Field was, how beloved and respected by everybody, though she was not indeed the mistress of this great house, but had only the charge of it (and yet in some respects she might be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred... ... Select Essays of Elia - Seite 131von Charles Lamb - 1909 - 264 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1822 - 734 Seiten
...Emperors of Rome, till the own, and kept up the dignity of the old marble heads would seem to live great house in a sort while she lived, which afterwards came to decay, and again, or I to be turned into marble with them ; how I never could be was nearly pulled down, and all... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 Seiten
...she might be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred living in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had...nearly pulled down, and all its old ornaments stripped and carried away to the owner's other house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some... | |
| 1835 - 356 Seiten
...she might be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred living in a newer and more fashionable mansion, which he...nearly pulled down, and all its old ornaments stripped and carried away to the owner's other house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some... | |
| 1835 - 432 Seiten
...she might be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred living in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining country ; but still she lived in it in a manner as if it had been her own, and kept up the dignity... | |
| 1835 - 430 Seiten
...she might be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred living in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining country ; but still she lived in it in ' a manner as if it had been her own, and kept up the dignity... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1836 - 362 Seiten
...she might be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred living in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had...nearly pulled down, and all its old ornaments stripped and carried away to the owner's other house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some... | |
| Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 Seiten
...she might be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred living in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had...of the great house in a sort while she lived, which afterward came to decay, and was nearly pulled down, and all its old ornaments stripped and carried... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 Seiten
...she might be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred living in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had...nearly pulled down, and all its old ornaments stripped and carried away to the owner's other house, where ihey were set up, and looked as awkward as if some... | |
| Story-teller - 1843 - 324 Seiten
...be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred living in a new and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining country ; — but still she lived in it, in a manner as if it had been her own, and kept up the dignity... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...she might be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred living anchored at thy side. and carried away to the owner's other house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some... | |
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