The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... 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 lady's pretence of a penchant at first amused DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE . 11 ...
... 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 lady's pretence of a penchant at first amused DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE . 11 ...
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... passed for a pretty woman ; we now thought her a fright , and called her that Mrs. Thistledown . He had been regarded as a frank , well- natured man ; we now decided him to be a tiger ! What became of either we neither knew nor inquired ...
... passed for a pretty woman ; we now thought her a fright , and called her that Mrs. Thistledown . He had been regarded as a frank , well- natured man ; we now decided him to be a tiger ! What became of either we neither knew nor inquired ...
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... passing have created a care for her ! -But I forget ! -Armine has four children ; and experience has not initiated me into the pains and pleasures produced by the responsi bility of motherhood . The unfavourable change I noticed in ...
... passing have created a care for her ! -But I forget ! -Armine has four children ; and experience has not initiated me into the pains and pleasures produced by the responsi bility of motherhood . The unfavourable change I noticed in ...
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... passed between Armine and her hus- band , at the mention of several persons I named as my intimate associates . Had he not been there , she would have probably explained herself ; but Herbert showed such a disposition to be uncivil , by ...
... passed between Armine and her hus- band , at the mention of several persons I named as my intimate associates . Had he not been there , she would have probably explained herself ; but Herbert showed such a disposition to be uncivil , by ...
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... passed in such a spot , one might almost become a convert to the notion of the poor , that in this world at least , Dives , in his purple and fine linen , is exempt from tribulation . It is , perhaps , owing to the domestic plagues ...
... passed in such a spot , one might almost become a convert to the notion of the poor , that in this world at least , Dives , in his purple and fine linen , is exempt from tribulation . It is , perhaps , owing to the domestic plagues ...
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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.