The diary of a désennuyée [by C.G.F. Gore].

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Página 186 - 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 186 - One moment now may give us more Than years of toiling reason: Our minds shall drink at every pore The spirit of the season. Some silent laws our hearts will make, Which they shall long obey: We for the year to come may take Our temper from to-day.
Página 65 - After all, clubs are not altogether so bad a thing for familymen. 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...
Página 102 - They occupy, perhaps, a more independent and honourable position, — are less exposed to being lionized by patronizing dowagers, and more sure of obtaining public preferment ; but, with the exception of Mignet and Me'rimee, who are courted for their personal merits and official standing, rather than for their literary distinctions, I have scarcely met one of them. To the parties of the ministers, of the Grand Referendaire, and other public functionaries, artists and men of letters are admitted,...
Página 157 - ... my faculties. I must have something to excite, something to rouse me. I must look up, if not with fear and trembling, at least with deference and a strong sense of inferiority, to the husband who is to be obeyed and honoured as well as loved.
Página 139 - I ever saw you dance the cotillon ! mieux vaut tard que jamais .'" bore witness to my innocence; but they rendered me only the more conscious of the folly I was committing, and, consequently, as awkward as I was uneasy. Still my tormentor kept his ground. During the first three figures there he stood,— his tall, dignified person overlooking the circle, — about as stern, cold, and solemn as Stonehenge ; nor was it till some of the romping figures commenced, and he saw me commence my round of impertinence...
Página 105 - London amusement are here wholly wanting. In the month of May, I am told, the public gardens and the Bois de Boulogne become enchanting. But what is not charming in the month of May ? Paris, perhaps, least of all places ; for, at the commencement of the month, every French family of note quits the metropolis for its country-seat, or for sea or mineral bathing.
Página 105 - Almack's ; no theatre uniting, like our Italian opera, the charm of the best company, the best music, and the best dancing. Of the thousand and one theatres boasted...
Página 73 - The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking," I believe their bijouterie and nowieautes are chiefly manufactured.
Página 102 - Diary" would attempt to deny the statements of Mr. Bulwer; but, in the very denial, she admits all his points but one — to wit, that they are not so well received by the aristocracy in England as they are in France. She says — " What does Henry Bulwer mean by the assertion that literary men are more eagerly welcomed in society here than in England ? " They occupy, perhaps, a more independent and honourable position, are less exposed to being...

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