The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... called the world . She has prodigious tact ; always some little scheme or other on foot , and which invariably suc- ceeds . But , after all , the objects she accomplishes are comparatively trifling ; and , to spend one's life in such ...
... called the world . She has prodigious tact ; always some little scheme or other on foot , and which invariably suc- ceeds . But , after all , the objects she accomplishes are comparatively trifling ; and , to spend one's life in such ...
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... called , consists , however , in nightly parties , twice as numer- ous and brilliant as any I have been in the habit of en- joying ; and last night I accompanied Lady Cecilia to a card - party , comprehending , she assured me , the ...
... called , consists , however , in nightly parties , twice as numer- ous and brilliant as any I have been in the habit of en- joying ; and last night I accompanied Lady Cecilia to a card - party , comprehending , she assured me , the ...
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... called her that Mrs. Thistledown . He had been regarded as a frank , well- natured man ; we now decided him to be a tiger ! What became of either we neither knew nor inquired . It was sufficiently horrible that we had been dining and ...
... called her that Mrs. Thistledown . He had been regarded as a frank , well- natured man ; we now decided him to be a tiger ! What became of either we neither knew nor inquired . It was sufficiently horrible that we had been dining and ...
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... called ' highly respectable ; ' — brother baronets and sister baronetesses , -Portland Place directors and directresses , -admirals , generals , lord and lady chief justices , et hoc genus omne ; most of them party - givers as well as ...
... called ' highly respectable ; ' — brother baronets and sister baronetesses , -Portland Place directors and directresses , -admirals , generals , lord and lady chief justices , et hoc genus omne ; most of them party - givers as well as ...
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... called on by his county to bring him forward at the next election . But Lady Cecilia , who says little , does all ; and , as Clarence finds it delightful to waltz every night , and ride every morning , with his pretty cousin Alicia , it ...
... called on by his county to bring him forward at the next election . But Lady Cecilia , who says little , does all ; and , as Clarence finds it delightful to waltz every night , and ride every morning , with his pretty cousin Alicia , it ...
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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.