The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volumen1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... Delaval Cas- tle . The fortune of Rothschild , and the wisdom of Sol- omon , would not have enabled me to alleviate a fourth part of the distress I was fated to witness ; and one of the few acts of kindness I have to acknowledge towards ...
... Delaval Cas- tle . The fortune of Rothschild , and the wisdom of Sol- omon , would not have enabled me to alleviate a fourth part of the distress I was fated to witness ; and one of the few acts of kindness I have to acknowledge towards ...
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... Delaval to Ire- land ; nor could I forgive my sister Armine for whisper- ing , on the eve of our union , that an acquaintance of six weeks scarcely justified me in placing my happiness within his keeping . What prescience , alas ...
... Delaval to Ire- land ; nor could I forgive my sister Armine for whisper- ing , on the eve of our union , that an acquaintance of six weeks scarcely justified me in placing my happiness within his keeping . What prescience , alas ...
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... Delaval , writes me word , that the house she has engaged for me , in St. James's Place , is a perfect bijou , " a cant phrase of hers . She wrote me the same thing some years ago , of Azor , her pet lapdog ; and when she brought the ...
... Delaval , writes me word , that the house she has engaged for me , in St. James's Place , is a perfect bijou , " a cant phrase of hers . She wrote me the same thing some years ago , of Azor , her pet lapdog ; and when she brought the ...
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... Delaval . Lady Cecilia , too , has presented me to her own set of acquaintance ; many of them , I fear , " pleasant , but wrong . " I do not , at least , feel safe in their society ; nor can I help lis- tening to ascertain whether the ...
... Delaval . Lady Cecilia , too , has presented me to her own set of acquaintance ; many of them , I fear , " pleasant , but wrong . " I do not , at least , feel safe in their society ; nor can I help lis- tening to ascertain whether the ...
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... Delaval so satis- factorily established in their place , ” was Mrs. Percy's well - turned rejoinder : But Mrs. Percy's heartlessness is by no means unique . Most of my new friends ( and many among them should know better ) have entered ...
... Delaval so satis- factorily established in their place , ” was Mrs. Percy's well - turned rejoinder : But Mrs. Percy's heartlessness is by no means unique . Most of my new friends ( and many among them should know better ) have entered ...
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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.