 Mr. Postmaster of the station, is well wrapped up in fat official selfcomplacency. His eldest son has, perhaps, held a commission in the army — Mrs. Postmistress has been, or is yet a beauty — or he has a fine family of little ones, who, in such case,...  An Autumn Near the Rhine; Or Sketches of Courts, Society, Scenery, & C. in ... - Page 209by Charles Edward Dodd - 1818 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
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...or he has a fine family of little ones, who, in such case, frequently adorn the walls of the saloon, and whom I have seen appear in their best dresses...occupy, with their visitors, the best places round papa t and mamma — rarely offering civility to any one, rather declining intercourse, talking easily among... | |
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...or he has a fine family of little ones, who, in such case, frequently adorn the walls of the saloon, and whom I have seen appear in their best dresses...table they generally occupy, with their visitors, tha best places round papa and mamma — rarely offering civility to any one, rather declining intercourse,... | |
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...or he has a fine family of little ones, who, in such case, frequently adorn the walls of the saloon, and whom I have seen appear in their best dresses...to any one, rather declining intercourse, talking easy among themselves, and showing, by their whole deportment, that they consider themselves to the... | |
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...saloon, or who are introduced in their best dresses after dinner, as if their company must necessarily be as interesting to the guests, as that of the children...and daughters dine at table, they generally occupy the best places round papa and mamma, rarely offering civility to any one, talking easily among themselves,... | |
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...or he has a fine family of little ones, who, in such case, frequently adorn the walls of the saloon, and whom I have seen appear in their best dresses...to any one, rather declining intercourse, talking easy among themselves, and showing, by their whole deportment, that they consider themselves to the... | |
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