The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volumen1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... scarcely justified me in placing my happiness within his keeping . What prescience , alas ! rendered her so wise ? How came she to guess that Delaval , in withdrawing from the army on his marriage , and de- voting himself to the ...
... scarcely justified me in placing my happiness within his keeping . What prescience , alas ! rendered her so wise ? How came she to guess that Delaval , in withdrawing from the army on his marriage , and de- voting himself to the ...
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... scarcely decided ! Pretty , well - dressed , 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 ...
... scarcely decided ! Pretty , well - dressed , 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 ...
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... scarcely two thousand a year , I am content to remain in Bedfordshire . Indeed , this will be decidedly the last year of our coming . Next season I shall let this confounded smoky hole , and get three or four 32 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
... scarcely two thousand a year , I am content to remain in Bedfordshire . Indeed , this will be decidedly the last year of our coming . Next season I shall let this confounded smoky hole , and get three or four 32 DIARY OF A DÉSENNUYÉE .
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... scarcely tasted soup , Lord Lancaster , affecting to perceive me , made me a formal bend of recognition , while I swallowed in uneasy silence my cold turbot and warm cucumber . At three out of every six of even the best dinners given in ...
... scarcely tasted soup , Lord Lancaster , affecting to perceive me , made me a formal bend of recognition , while I swallowed in uneasy silence my cold turbot and warm cucumber . At three out of every six of even the best dinners given in ...
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... scarcely repress at finding the last act of the Gazza Ladra substituted for the first act of the Semiramide . Who is to rely upon the veracity of the bills , if such abuses are tolerated ? An individual pays his money for a ticket ...
... scarcely repress at finding the last act of the Gazza Ladra substituted for the first act of the Semiramide . Who is to rely upon the veracity of the bills , if such abuses are tolerated ? An individual pays his money for a ticket ...
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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.