The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... meet every day for the next three months , and find plenty of opportunities to talk over things and people whom I could not frankly dis- cuss in his presence ; indeed , I was quite sufficiently taken up with examining his wife , and ...
... meet every day for the next three months , and find plenty of opportunities to talk over things and people whom I could not frankly dis- cuss in his presence ; indeed , I was quite sufficiently taken up with examining his wife , and ...
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... meets a man in society , and , if a member of the same , offers to put him down there ; if not a member , but worthy so to be , he offers to put him up there . That goodly community he holds to consti- tute the human species ; for him ...
... meets a man in society , and , if a member of the same , offers to put him down there ; if not a member , but worthy so to be , he offers to put him up there . That goodly community he holds to consti- tute the human species ; for him ...
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... meet with con- trariétés . This morning I determined to sally forth across the parks , to visit my sister , attended by my ser- vant . But just as I had reached the gate of the Green Park , a gentleman , who had been cantering gently ...
... meet with con- trariétés . This morning I determined to sally forth across the parks , to visit my sister , attended by my ser- vant . But just as I had reached the gate of the Green Park , a gentleman , who had been cantering gently ...
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... meet a pleasant party , and eat a detestable din- ner . " " Invite my sister to dinner at a week's date ? " inter- rupted Armine . " On the contrary , pray ask her to dine with us , en famille , to - morrow ! " " * " Our specimen of a ...
... meet a pleasant party , and eat a detestable din- ner . " " Invite my sister to dinner at a week's date ? " inter- rupted Armine . " On the contrary , pray ask her to dine with us , en famille , to - morrow ! " " * " Our specimen of a ...
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... meet Lancaster , he said , ' I thought you were to dine at Herbert's ? ' adding something about an early dinner , which absolutely startled me . He ob- served that you were very considerate to dine at such an hour , in order to enable ...
... meet Lancaster , he said , ' I thought you were to dine at Herbert's ? ' adding something about an early dinner , which absolutely startled me . He ob- served that you were very considerate to dine at such an hour , in order to enable ...
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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.