The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volumen1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... sister Armine for whisper- ing , on the eve of our union , that an acquaintance of six weeks scarcely justified me in placing my happiness within his keeping . What prescience , alas ! rendered her so wise ? How came she to guess that ...
... sister Armine for whisper- ing , on the eve of our union , that an acquaintance of six weeks scarcely justified me in placing my happiness within his keeping . What prescience , alas ! rendered her so wise ? How came she to guess that ...
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... sister , the Marchioness of Clackmannan ( a lady of the bedchamber , and patroness of Almack's , and all that sort of thing ) , without the bore and trouble of place- holding ; while her stupid husband , Sir Jenison Dela- val , s ...
... sister , the Marchioness of Clackmannan ( a lady of the bedchamber , and patroness of Almack's , and all that sort of thing ) , without the bore and trouble of place- holding ; while her stupid husband , Sir Jenison Dela- val , s ...
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... sister , the marchioness ; where , " Under which club , Bezonian ? Speak or die ! " is the first inquiry made of every new pretender to her acquaintance . George Hanton , who sat next me yesterday during this battle of frogs and mice ...
... sister , the marchioness ; where , " Under which club , Bezonian ? Speak or die ! " is the first inquiry made of every new pretender to her acquaintance . George Hanton , who sat next me yesterday during this battle of frogs and mice ...
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... sister baronetesses , -Portland Place directors and directresses , -admirals , generals , lord and lady chief justices , et hoc genus omne ; most of them party - givers as well as party - goers ; and the new people were invited to some ...
... sister baronetesses , -Portland Place directors and directresses , -admirals , generals , lord and lady chief justices , et hoc genus omne ; most of them party - givers as well as party - goers ; and the new people were invited to some ...
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... sister to be a tête - à - tête ; but we shall meet every day for the next three months , and find plenty of opportunities to talk over things and people whom I could not frankly dis- cuss in his presence ; indeed , I was quite ...
... sister to be a tête - à - tête ; but we shall meet every day for the next three months , and find plenty of opportunities to talk over things and people whom I could not frankly dis- cuss in his presence ; indeed , I was quite ...
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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.