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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ... with the divine, ethereal, immaterial, intellectual part of our composite formation as it is possible for a man to be; and it will give me pleasure, sir, to make your acquaintance." As this was spoken with energy the sultry season made itself felt under the exertion, and Dr. Crockley found it necessary so far to remember the viler portion of his composite formation as to wipe his face and bald head assiduously. The poet bowed, but not as he had bowed to Lady Clarissa. Meanwhile, Lady Dowling, her light-coloured daughters, and Miss Mogg, sat profoundly silent upon two chairs and one sofa of the splendid apartment; Miss Brotherton and Mr. Augustus continued to talk about nothing, and Sir Matthew and Lady Clarissa ceased not to mutter, what none but themselves could hear, upon an ottoman, which stood in front of a distant window. If eyebeams could have interrupted a tete-a-tete, theirs would not have long continued to proceed undisturbed: for the mistress of Dowling Lodge did certainly cast not a few anxious glances towards the master of it; but it was not for that reason that he at length got up and rather hastily left the room. While all this was passing in the drawingroom, Martha Dowling and Michael Armstrong remained alone together in the dining-room. The flying pigeon, impelled by the beneficent Sir Matthew, having hit the forehead of his highly-favoured protege" at the very moment that the larum, announcing Lady Clarissa's arrival made itself heard, the greatly amused company left the room before it was possible to ascertain what would become of it. The child "caught it ere it came to the ground;" but, having done so, held it by one leg with an air of very comical indecision, till Dr. Crockley, who respectfully...
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230400818
- ISBN 13 9781230400815
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages62
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