 prepared to receive her guests. Miss Betty Dornton was some years older than her brother; and having brought her charms to market at a time when the prospects of her family were not so extensive as they afterwards became, (old uncle Smithson having then...  Matilda: A Tale of the Day - Page 72by Constantine Henry Phipps Marquess of Normanby - 1825Full view - About this book
 | 1826 - 840 pages
...Hobson compensates amply for all his parents' defects. He is indeed a gem, a jewel of great price—. “Miss Betty Dornton was some years older than her...afterwards scraped together; and certainly having no inten.. lions of bequeathing it in a lump to any cue,) her marriage with Mr John Robeon was not at... | |
 | 1826 - 820 pages
...compensates amply for all his parents' defects. He is indeed a /¡em, a jewel of great price— " M las Betty Dornton was some years older than her brother;...afterwards scraped together ; and certainly having no intentions of bequeathing it in a lump to any one,) her marriage with Mr. John Hobson was not at the... | |
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