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| 859503a | Now, where will I come by a book on etiquette? You wouldn't know if his lordship's got on win the library, would you, love?' Her colour somewhat heightened, she disengaged herself from his embrace, saying: 'No, but I shouldn't think so. He has one about ranks and dignitaries and orders of precedency: is that what you mean?' 'Nay, that's no use to me! I want one that'll tell me how to behave correctly.' 'I am well aware that you are trying t.. | proposal | Georgette Heyer | |
| 0d672c9 | You sent for me to lick me into shape, sir, because you couldn't stomach the thought that a regular rum 'un would step into your shoes, if naught was done to teach him how to support the character of a gentleman. Well, it may be that i'm not quite such a JackPudding as I let you think. I own, it was a ramshackle thing to do, but when I saw how there wasn't one amongst you that didn't believe I'd been reared in a hovel, I could no more resis.. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| af33fd9 | Get up, brat, and for the lord's sake, smooth your hair! You look the most complete romp!' Miss Wantage did her best to comply with this direction, but without any marked degree of success. Fortunately, the exigencies of the particular mode of hairdressing affected by his lordship obliged him to carry a comb upon his person. He produced this, dragged it through the soft, tangled curls, tied the hood-strings under Hero's chin, and, after a c.. | hero-and-anthony hero-wantage kitten nickname | Georgette Heyer | |
| 61d1012 | The Viscount, meanwhile, conveyed Miss Wantage to a certain mantua-maker's establishment in Bond Street, where he was not unknown. Here, after a few moments' brief and startlingly frank colloquy with the astonished proprietress, he handed Miss Wantage over, to be fitted out as became her station. Nothing occurred to disturb the harmony of these proceedings, except a slight contretemps arising out of Miss Wantage's burning desire for a very .. | necessities shopping | Georgette Heyer | |
| 90956ac | Nothing could have appealed more strongly to Miss Wantage's youthful taste, so as soon as she had changed the chip-straw hat for an Angouleme bonnet of white thread-net trimmed with lace, she sallied forth once more with Mr. Ringwood, tripping beside him with all the assurance of one who knew herself to be dressed in the pink of fashion. The Angouleme bonnet most becomingly framed her face; she had taken great pains to comb her curls into m.. | hero-wantage shopping | Georgette Heyer | |
| db7f4b1 | Later, when she appeared before him in the sea-green gauze, he stared at her in great surprise, and said: By Jove, he had never thought she could look so well! Encouraged by this tribute, Hero showed him a cloak of green sarsnet trimmed with swansdown, which she had purchased that morning, and upon his expressing his unqualified approval of this garment, confided, a little nervously, that she feared he might, when he came to see the bill, t.. | hero-and-anthony hero-wantage | Georgette Heyer | |
| 64f4e67 | The Honorable Ferdy, who had been pondering at intervals all day how his cousin's wife came by such a peculiar name, now introduced a new note into the conversation by saying suddenly, 'Can't make it out at all! You're sure you've got that right, Sherry?' 'Got what right?' 'Hero,' said Ferdy, frowning. 'Look at it which way you like, it don't make sense. For one thing, a hero ain't a female, and for another it ain't a "name." At least,' he .. | hero-wantage name shakespeare | Georgette Heyer | |
| ce0baa7 | My Lord Rupert, who had been listening in rapt admiration to this speech, said in what he imagined to be a whisper: 'Wonderful, ain't it, Leonie? Never heard aught to equal it. The boy always talks like that, y'know. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 0da53bd | Your expertise elevates your impressions to an entirely new realm. When you have paid the price, earned the right, and done the homework to be called an expert, people will be impressed. | branding communication-skills healthy-habits motivational-speaker quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes speaker-susan-young success-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| 5e37b78 | Hero soon lost interest in the conversation, and left her chair to go and look out of the window into the busy street. When the Viscount at last rose to go she was employed in drawing faces on the dusty window-panes. 'If ever I saw such a troublesome chit!' exclaimed Sherry. 'Now look at your glove! What's more, I dare say Stoke don't like to have his windows looking like that.' Mr. Stoke, watching in some amusement her ladyship's conscienc.. | hero-wantage whimsical | Georgette Heyer | |
| 24e7000 | Hero was left with Mr. Stoke, and at once shocked and enchanted him by confiding that she had no notion how many servants she ought to employ, but hoped he would not think it necessary for her to have too many. 'For I dare say I shan't know how to go on at all. At least, just at first I shall not, though I expect I shall soon get into the way of it.' Finally, it was decided that a cook, a butler, two abigails, and a page-boy or footman shou.. | hero-wantage thoughtfulness | Georgette Heyer | |
| f878ad1 | Venetia was then twenty-two, perilously near to being on the shelf. 'Without ever having been *off* it, Sir John - though that's not precisely what I mean, only that its is a wicked shame, so beautiful as she is, and so full of liveliness, besides having the best disposition imaginable! | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 7840c5c | I wish you will tell me some of the things *you* have done!' He looked up quickly from the dish he was serving, his eyes hardening. She met that searching stare with a little inquiring lift to her brows, and saw his lips curl into the sneer which had made her liken him to the *Corsair*. 'I think not,' he said dryly. 'I said *some* of the things you have done!' she exclaimed indignantly. 'You can't have spent your whole life getting into idi.. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| bcc1b33 | When Hero learned that she was now the owner of no fewer than three carriages and eight horses, she turned quite pink, and after struggling for a few moments to express herself suitably, stammered out: 'Oh, Sherry, it is just like K-King Cophetua and the beggar-maid!' 'Who the devil was he?' demanded Sherry. 'Well, I don't precisely remember, but he married a beggar-maid, and gave her everything she wanted.' 'Sounds to me like a hum,' said .. | hero-and-anthony hero-wantage | Georgette Heyer | |
| a540df9 | What is it, my dear delight?' She gave a tiny sigh, but shook her head, and looked up smilingly into his face. 'Mere irritation of the nerves, perhaps. Never mind it! I'm better now.' 'I do mind it.' He had been holding both her hands, but he released one, and drew a finger lightly across he brow. 'You mustn't frown, Venetia. Never in my presence, at all events!' 'Well, I won't!' she said obligingly. 'Are you smoothing it away - *stoopid*? | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 6b7201f | The dinner, which consisted of a broiled fowl with mushrooms, preceded by a dressed lobster and a delicacy of cockscombs served in wine-sauce, and followed by a pupton of pears, in the old style, and a trifle, was excellently cooked, and earned the Viscount's praise. | hero-and-anthony | Georgette Heyer | |
| 893bc8c | But to have captivated such a man as Damerel into actually *wishing* to offer for you is a triumph indeed! For he must have mean tot reform his way of life, you know! There was never anything like it, and I don't scruple to own to you, my love that if it had been one of my daughters I should be as proud as a peacock. | marriage proposal reform | Georgette Heyer | |
| 6776bc5 | Don't waste a thought on any of the eligible suitors you've found for me, dear ma'am! There is more of mama in me than you have the least idea of, and the only eligible husband for me is a rake! | marriage rake suitors | Georgette Heyer | |
| 089478c | No sooner had she been favored with a scathing description of this gentleman's errand than she conceived the notion of returning to the modiste who created them, two ball-dresses, one opera-cloak, and a delicious promenade dress, with gathered sleeves and a high, arched collar, which was designed to be worn with a Spanish lapeled coat of fine orange merino adorned with epaulets and a border of raised white velvet. Sherry, however, when she .. | thoughtfulness | Georgette Heyer | |
| aaf9d4e | I'll say no more about that, or I'll be falling into the dismals | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 1a1228a | Are you aware, ma'am, that it is my intention to marry Lucilla myself?' There was a slight pause. Miss Fairfax said rather carefully, 'I was aware of it, sir, but I have always been at a loss to know why. [...]' | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 06ea843 | Within a month of their taking up their residence in Half Moon Street, it had been borne in upon his lordship that his wife was no more fit to carve her way through life than the kitten he called her. His lordship, who had never known responsibility, or shown the least ability to regulate his own career on respectable lines, found himself sole lord and master of a confiding little creature who placed implicit faith in his judgement, and rel.. | devotional hero-and-anthony | Georgette Heyer | |
| a5f6530 | On the toodle last night, and not feeling quite the thing today? | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 432fb25 | Todo pesar va acompanado de | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 2dfb1cc | Do you like pets better than toys and books? I always did, so I thought very likely you would too. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 8d2683d | But if Frederica was aware of my sentiments, and begged Cousin Alverstoke to intervene--!" She shuddered, and clasped her hands tensely together. "You see, he could, Harry! He could arrange for Endymion to be sent abroad, for instance, and then I think I should die. Oh, my dear brother, there's no one to help us but you, and I count on your support!" | charis die endymion love romance | Georgette Heyer | |
| 2f82db2 | Eugenia never wears modish gowns. She says there are more important things to think of than one's dresses." "What a stupid thing to say!" remarked Sophy. "Naturally there are, but not, I hold, when one is dressing for dinner." | dresses | Georgette Heyer | |
| 1ef3a73 | Julia stood for his youth, and the high hopes he had cherished; and although he might no longer yearn to possess her she would remain nostalgically dear to him while life endured. Yet, | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 01355f3 | A man whose raiment attracted attention, had said Mr Brummell, was not a well-dressed man. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 7289ae9 | is my very ardent desire to be permitted to pay my addresses to you | Georgette Heyer | ||
| ff6173f | God knew she would ask nothing better than to be his wife, but she had sense enough to know that nothing but unhappiness could result from it. If he had loved her, if she had been of his world, approved by his family - but it was useless to speculate on the impossible. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| b20f204 | you had as well go rabbit-hunting with a dead ferret as try to get past his butler! | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 96c88e0 | Simon, mark well my words! Wives are the devil and I know!' `In truth,' Alan sighed, `I am the only wise one amongst us all.' `Art a silly lad!' Fulk rumbled, and cast him an affectionate though fiery glance. `Alan speaks sooth for once,' Simon said, and placed his finger on Margaret's indignant lips. He had her in his arms again, and like a needle to the magnet, Jeanne had drawn near to her Geoffrey. `For Alan throughout hath known that n.. | margaret romance simon | Georgette Heyer | |
| 4003024 | If the worst comes to the worst I can always take Evelyn's place, can't I? | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 15eaec7 | Lord Biddenden's instincts were patriarchal. He liked to see his brothers and sisters under his roof, and to feel that they depended upon him for guidance; and he was almost as anxious for their advancement as his own. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 32c062a | He was not at the moment in very good odour at Bow Street. Such epithets as Blockhead and Blunderer had been used in connection with his last case. 'Jeremiah Stubbs, miss,' said the Runner. 'I am here in the execution of my dooty. | bumbling bungler bungling comedic comedy humor humorous-quotes idiot idiotic | Georgette Heyer | |
| 8c8b061 | Them Frenchies!' 'Unchristian, that's what I call 'em,' responded Mr. Stubbs severely. 'I fair compassionate that wench. | comedy humor idiocy idiotic idiots moronic | Georgette Heyer | |
| ef10ceb | Miss Allison realised with a slight sinking of the heart that she was to be made the recipient of confidences. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 5f1ed04 | There is a corpse somewhere on the road to town. Mr Fox does not wish it there. Remove it! | Georgette Heyer | ||
| d148290 | Oh, yes, well, if he must shoot highwaymen, it's very well, but to leave the poor man dead on the road - though I make no doubt he would have done the same to Vidal, for I believe they are horridly callous, these fellows - but that's neither here nor there. Vidal had no right to leave him. Now people will say that he is wickedly blood-thirsty, or something disagreeable, and it is quite true, only one does not want the whole world to say so. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| bc92e83 | You have fallen into a fit of despondency, and there is not the least need! In fact, nothing could be more fatal, in any predicament! It encourages one to suppose that there is nothing to be done, when a little resolution is all that is wanted to bring matters to a happy conclusion. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 400d525 | Your presence in England is extremely - shall we say enlivening? - Vidal. But I believe I shall survive the loss of it. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 9b87e02 | I may be a little fool,' retorted Miss Challoner, plucking up spirit, 'but at least I meant it for the best. While as for you, my lord, you meant nothing but wicked mischief right from the start. | Georgette Heyer | ||
| 65ad87f | Perceiving that she had constituted herself interpreter, M. Plancon opened negotiations with an impassioned plea to be preserved from these mad Englishmen who expected honest Frenchmen to understand their own barbarous language - and this in France, voyez-vous! | Georgette Heyer |