The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... ball , and Lady C.'s desire to have her ball adorned by the presence of Lady A.'s diamond necklace ) , London acquaintance- ships barely survive their ephemeral day , unless revived by some further motive of expediency . There seems to ...
... ball , and Lady C.'s desire to have her ball adorned by the presence of Lady A.'s diamond necklace ) , London acquaintance- ships barely survive their ephemeral day , unless revived by some further motive of expediency . There seems to ...
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... ball seemed their readiest mounting - stone , and a ball they determined to give , under the sponsorship of some Lady Ap Shenkin or other , the wife of a Welsh baronet neighbour . The company assembled by the lady of the leek was of the ...
... ball seemed their readiest mounting - stone , and a ball they determined to give , under the sponsorship of some Lady Ap Shenkin or other , the wife of a Welsh baronet neighbour . The company assembled by the lady of the leek was of the ...
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... ball , and Lady That noticed by the dutchess . On Wednesday mornings she is always in a nervous flutter of spirits , about a voucher for Miss Ellen , or a subscription for Lady Sophia . Mr. Penrhyn , indeed , de- clares but I am not ...
... ball , and Lady That noticed by the dutchess . On Wednesday mornings she is always in a nervous flutter of spirits , about a voucher for Miss Ellen , or a subscription for Lady Sophia . Mr. Penrhyn , indeed , de- clares but I am not ...
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... ball , eh ? -Great Heaven ! how can people dérouter themselves by going to balls ? →→→ Hot rooms - noisy music - dust - citric acid 24 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
... ball , eh ? -Great Heaven ! how can people dérouter themselves by going to balls ? →→→ Hot rooms - noisy music - dust - citric acid 24 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
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... ball ! -I look upon Almack's as the worst thing going . 99 . My gaieté de cœur was not to be damped by his affecta- tion ; and when the clock struck eleven , I entered , on Cecilia's arm , that long and echoing ball - room , where so ...
... ball ! -I look upon Almack's as the worst thing going . 99 . My gaieté de cœur was not to be damped by his affecta- tion ; and when the clock struck eleven , I entered , on Cecilia's arm , that long and echoing ball - room , where so ...
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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.