The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... honour for the remainder of your days . " What a system ! What a stifling of honourable sen- timent ! What a sacrifice of principle ! Heaven pre- serve me from becoming a convert to Lady Cecilia's code of minor morals ! I can understand ...
... honour for the remainder of your days . " What a system ! What a stifling of honourable sen- timent ! What a sacrifice of principle ! Heaven pre- serve me from becoming a convert to Lady Cecilia's code of minor morals ! I can understand ...
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... honour - moving in the same circle - meeting , night after night , without the privilege of speaking ; so excessively awkward , " & c . & c . The duke rose , and stalked away to make room for my new friends ; while Mr. Penrhyn shocked ...
... honour - moving in the same circle - meeting , night after night , without the privilege of speaking ; so excessively awkward , " & c . & c . The duke rose , and stalked away to make room for my new friends ; while Mr. Penrhyn shocked ...
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... honour of new introductions ! Lady Ce- cilia is of opinion that , as my house is not large enough to give a ball ( a thing which amounts to the publication of one's visiting - list ) , I may as well know everybody , and go only to those ...
... honour of new introductions ! Lady Ce- cilia is of opinion that , as my house is not large enough to give a ball ( a thing which amounts to the publication of one's visiting - list ) , I may as well know everybody , and go only to those ...
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... honour of their acquaintance . " No , she was aware of that . But they heard me singing , through the wall , and heard my little dog bark , and often fancied they could even distinguish my voice . Then they saw me go out in the carriage ...
... honour of their acquaintance . " No , she was aware of that . But they heard me singing , through the wall , and heard my little dog bark , and often fancied they could even distinguish my voice . Then they saw me go out in the carriage ...
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... honour . The duke , who likes every thing beau- tiful or clever , is prepossessed in her favour , and wishes to place her on a good footing with her rivals . But not a charmer of them all was to be conciliated . Instead of exerting ...
... honour . The duke , who likes every thing beau- tiful or clever , is prepossessed in her favour , and wishes to place her on a good footing with her rivals . But not a charmer of them all was to be conciliated . Instead of exerting ...
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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.