The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... Duke of Merioneth happened to sit next me on the sofa , conversing in that familiar whisper by which he thinks proper to mark to the world that he knows only those whom he knows inti- mately . The whisperee of a duke became , of course ...
... Duke of Merioneth happened to sit next me on the sofa , conversing in that familiar whisper by which he thinks proper to mark to the world that he knows only those whom he knows inti- mately . The whisperee of a duke became , of course ...
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... duke thought proper , he might " -so and so ; on the other , " Nothing but the paltry intrigues and the underhand cabals of the tories have prevented " —so and so . What a drawback upon rational conversation and social feeling ! Better ...
... duke thought proper , he might " -so and so ; on the other , " Nothing but the paltry intrigues and the underhand cabals of the tories have prevented " —so and so . What a drawback upon rational conversation and social feeling ! Better ...
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... duke , I have undertaken this ball in Hereford - street for the - What's their names ? I am bored to death with the whole af- fair , and will positively never trouble myself with such a corvée again . But you will greatly oblige me by ...
... duke , I have undertaken this ball in Hereford - street for the - What's their names ? I am bored to death with the whole af- fair , and will positively never trouble myself with such a corvée again . But you will greatly oblige me by ...
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... Duke of Merioneth's , dining first with the Percys , so that I shall actually pass the second day of Armine's sojourn in town with- out seeing her . How mortifying ! Friday night . - I seem destined to meet with con- trariétés . This ...
... Duke of Merioneth's , dining first with the Percys , so that I shall actually pass the second day of Armine's sojourn in town with- out seeing her . How mortifying ! Friday night . - I seem destined to meet with con- trariétés . This ...
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... Duke of Wellington , Lord Grey , two or three German sovereign princes , and two or three hundred of the lead- ing nobility , as when receiving the obeisances of a doz- en hatless and shoeless retainers , in whose eyes Sir William O ...
... Duke of Wellington , Lord Grey , two or three German sovereign princes , and two or three hundred of the lead- ing nobility , as when receiving the obeisances of a doz- en hatless and shoeless retainers , in whose eyes Sir William O ...
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Página 216 - IT is the first mild day of March : Each minute sweeter than before, The redbreast sings from the tall larch That stands beside our door. There is a blessing in the air, Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees, and mountains bare And grass in the green field.
Página 217 - Love, now a universal birth, From heart to heart is stealing, From earth to man, from man to earth: —It is the hour of feeling. One moment now may give us more Than years of toiling reason: Our minds shall drink at every pore The spirit of the season.
Página 34 - They act as conductors to the storms usually hovering in the air. The man forced to remain at home, and vent his crossness on his wife and children, is a much worse animal to bear with than the man who grumbles his way to Pall Mall, and not daring to swear at the club-servants, or knock about the club-furniture, becomes socialised into decency. Nothing like the subordination exercised in a community of equals for reducing a fiery temper.