Lord Arthur Savile's Crime1st World Publishing, 2004 - 160 strán (strany) Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - It was Lady Windermere's last reception before Easter, and Bentinck House was even more crowded than usual. Six Cabinet Ministers had come on from the Speaker's Levee in their stars and ribands, all the pretty women wore their smartest dresses, and at the end of the picture-gallery stood the Princess Sophia of Carlsruhe, a heavy Tartar-looking lady, with tiny black eyes and wonderful emeralds, talking bad French at the top of her voice, and laughing immoderately at everything that was said to her. It was certainly a wonderful medley of people. Gorgeous peeresses chatted affably to violent Radicals, popular preachers brushed coat-tails with eminent sceptics, a perfect bevy of bishops kept following a stout prima-donna from room to room, on the staircase stood several Royal Academicians, disguised as artists, and it was said that at one time the supper-room was absolutely crammed with geniuses. In fact, it was one of Lady Windermere's best nights, and the Princess stayed till nearly half-past eleven. |
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... tells me I have a pure psychic hand , and that if my thumb had been the least little bit shorter , I should have been a confirmed pessimist , and gone into a convent . ' ' Oh , I see ! ' said the Duchess , feeling very much relieved ...
... tells me I have a pure psychic hand , and that if my thumb had been the least little bit shorter , I should have been a confirmed pessimist , and gone into a convent . ' ' Oh , I see ! ' said the Duchess , feeling very much relieved ...
Strana 10
... Tell me what he is like , and I'll bring him to you at once . ' ' Well , he is not a bit like a cheiromantist . I mean he is not mysterious , or esoteric , or romantic - looking . He is a little , stout man , with a funny , bald head ...
... Tell me what he is like , and I'll bring him to you at once . ' ' Well , he is not a bit like a cheiromantist . I mean he is not mysterious , or esoteric , or romantic - looking . He is a little , stout man , with a funny , bald head ...
Strana 12
... tell Lady Flora's ' ; and in answer to a nod from the smiling hostess , a tall girl , with sandy Scotch hair , and high shoulder - blades , stepped awkwardly from behind the sofa , and held out a long , bony hand with spatulate fingers ...
... tell Lady Flora's ' ; and in answer to a nod from the smiling hostess , a tall girl , with sandy Scotch hair , and high shoulder - blades , stepped awkwardly from behind the sofa , and held out a long , bony hand with spatulate fingers ...
Strana 13
... tell my wife's hand , too . ' ' Your second wife's , ' said Mr. Podgers quietly , still keeping Sir Thomas's hand in his . ' Your second wife's . I shall be charmed ' ; but Lady Marvel , a melancholy- looking woman , with brown hair and ...
... tell my wife's hand , too . ' ' Your second wife's , ' said Mr. Podgers quietly , still keeping Sir Thomas's hand in his . ' Your second wife's . I shall be charmed ' ; but Lady Marvel , a melancholy- looking woman , with brown hair and ...
Strana 14
... tell Sybil everything . She is coming to lunch with me to - morrow , to talk about bonnets , and if Mr. Podgers finds out that you have a bad temper , or a tendency to gout , or a wife living in Bayswater , I shall certainly let her ...
... tell Sybil everything . She is coming to lunch with me to - morrow , to talk about bonnets , and if Mr. Podgers finds out that you have a bad temper , or a tendency to gout , or a wife living in Bayswater , I shall certainly let her ...
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CHAPTER IV | 36 |
CHAPTER V | 40 |
CHAPTER VI | 54 |
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST | 57 |
CHAPTER II | 63 |
CHAPTER V | 81 |
CHAPTER VI | 88 |
CHAPTER VII | 93 |
THE SPHINX WITHOUT A SECRET | 99 |
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE | 107 |
THE PORTRAIT OF MR W H | 115 |
CHAPTER II | 136 |
CHAPTER III | 152 |
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