The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... received her despatches from Herbault , and you are one of the favoured few admitted to the privy - council of les modes ? Or you are sitting for your picture ? -Yes ! you are sitting for your picture , and choose to arrive at Chalon's ...
... received her despatches from Herbault , and you are one of the favoured few admitted to the privy - council of les modes ? Or you are sitting for your picture ? -Yes ! you are sitting for your picture , and choose to arrive at Chalon's ...
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... received with indulgence ; and the party , yawning and hungry , satisfied that Lord Lancaster intended to cut the affair altogether , fell upon him like cannibals , and were tear- ing him to pieces , when in he sauntered , -cool , un ...
... received with indulgence ; and the party , yawning and hungry , satisfied that Lord Lancaster intended to cut the affair altogether , fell upon him like cannibals , and were tear- ing him to pieces , when in he sauntered , -cool , un ...
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... received as we have been . There is some satisfaction in paying our respects to the royal family , when we know that our absence would be noticed , and that our attendance is appreciated . " For my part I was too much confused during my ...
... received as we have been . There is some satisfaction in paying our respects to the royal family , when we know that our absence would be noticed , and that our attendance is appreciated . " For my part I was too much confused during my ...
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... received from the latter a very gracious courtesy . I could by no means under- stand the visit : for Mrs. Percy has scarcely made her appearance here for the last month ; or , to speak more correctly , from the time Lord Penrhyn began ...
... received from the latter a very gracious courtesy . I could by no means under- stand the visit : for Mrs. Percy has scarcely made her appearance here for the last month ; or , to speak more correctly , from the time Lord Penrhyn began ...
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... received a few apologizing lines from the duke , stating that he had been unavoidably de- tained by the arrival of his mother , to pass the day with him ; and informing me that nothing was known of the quarrel between his friend and Mr ...
... received a few apologizing lines from the duke , stating that he had been unavoidably de- tained by the arrival of his mother , to pass the day with him ; and informing me that nothing was known of the quarrel between his friend and Mr ...
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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.