The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... carriage window , under the observation of fifteen hundred peo- ple passing by , and the Achilles standing still . Mrs. Percy would be miserable , unless she knew herself to be the object of scandal . " " And Mr. Penrhyn ? " " The ...
... carriage window , under the observation of fifteen hundred peo- ple passing by , and the Achilles standing still . Mrs. Percy would be miserable , unless she knew herself to be the object of scandal . " " And Mr. Penrhyn ? " " The ...
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... carriages , and wide pavements thronged with passengers , is a very type of the times ; -all show and speculation , -all activity and superficiality . Then the west end squares , and the streets leading into Park Lane , —how dignifiedly ...
... carriages , and wide pavements thronged with passengers , is a very type of the times ; -all show and speculation , -all activity and superficiality . Then the west end squares , and the streets leading into Park Lane , —how dignifiedly ...
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... carriage is seen stopping ) , " they got out of their element , and were pecked to death by the birds into whose nest they had intruded . People thought them silly and presuming , even when their silliness and pre- sumption were upheld ...
... carriage is seen stopping ) , " they got out of their element , and were pecked to death by the birds into whose nest they had intruded . People thought them silly and presuming , even when their silliness and pre- sumption were upheld ...
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... carriage , -stood in a draught of air without her cloak , —and never quitted her bed afterward . Blisters , bleeding , leeches - noth- ing could save her . " 66 How very absurd ! Lady Clendinning has a horror of blisters - never put one ...
... carriage , -stood in a draught of air without her cloak , —and never quitted her bed afterward . Blisters , bleeding , leeches - noth- ing could save her . " 66 How very absurd ! Lady Clendinning has a horror of blisters - never put one ...
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... carriage and horses to bring you to see us , " replied Herbert , taking up his own defence . " My horses and servants had been out all night . " " Yourself , of course , remaining at home ? " " No. If you remember , I told you I was ...
... carriage and horses to bring you to see us , " replied Herbert , taking up his own defence . " My horses and servants had been out all night . " " Yourself , of course , remaining at home ? " " No. If you remember , I told you I was ...
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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.