The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... Better , however , trust to her experience , than venture alone into the wide world of London , which I know so little , yet dislike so much . How detestable were those biennial visits to town with my aunt Mar- garet Montresor , who ...
... Better , however , trust to her experience , than venture alone into the wide world of London , which I know so little , yet dislike so much . How detestable were those biennial visits to town with my aunt Mar- garet Montresor , who ...
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... better when their jargon ceases to be an unknown tongue , " said Lady Cecilia , after pre- senting me to our hostess , a good kind of roundabout woman , turbaned after the most approved fashion of countess - dowagerhood . " This is a ...
... better when their jargon ceases to be an unknown tongue , " said Lady Cecilia , after pre- senting me to our hostess , a good kind of roundabout woman , turbaned after the most approved fashion of countess - dowagerhood . " This is a ...
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... better , and Prince George quite out of danger . " Such was Cecilia's definition of the amiable couple who so manifestly despised me ; and last night , at the Dunbars ' , they fully justified her diatribe . When they entered the room ...
... better , and Prince George quite out of danger . " Such was Cecilia's definition of the amiable couple who so manifestly despised me ; and last night , at the Dunbars ' , they fully justified her diatribe . When they entered the room ...
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... Better talk to all eternity of the weather , as we used to do in Ireland ; or of chiffons , as I am told they do in Paris . Lady Cecilia declares that three or four of the best houses in town have become insupportable during the last ...
... Better talk to all eternity of the weather , as we used to do in Ireland ; or of chiffons , as I am told they do in Paris . Lady Cecilia declares that three or four of the best houses in town have become insupportable during the last ...
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... better than one's cook ? " -Hanton has dropped the acquaintance of the Mardyn- villes , because their turbot is high instead of their veni- son , and refused to be presented to pretty little 16 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE . the state of ...
... better than one's cook ? " -Hanton has dropped the acquaintance of the Mardyn- villes , because their turbot is high instead of their veni- son , and refused to be presented to pretty little 16 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE . the state of ...
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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.