Flirtation, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1834 |
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... hour ; but then I should not know how to talk of them in the way men talk of them , which very often seems to me very cruel and always very uninteresting ; and as to turning my discourse upon the Flirtation , as you call it , of Lady A ...
... hour ; but then I should not know how to talk of them in the way men talk of them , which very often seems to me very cruel and always very uninteresting ; and as to turning my discourse upon the Flirtation , as you call it , of Lady A ...
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... hours . She wondered , considering how much va- riety she had seen of persons and things , that nothing remained to fix her attention upon , or ex- cite one single idea . A mixture of brilliant gew- gaws danced before her eyes , and ...
... hours . She wondered , considering how much va- riety she had seen of persons and things , that nothing remained to fix her attention upon , or ex- cite one single idea . A mixture of brilliant gew- gaws danced before her eyes , and ...
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... hour sufficed to Lady Emily ; and when she returned , the whole party were struck with the extreme splendour and beauty of her and her attire , which seemed to con- fer mutual lustre upon each other . " Really , " cried Lady Glassington ...
... hour sufficed to Lady Emily ; and when she returned , the whole party were struck with the extreme splendour and beauty of her and her attire , which seemed to con- fer mutual lustre upon each other . " Really , " cried Lady Glassington ...
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... hours . Miss Macalpine , Lord Mowbray , and Lady Emily sat apart from them , forming their own amusement . Lord Mow- bray seemed much entertained by Lady Emily's descriptions of all she had seen , and he ended by asking her , whether ...
... hours . Miss Macalpine , Lord Mowbray , and Lady Emily sat apart from them , forming their own amusement . Lord Mow- bray seemed much entertained by Lady Emily's descriptions of all she had seen , and he ended by asking her , whether ...
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... hour ar- rived at which she was to prepare for the ball , at Roehampton , she had recourse to these simple or- naments as her only decoration . The gown her sister had sent her in exchange for her own , could not compare with it in ...
... hour ar- rived at which she was to prepare for the ball , at Roehampton , she had recourse to these simple or- naments as her only decoration . The gown her sister had sent her in exchange for her own , could not compare with it in ...
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Page 66 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart, Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange: Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Page 226 - The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 35 - And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, "Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore...
Page 35 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 289 - And wandering eyes, still leaning on the arm Of Novelty, her fickle, frail support; For thou art meek and constant, hating change, And finding in the calm of truth-tried love Joys that her stormy raptures never yield.
Page 260 - Mais elle était du monde où les plus belles choses Ont le pire destin ; Et rose elle a vécu ce que vivent les roses, L'espace d'un matin.
Page 92 - Extolling patience as the truest fortitude, And to the bearing well of all calamities, All chances incident to man's frail life, Consolatories writ With studied argument, and much persuasion sought, Lenient of grief and anxious thought.
Page 1 - That charm shall grow, while what fatigues the Ring, Flaunts and goes down, an unregarded thing...
Page 123 - For what admir'st thou, what transports thee so ? An outside? fair, no doubt, and worthy well Thy cherishing, thy honouring, and thy love, Not thy subjection : weigh with her thyself ; Then value : oft-times nothing profits more Than self-esteem, grounded on just and right Well managed ; of that skill the more thou know'st, The more she will acknowledge thee her head, And to realities yield all her shows...
Page 324 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.