The Diary of a Désennuyée, Volumen1Harper, 1836 - 212 páginas |
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... woman of what is called the world . She has prodigious tact ; always some little scheme or other on foot , and which invariably suc- ceeds . But , after all , the objects she accomplishes are comparatively trifling ; and , to spend ...
... woman of what is called the world . She has prodigious tact ; always some little scheme or other on foot , and which invariably suc- ceeds . But , after all , the objects she accomplishes are comparatively trifling ; and , to spend ...
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... woman , turbaned after the most approved fashion of countess - dowagerhood . " This is a house of which it is indispensable to have the entrée , -open first and last in the season , when nothing better is to be had . Be- sides , the ...
... woman , turbaned after the most approved fashion of countess - dowagerhood . " This is a house of which it is indispensable to have the entrée , -open first and last in the season , when nothing better is to be had . Be- sides , the ...
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... woman , with no further harm in her than an ap petite for being talked about with the most fashionable man of the season , be he who he may . Just now , she will not allow Penrhyn to call his soul his own ; → writes him sentimental ...
... woman , with no further harm in her than an ap petite for being talked about with the most fashionable man of the season , be he who he may . Just now , she will not allow Penrhyn to call his soul his own ; → writes him sentimental ...
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... 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 . " And what are they ...
... 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 . " And what are they ...
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... woman ; we now thought her a fright , and called her that Mrs. Thistledown . He had been regarded as a frank , well- natured man ; we now decided him to be a tiger ! What became of either we neither knew nor inquired . It was ...
... woman ; we now thought her a fright , and called her that Mrs. Thistledown . He had been regarded as a frank , well- natured man ; we now decided him to be a tiger ! What became of either we neither knew nor inquired . It was ...
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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.