The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volumen1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... present just such a con- clave of lean , yellow , shrivelled , inexpressive faces . In the course of the evening a few male individuals , half a century younger than the enshrined divinities of the temple , made their appearance ; but ...
... present just such a con- clave of lean , yellow , shrivelled , inexpressive faces . In the course of the evening a few male individuals , half a century younger than the enshrined divinities of the temple , made their appearance ; but ...
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... present the 66 new woman " to her . " Have mercy on Sir Robert and Lady Mardynville , and do not look hard at them till they have ascertained that you are worthy of their acquaintance , " whispered my friend , with assumed gravity ...
... present the 66 new woman " to her . " Have mercy on Sir Robert and Lady Mardynville , and do not look hard at them till they have ascertained that you are worthy of their acquaintance , " whispered my friend , with assumed gravity ...
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... present ministry ; " the intellectual coteries affecting the latter creed , the ex- clusives , the former . The Ventilator , its eems , set their brains a - madding for a season or so ; and , just as they all went hero - mad during the ...
... present ministry ; " the intellectual coteries affecting the latter creed , the ex- clusives , the former . The Ventilator , its eems , set their brains a - madding for a season or so ; and , just as they all went hero - mad during the ...
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... present me to her clique . But she is too apt to traffic in little notes of nothing- ness , using all the insinuations that satin paper and phrases de caresse can supply , to get Mrs. This invited to the duke's ball , and Lady That ...
... present me to her clique . But she is too apt to traffic in little notes of nothing- ness , using all the insinuations that satin paper and phrases de caresse can supply , to get Mrs. This invited to the duke's ball , and Lady That ...
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... present in the incipient stage of listlessnessism . At present , he knows nothing , and nobody , on the face of the created globe . He came into my drawing - room evidently prepared for a tête - à- téte , and to make it agreeable to ...
... present in the incipient stage of listlessnessism . At present , he knows nothing , and nobody , on the face of the created globe . He came into my drawing - room evidently prepared for a tête - à- téte , and to make it agreeable to ...
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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.