My wedding day came. My mother kissed me fondly, my father blessed me with pride and joy, my sisters stood round, radiant with delight. There was but one drawback to the universal happiness — that immediately on my marriage I was to go abroad. From... The Honey-moon - Page 91by Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1837Full view - About this book
| Gift books - 1837 - 432 pages
...There was but one drawback to the universal happiness — that immediately on my marriage, I was to go abroad. From the church door I stepped into the...away. I looked out from the window; there was the dear groupe; my eld father, white headed and aged, in his large chair, my mother, smiling through her tears,... | |
| Gift books - 1837 - 428 pages
...There was but one drawback to the universal happiness — that immediately on my marriage, I was to go abroad. From the church door I stepped into the...I looked out from the window ; there was the dear groupe; my old father, white headed and aged, in his large chair, my mother, smiling through her tears,... | |
| G. S. Munroe - Gift books - 1850 - 316 pages
...There was but one drawback to the universal happiness — that immediately on my marriage, I was to go abroad. From the church door I stepped into the...with folded hands, and upraised looks of gratitude, anticiTHE PARVENUE. paling long years of happiness for her grateful Fanny ; Susan and Lawrence standing... | |
| Emily Percival - Gift books - 1849 - 314 pages
...There was but one drawback to the universal happiness — that immediately on my marriage, I was to go abroad. From the church door I stepped into the...with folded hands, and upraised looks of gratitude, anticipaling long years of happiness for her grateful Fanny ; Susan and Lawrence standing side by side,... | |
| 1854 - 268 pages
...There was but one drawback to the universal happiness — that immediately on my marriage, I was to go abroad. From the church door I stepped into the...in motion, and we were away. I looked out from the win. dow ; there was the dear group ; my old father, white headed and aged, in his large chair, my... | |
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