Tales of Fashionable Life
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Volume: 5 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1812 Original Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / General History / Europe / Ireland Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Social Science / Women's Studies Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has...
MoreVolume: 5 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1812 Original Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / General History / Europe / Ireland Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Social Science / Women's Studies Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: How kind you are to me, lady Littleton, and how much I am obliged to you for judging so favourably of my character!" " You are not obliged to me, my dear, for I do you only justice." " Justice is sometimes felt as the greatest possible obligation; especially by those, who have experienced the reverse B ut," said Emilie, checking herself, " let me not blame Mrs. Somers, or incline you to blame her. I should do very wrong, indeed, if I were, in return for all she has done for us, to cause any jealousies or coiarrels between her and her best friend -- Oh! that is what I most dread! To prevent it, I would -- it is not polite to say so -- but I would, my dear lady Littleton, even withdraw myself from your society. This very day, you return to your own house. You were so good, as to ask me to go often to see you -- Forgive me, if I do not avail myself of this kind permission. -- You will know flay reasons; and, I hope, they are such as your ladyship will approve." A servant came in, to say, that her ladyship's carriage was at the door. " One word more, hefore you go, my dear lady Littleton," said Emilie, with a supplicating voice and countenance. " Tell me, I beseech you -- for you have been her friend from her childhood, and must know better than any one living -- tell me how I can please Mrs. Somers, I begin to be afraid, that I shall at last be weary of my ...
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