The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... Miss Ellen , or a subscription for Lady Sophia . Mr. Penrhyn , indeed , de- clares but I am not sure that his declaration would grace the pages of my journal . Heighho ! what an infinite deal of nothing have I al- ready written down ...
... Miss Ellen , or a subscription for Lady Sophia . Mr. Penrhyn , indeed , de- clares but I am not sure that his declaration would grace the pages of my journal . Heighho ! what an infinite deal of nothing have I al- ready written down ...
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... Miss Maria had a visit from the dentist , attended with screams that caused my blood to stagnate . * It is , in fact , surprising , how much refitting and re- modelling is indispensable for poor people , who have been figuring with ...
... Miss Maria had a visit from the dentist , attended with screams that caused my blood to stagnate . * It is , in fact , surprising , how much refitting and re- modelling is indispensable for poor people , who have been figuring with ...
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... Miss Austin observes , in one of the best of her admirable novels , that " when lovely woman stoops to be disagreeable , " the only art her guilt to cover is , like the lovely woman who stoops to folly , " to die ! " Yet , what ...
... Miss Austin observes , in one of the best of her admirable novels , that " when lovely woman stoops to be disagreeable , " the only art her guilt to cover is , like the lovely woman who stoops to folly , " to die ! " Yet , what ...
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... Miss Roberts ; while , as to poor America , since the conquest of Peru , no country was ever so barbarously harassed by foreigners . Were it not for a few biographies , and the little green - paper- covered common - sensical volumes of ...
... Miss Roberts ; while , as to poor America , since the conquest of Peru , no country was ever so barbarously harassed by foreigners . Were it not for a few biographies , and the little green - paper- covered common - sensical volumes of ...
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... Miss Randall , the bluest of blues , and most busy of busybodies , who scarcely miss- es a night in the Ventilator throughout the session . She has her favourite nook , which no one but some miserable novice would think of usurping ...
... Miss Randall , the bluest of blues , and most busy of busybodies , who scarcely miss- es a night in the Ventilator throughout the session . She has her favourite nook , which no one but some miserable novice would think of usurping ...
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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.