No Place for a Nervous Lady: Voices from the Australian Bush |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 61
Page 62
... young men rarely ever see us . I must confess they do not contribute to our pleasure , for when we do meet it is quite an arduous task to make them converse . Mr Treene , Mr Durlacher and Mr Greenside dined with us . The Dr who had been ...
... young men rarely ever see us . I must confess they do not contribute to our pleasure , for when we do meet it is quite an arduous task to make them converse . Mr Treene , Mr Durlacher and Mr Greenside dined with us . The Dr who had been ...
Page 84
... young men are as intimately acquainted with her wardrobe and other people's affairs as with their own , and his language is so bad that we have been cautioned not to let the children go where they could meet with him . He is highly ...
... young men are as intimately acquainted with her wardrobe and other people's affairs as with their own , and his language is so bad that we have been cautioned not to let the children go where they could meet with him . He is highly ...
Page 121
... young men ; they require to see the World , before they can be agreeable & truly companionable ! - I said that at all events , no person need be ashamed of age but that I knew some young men , who had more natural knowledge of the World ...
... young men ; they require to see the World , before they can be agreeable & truly companionable ! - I said that at all events , no person need be ashamed of age but that I knew some young men , who had more natural knowledge of the World ...
Contents
Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Annie Baxter | 86 |
Copyright | |
5 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affter altho Annie Baxter asked Australind Barbara Baynton boys Bullocks bush camped Canberra Captain cattle cold Colony Dawson diaries dinner dray emigrants England fear feel felt fire girl Goolwa Governess hear heard hope horses husband knew lady land letter Library of Australia Library of Victoria living look Louisa Macleay River Mama Marshall Clifton Mary Massie McLeod Melbourne miles Monday months morning Moruya mother National Library never nice night Papa Parkfield Penelope Selby person poor Port Port Fairy Port Macquarie Port Phillip pretty rain returned Richard Dry river road Salwey ship sister soon South Wales strange Sunday Sydney tell tent thair things thought told took trees Victoria week Western Australia wife wish wold woman women writing Yesabba yesterday young