The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... fashion of countess - dowagerhood . " This is a house of which it is indispensable to have the entrée , -open first and last in the season , when nothing better is to be had . Be- sides , the habitués of the set have a way of discussing ...
... fashion of countess - dowagerhood . " This is a house of which it is indispensable to have the entrée , -open first and last in the season , when nothing better is to be had . Be- sides , the habitués of the set have a way of discussing ...
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... fashion ? " " The fates have been against him ! Lord Wander- ford , arriving , as swarthy as a Moor , from his travels in Abyssinia , threatened , a few weeks ago , to dethrone him . But , unluckily , Penrhyn's grandfather , old Lord ...
... fashion ? " " The fates have been against him ! Lord Wander- ford , arriving , as swarthy as a Moor , from his travels in Abyssinia , threatened , a few weeks ago , to dethrone him . But , unluckily , Penrhyn's grandfather , old Lord ...
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... so dearly love a little bit of finesse , to sneak their pitiful way to a vote , either at Brookes's or in the house . Madame Ln was the first to bring i this sort of tripotage into fashion . So well 14 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
... so dearly love a little bit of finesse , to sneak their pitiful way to a vote , either at Brookes's or in the house . Madame Ln was the first to bring i this sort of tripotage into fashion . So well 14 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
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Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances). i this sort of tripotage into fashion . So well - bred , so well - dressed , nothing she did appeared amiss ; like Cleo- patra , " Vilest things Became themselves in her , and holy bishops Blessed her ...
Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances). i this sort of tripotage into fashion . So well - bred , so well - dressed , nothing she did appeared amiss ; like Cleo- patra , " Vilest things Became themselves in her , and holy bishops Blessed her ...
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... fashion hold a reign so absolute as in London ? - Where was the rule of exclusivism ever so firmly es- tablished as at Almack's ? The very fine complain that the thing is en décadence , and no longer the Delhai Lama - ish temple that it ...
... fashion hold a reign so absolute as in London ? - Where was the rule of exclusivism ever so firmly es- tablished as at Almack's ? The very fine complain that the thing is en décadence , and no longer the Delhai Lama - ish temple that 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.