The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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Página 11
... Penrhyn ; a very pretty woman , with no further harm in her than an ap petite for being talked about with the most fashionable man of the season , be he who he may . Just now , she will not allow Penrhyn to call his soul his own ...
... Penrhyn ; a very pretty woman , with no further harm in her than an ap petite for being talked about with the most fashionable man of the season , be he who he may . Just now , she will not allow Penrhyn to call his soul his own ...
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... Penrhyn's grandfather , old Lord Penrhyn , is likely to die ; when he will become one of the wealthiest individuals in Europe . His éclat thus enhanced , poor Mrs. Percy will make herself more ridic- ulous than ever . By - the - way ...
... Penrhyn's grandfather , old Lord Penrhyn , is likely to die ; when he will become one of the wealthiest individuals in Europe . His éclat thus enhanced , poor Mrs. Percy will make herself more ridic- ulous than ever . By - the - way ...
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... Penrhyn to me yesterday , at dinner , " this potage à la financière deserves the Upper House . " The first time I accompanied Lady Cecilia Delaval to old Lady Kent's card - party , I was much amused by the uneasy manner in which she was ...
... Penrhyn to me yesterday , at dinner , " this potage à la financière deserves the Upper House . " The first time I accompanied Lady Cecilia Delaval to old Lady Kent's card - party , I was much amused by the uneasy manner in which she was ...
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... Penrhyn shocked Sir Robert to death by pretending to mistake his household but- ton for that of the R. Y. C. ! This morning arrived cards , and ( without waiting to have them returned ) an invitation for a dinner - party , three weeks ...
... Penrhyn shocked Sir Robert to death by pretending to mistake his household but- ton for that of the R. Y. C. ! This morning arrived cards , and ( without waiting to have them returned ) an invitation for a dinner - party , three weeks ...
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... Penrhyn , a dear lover of mis- chief , kept spurring the belligerants on to battle by little minikin - pin pricks of impertinence . Now , of what use was all their squabbling , either to their party ( their party ! ) or themselves ? Not ...
... Penrhyn , a dear lover of mis- chief , kept spurring the belligerants on to battle by little minikin - pin pricks of impertinence . Now , of what use was all their squabbling , either to their party ( their party ! ) or themselves ? Not ...
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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.