The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volumen1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... give myself the trouble of looking and talk- ing delightfully with all my might for the gratification of strangers . " " My dear , you must give yourself a few months " trouble , if you intend to be popular . Once established as an ...
... give myself the trouble of looking and talk- ing delightfully with all my might for the gratification of strangers . " " My dear , you must give yourself a few months " trouble , if you intend to be popular . Once established as an ...
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... gives her the trouble of writing out an account in the midst of the hurry and bustle of the season . By - the - way , my dear , do you like Mr. Pen- rhyn ? " " The man who sat so long with us last night at the opera ? " 66 So long ...
... gives her the trouble of writing out an account in the midst of the hurry and bustle of the season . By - the - way , my dear , do you like Mr. Pen- rhyn ? " " The man who sat so long with us last night at the opera ? " 66 So long ...
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... give us dinners or suppers . 99 " Indeed , I did inquire , " said Mrs. Percy , incapable of discerning between her friend's serious and ironical vein , " and I was told they were in prison . Of course , there was an end of the thing ...
... give us dinners or suppers . 99 " Indeed , I did inquire , " said Mrs. Percy , incapable of discerning between her friend's serious and ironical vein , " and I was told they were in prison . Of course , there was an end of the thing ...
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... give an agreeable fête to their own visiting - list , at the house of a Colonel Crab or a Mrs. Brown , with a proviso that visiting - cards shall be left for the Crab or the Brown on the following day . Others exercise their functions ...
... give an agreeable fête to their own visiting - list , at the house of a Colonel Crab or a Mrs. Brown , with a proviso that visiting - cards shall be left for the Crab or the Brown on the following day . Others exercise their functions ...
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... give , under the sponsorship of some Lady Ap Shenkin or other , the wife of a Welsh baronet neighbour . The company assembled by the lady of the leek was of the kind called ' highly respectable ; ' — brother baronets and sister ...
... give , under the sponsorship of some Lady Ap Shenkin or other , the wife of a Welsh baronet neighbour . The company assembled by the lady of the leek was of the kind called ' highly respectable ; ' — brother baronets and sister ...
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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.