The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... Herbert , although an excellent , is certainly not an ingratiating person . He is fond of naked truths , and I am modest enough to like even the truth a little drapée . Armine admired my house . Herbert was si- lent till she questioned ...
... Herbert , although an excellent , is certainly not an ingratiating person . He is fond of naked truths , and I am modest enough to like even the truth a little drapée . Armine admired my house . Herbert was si- lent till she questioned ...
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... I ; " nor is my face about to borrow charms from either a painter or a milliner . I am simply going to visit my sister , Mrs. Herbert , who is just arrived from the coun- try . " " Ah ! you have a sister ? Not the 30 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
... I ; " nor is my face about to borrow charms from either a painter or a milliner . I am simply going to visit my sister , Mrs. Herbert , who is just arrived from the coun- try . " " Ah ! you have a sister ? Not the 30 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
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... Herbert , certainly , and both of Eton and Oxford ; but by no means a morose one . 99 " My hearty congratulations ... Herbert , I conclude , is still Henry Herbert ; a man without a profession , because he is so near being a man of ...
... Herbert , certainly , and both of Eton and Oxford ; but by no means a morose one . 99 " My hearty congratulations ... Herbert , I conclude , is still Henry Herbert ; a man without a profession , because he is so near being a man of ...
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... Herbert , taking up his own defence . " My horses and servants had been out all night . " " Yourself , of course , remaining at home ? " " No. If you remember , I told you I was going to Almack's ; and last night I was at Merioneth ...
... Herbert , taking up his own defence . " My horses and servants had been out all night . " " Yourself , of course , remaining at home ? " " No. If you remember , I told you I was going to Almack's ; and last night I was at Merioneth ...
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... Herbert's want of self - control . Yet , had he been in any house but his own , he would have suffered the chimney to smoke , the children to squall , and the 7 breakfast - table to look disorderly , without allowing his DIARY OF A ...
... Herbert's want of self - control . Yet , had he been in any house but his own , he would have suffered the chimney to smoke , the children to squall , and the 7 breakfast - table to look disorderly , without allowing his DIARY OF A ...
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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.