The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volume 1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... society , whose regu- lar gradation is so perceptible , from the wide basis to the tapering apex , seems as if in England it held to- gether the firmer for its polished corner - stones ; and it is , at all events , a relief to one's ...
... society , whose regu- lar gradation is so perceptible , from the wide basis to the tapering apex , seems as if in England it held to- gether the firmer for its polished corner - stones ; and it is , at all events , a relief to one's ...
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... society , -good health , good conscience , and ( between myself and my diary ) a tolerably good ap- pearance ; yet all this frustrated and imbittered by my sad experience of the hollowness of the world ! Married at seventeen to the man ...
... society , -good health , good conscience , and ( between myself and my diary ) a tolerably good ap- pearance ; yet all this frustrated and imbittered by my sad experience of the hollowness of the world ! Married at seventeen to the man ...
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... society can be independ- ent . The world is like a watch - dog , which fawns upon you , or tears you to pieces . If you choose to remain in whole skin , take my advice - throw the beast a sop or two out of your abundance , and make it ...
... society can be independ- ent . The world is like a watch - dog , which fawns upon you , or tears you to pieces . If you choose to remain in whole skin , take my advice - throw the beast a sop or two out of your abundance , and make it ...
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... , feel safe in their society ; nor can I help lis- tening to ascertain whether the ice on which we are sliding together be not giving way under our feet 99 Would that Armine and my brother - in - law 12 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
... , feel safe in their society ; nor can I help lis- tening to ascertain whether the ice on which we are sliding together be not giving way under our feet 99 Would that Armine and my brother - in - law 12 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
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... society - obtained him the entrée of the best clubs - and , in some shower of coronets produ ced by the stormy state of the political atmosphere , will , perhaps , buy him into the peerage . " Prejudice apart , " whispered Mr. Penrhyn ...
... society - obtained him the entrée of the best clubs - and , in some shower of coronets produ ced by the stormy state of the political atmosphere , will , perhaps , buy him into the peerage . " Prejudice apart , " whispered Mr. Penrhyn ...
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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.