The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volumen1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... eye at every turn in the neighbourhood of 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 ...
... eye at every turn in the neighbourhood of 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 ...
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... eyes and tiny feet , is to strangers as malicious as a monkey ; and quite as faithful and amu- sing to any one who will be at the trouble of ma- king a pet of her . " 66 " Be more gracious , my dear Lady Cecilia , " said I. Compare her ...
... eyes and tiny feet , is to strangers as malicious as a monkey ; and quite as faithful and amu- sing to any one who will be at the trouble of ma- king a pet of her . " 66 " Be more gracious , my dear Lady Cecilia , " said I. Compare her ...
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... eyes than their own aggrandizement in those of the world . Not a levee , not a drawing - room , that they do not attend ; not a royal porter's book in which the names of Sir Robert and Lady Mardynville are not inscribed with ' damnable ...
... eyes than their own aggrandizement in those of the world . Not a levee , not a drawing - room , that they do not attend ; not a royal porter's book in which the names of Sir Robert and Lady Mardynville are not inscribed with ' damnable ...
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... eyes of such people as the Mardyn- villes . In the course of ten minutes , up came Lady Dunbar , all smiles , -Lady Mardynville , all courtesies , — determined to make my acquaintance . " Long desirous of the honour - moving in the same ...
... eyes of such people as the Mardyn- villes . In the course of ten minutes , up came Lady Dunbar , all smiles , -Lady Mardynville , all courtesies , — determined to make my acquaintance . " Long desirous of the honour - moving in the same ...
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... eyes of their heart , and hear with its ears ; and sometimes , unluckily , talk out of its abundance . Yesterday , at din- ner at the Delavals ' , a gradually rising murmur reached us from the end of the table farthest from the place ...
... eyes of their heart , and hear with its ears ; and sometimes , unluckily , talk out of its abundance . Yesterday , at din- ner at the Delavals ' , a gradually rising murmur reached us from the end of the table farthest from the place ...
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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.