The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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Página 9
... course of the evening a few male individuals , half a century younger than the enshrined divinities of the temple , made their appearance ; but of these the small - talk was so very small , and the big looks so very big , that I took ...
... course of the evening a few male individuals , half a century younger than the enshrined divinities of the temple , made their appearance ; but of these the small - talk was so very small , and the big looks so very big , that I took ...
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... course , a fine thing in the eyes of such people as the Mardyn- villes . In the course of ten minutes , up came Lady Dunbar , all smiles , -Lady Mardynville , all courtesies , — determined to make my acquaintance . " Long desirous of ...
... course , a fine thing in the eyes of such people as the Mardyn- villes . In the course of ten minutes , up came Lady Dunbar , all smiles , -Lady Mardynville , all courtesies , — determined to make my acquaintance . " Long desirous of ...
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... course , there was an end of the thing . " " And there might as well have been an end of the people , " said Penrhyn , laughing . " They are morally dead - defunct , to all intents and purposes . Let them sleep in peace . " 66 ...
... course , there was an end of the thing . " " And there might as well have been an end of the people , " said Penrhyn , laughing . " They are morally dead - defunct , to all intents and purposes . Let them sleep in peace . " 66 ...
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... course of the evening , contrived to make it known to the ac- quaintance - seekers that she would have made their bar- onets , lords ; and their ladies , ladies in waiting . Next year , accordingly , Lady Lavinia undertook their ball ...
... course of the evening , contrived to make it known to the ac- quaintance - seekers that she would have made their bar- onets , lords ; and their ladies , ladies in waiting . Next year , accordingly , Lady Lavinia undertook their ball ...
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... courses , no- ticed that the frîacheur of my toilet was equal to that of the mullet , a great compliment from him . " You are going to a ball , eh ? -Great Heaven ! how can people dérouter themselves by going to balls ? →→→ Hot rooms ...
... courses , no- ticed that the frîacheur of my toilet was equal to that of the mullet , a great compliment from him . " You are going to a ball , eh ? -Great Heaven ! how can people dérouter themselves by going to balls ? →→→ Hot rooms ...
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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.