The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... seen waiting at her door ; or stops him at Piccadilly Gate , to be smiled at , and whispered to , through her carriage window , under the observation of fifteen hundred peo- ple passing by , and the Achilles standing still . Mrs. Percy ...
... seen waiting at her door ; or stops him at Piccadilly Gate , to be smiled at , and whispered to , through her carriage window , under the observation of fifteen hundred peo- ple passing by , and the Achilles standing still . Mrs. Percy ...
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... seen there , " as some would - be Brum- mel observed , " but the aristocracy , savoir , a popula- tion of lords and footmen . " Each isolated mansion of that favoured region contains , within its little world , all that ingenuity and ...
... seen there , " as some would - be Brum- mel observed , " but the aristocracy , savoir , a popula- tion of lords and footmen . " Each isolated mansion of that favoured region contains , within its little world , all that ingenuity and ...
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... seen stopping ) , " they got out of their element , and were pecked to death by the birds into whose nest they had intruded . People thought them silly and presuming , even when their silliness and pre- sumption were upheld by a ...
... seen stopping ) , " they got out of their element , and were pecked to death by the birds into whose nest they had intruded . People thought them silly and presuming , even when their silliness and pre- sumption were upheld by a ...
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... seen him again , and studied him at leisure , I heartily rejoice at not having been warmer in my ac- ceptation of his civilities . Lord Lancaster seems to be an adept in that fashionable school of superciliousness which renders young ...
... seen him again , and studied him at leisure , I heartily rejoice at not having been warmer in my ac- ceptation of his civilities . Lord Lancaster seems to be an adept in that fashionable school of superciliousness which renders young ...
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... seen ! In spite of all the rivalship , all the vindictive feeling , pent up in the four hundred human breasts drawing breath under its gorgeous roof , all was courtesy , all kindness . Not a care presumed to show its face in that fairy ...
... seen ! In spite of all the rivalship , all the vindictive feeling , pent up in the four hundred human breasts drawing breath under its gorgeous roof , all was courtesy , all kindness . Not a care presumed to show its face in that fairy ...
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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.