The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... believe , however , I cannot put myself under safer tutelage than hers . No one is so much the fash- ion . She commands the interest and influence of her sister , the Marchioness of Clackmannan ( a lady of the bedchamber , and patroness ...
... believe , however , I cannot put myself under safer tutelage than hers . No one is so much the fash- ion . She commands the interest and influence of her sister , the Marchioness of Clackmannan ( a lady of the bedchamber , and patroness ...
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... believe me , it was some other person . Lady Clendinning is one of the last women in the world to die in that sort of way , of a common cold . " " But it was not a common cold - it was an inflamma- tion of the lungs . " " Well ! common ...
... believe me , it was some other person . Lady Clendinning is one of the last women in the world to die in that sort of way , of a common cold . " " But it was not a common cold - it was an inflamma- tion of the lungs . " " Well ! common ...
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... believe a word of it ! ” interrupted Lady Eve- lyn , having gradually raised her small sucking - dove voice to tornado pitch ; " and I will go to Clendinning House this very minute . " 66 Before Sir Jenison had settled his wig and his ...
... believe a word of it ! ” interrupted Lady Eve- lyn , having gradually raised her small sucking - dove voice to tornado pitch ; " and I will go to Clendinning House this very minute . " 66 Before Sir Jenison had settled his wig and his ...
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... believe , ” said I , amused by his barbaresque self - possession , under the scrutinizing glan- ces of the exclusive . " Scosh ? aha ! Scosh , I tink . Good - day , milor , good- day , your shervanth . You are of Scoshland , I find . I ...
... believe , ” said I , amused by his barbaresque self - possession , under the scrutinizing glan- ces of the exclusive . " Scosh ? aha ! Scosh , I tink . Good - day , milor , good- day , your shervanth . You are of Scoshland , I find . I ...
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... Believe me , I was horror - struck ! -took but three minutes and a quarter to reach Spring Gardens -searched for your card - found it - gave myself five minutes to dress - waited only while my horses were putting to , and have now ...
... Believe me , I was horror - struck ! -took but three minutes and a quarter to reach Spring Gardens -searched for your card - found it - gave myself five minutes to dress - waited only while my horses were putting to , and have now ...
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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.