The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... affair , -a perpetual warfare with the ceremonial of life . There is such a thing , I suspect , as being the slave of one's liberty . I believe , however , I cannot put myself under safer tutelage than hers . No one is so much the fash ...
... affair , -a perpetual warfare with the ceremonial of life . There is such a thing , I suspect , as being the slave of one's liberty . I believe , however , I cannot put myself under safer tutelage than hers . No one is so much the fash ...
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... affair altogether , fell upon him like cannibals , and were tear- ing him to pieces , when in he sauntered , -cool , un- daunted , unapologizing , bowing slightly to his hosts , saluting Lord Hampton with a glance , and totally un ...
... affair altogether , fell upon him like cannibals , and were tear- ing him to pieces , when in he sauntered , -cool , un- daunted , unapologizing , bowing slightly to his hosts , saluting Lord Hampton with a glance , and totally un ...
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... affair about the Oakley keep- ers did him a great deal of injury in the county . I trust Smith will be cautious . " " Did Thoms say whether any thing was settled about slating the almshouses at Dudley ? My man Robson was up last week on ...
... affair about the Oakley keep- ers did him a great deal of injury in the county . I trust Smith will be cautious . " " Did Thoms say whether any thing was settled about slating the almshouses at Dudley ? My man Robson was up last week on ...
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... affairs , as if we had been friends from childhood . She knew , in fact , more of me than I could suppose . " And , in uttering the hint , she assumed a significant smile , which , were I less acquainted with my sister's delicacy ...
... affairs , as if we had been friends from childhood . She knew , in fact , more of me than I could suppose . " And , in uttering the hint , she assumed a significant smile , which , were I less acquainted with my sister's delicacy ...
Página 87
... affairs . But I beg leave to differ from them . I am not engaged to Mr. Penrhyn . " " Then why , my dear sister , " cried Armine , dropping her work into her lap , " why on earth were you seen with him alone in your carriage last week ...
... affairs . But I beg leave to differ from them . I am not engaged to Mr. Penrhyn . " " Then why , my dear sister , " cried Armine , dropping her work into her lap , " why on earth were you seen with him alone in your carriage last week ...
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acquaintance agreeable Almack's amused Andernach Armine arrived bal costumé ball beautiful Bedfordshire better bon-ton bore Buntingford by-the-way Carlists carriage charming Clarence court cousin cried Crowhurst dear Delaval Devonshire House dine dinner drawing-room dress duchess Duke of Merioneth England English eyes fancy fashion favour feel French George Hanton Gresham Ronsham heard Herbault Herbert Hollybridge honour hour husband inquired invited Lady Alicia Lady Cecilia Lady Clackmannan Lady Farrington Lady Hartston Lady Mardynville Lady Maria Lady Southam last night London look Lord Hampton Lord Hartston Lord Lancaster Lord Penrhyn Merioneth House morning never observed old lady opera Paris Park party passed Percy Père la Chaise person poor prince Princess Rawdon replied Rhine royal scarcely season seems Sir Henry Sir Jenison sister society Staffordshire talk thing tion to-morrow tone town Trentwood Tuileries Vanguyon Vinicombe wife woman women yesterday young
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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.