outre Mer," "Hyperion," " Kavanagh," "The Poets and Poetry of Europe," and " Driftwood." With Portrait and Illustrations by VALENTINE BROMLEY. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, with Illustrations, js.
Page 1 - Leigh Hunt's Essays : A Tale for a Chimney Corner, and other Pieces. With Portrait, and Introduction by EDMUND OLLIER. Mallory's (Sir Thomas) Mort d' Arthur : The Stories of King Arthur, and of the Knights of the Round Table.
Page 19 - Syntax's (Dr.) Three Tours: In Search of the Picturesque, in Search of Consolation, and in Search of a Wife. With the whole of ROWLANDSON'S droll page Illustrations in Colours and a Life of the Author by JC HOTTEN.