The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volumen1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... become - but let the past be forgotten . Thanks to my experience , I re - enter the world with a heart steeled to insensibility , and a resolution to be indebted to my head alone for future pleasures . Instead of quarrelling with ...
... become - but let the past be forgotten . Thanks to my experience , I re - enter the world with a heart steeled to insensibility , and a resolution to be indebted to my head alone for future pleasures . Instead of quarrelling with ...
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... becoming a convert to Lady Cecilia's code of minor morals ! I can understand lighting a candle to the devil ; for " the prince of darkness is a 1 gentleman . " But , to burn farthing rushlights 10 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
... becoming a convert to Lady Cecilia's code of minor morals ! I can understand lighting a candle to the devil ; for " the prince of darkness is a 1 gentleman . " But , to burn farthing rushlights 10 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
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... become one of the wealthiest individuals in Europe . His éclat thus enhanced , poor Mrs. Percy will make herself more ridic- ulous than ever . By - the - way , my dear , I recommend you to marry Penrhyn , and put them both out of their ...
... become one of the wealthiest individuals in Europe . His éclat thus enhanced , poor Mrs. Percy will make herself more ridic- ulous than ever . By - the - way , my dear , I recommend you to marry Penrhyn , and put them both out of their ...
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... become a spe- cies of endemic at the west end ; a cholera morbus never to be extirpated . It is considered a mark of caste among the fine ladies to " dote on the Duke of Wellington , " or to " adore the present ministry ; " the ...
... become a spe- cies of endemic at the west end ; a cholera morbus never to be extirpated . It is considered a mark of caste among the fine ladies to " dote on the Duke of Wellington , " or to " adore the present ministry ; " the ...
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... told they do in Paris . Lady Cecilia declares that three or four of the best houses in town have become insupportable during the last few years , on account of the state of parties ; among others , that of DIARY OF A Désennuyée . 15.
... told they do in Paris . Lady Cecilia declares that three or four of the best houses in town have become insupportable during the last few years , on account of the state of parties ; among others , that of DIARY OF A Désennuyée . 15.
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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.