The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volumen1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... live- ly , rich , disengaged , with nothing to provoke that fret- ful porcupine , the world , to set its quills at you ; I think I shall produce you as an agreeability . " 66 Pray , don't ! I have not a set smile at my disposal ; and ...
... live- ly , rich , disengaged , with nothing to provoke that fret- ful porcupine , the world , to set its quills at you ; I think I shall produce you as an agreeability . " 66 Pray , don't ! I have not a set smile at my disposal ; and ...
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... live well means nothing but to eat . " May 1. - What a beautiful city , is London at this season of the year , when the spring breezes , disper- sing both fog and smoke , afford glimpses of blue sky ! What order in the streets ; -what ...
... live well means nothing but to eat . " May 1. - What a beautiful city , is London at this season of the year , when the spring breezes , disper- sing both fog and smoke , afford glimpses of blue sky ! What order in the streets ; -what ...
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... live as Thelusson , or the Dutchess of Gordon , sovereign- ized some forty years ago . The immediate consequence of this diffusion of brick and mortar seems to be the evacuation of the city . In- stead of the wealthy merchants and great ...
... live as Thelusson , or the Dutchess of Gordon , sovereign- ized some forty years ago . The immediate consequence of this diffusion of brick and mortar seems to be the evacuation of the city . In- stead of the wealthy merchants and great ...
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... live in . I dare say I am wrong , but I detest gimcracks . " " It was fitted up for your poor friend Thistledown , " added Armine , apparently with a view to his conciliation . " Was it ? I should have fancied it fitted up for an ...
... live in . I dare say I am wrong , but I detest gimcracks . " " It was fitted up for your poor friend Thistledown , " added Armine , apparently with a view to his conciliation . " Was it ? I should have fancied it fitted up for an ...
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... live through the day , and ex- pired in the course of the evening . " 66 My dear Sir Jenison , believe me , it was some other person . Lady Clendinning is one of the last women in the world to die in that sort of way , of a common cold ...
... live through the day , and ex- pired in the course of the evening . " 66 My dear Sir Jenison , believe me , it was some other person . Lady Clendinning is one of the last women in the world to die in that sort of way , of a common cold ...
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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.