Flirtation, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1834 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 3
... never been at an opera be- fore in her lifetime , and did not know that people of the world never go into public to be affected by any thing . Really , Lady Emily's beautiful fea- tures are quite disfigured sometimes by all those ...
... never been at an opera be- fore in her lifetime , and did not know that people of the world never go into public to be affected by any thing . Really , Lady Emily's beautiful fea- tures are quite disfigured sometimes by all those ...
Page 5
... never criticise , for men always set that down to envy ; but make some allusion which will excite a comparison with your own charms to your own advantage . For instance , if you have a finely formed head , talk of that as being ...
... never criticise , for men always set that down to envy ; but make some allusion which will excite a comparison with your own charms to your own advantage . For instance , if you have a finely formed head , talk of that as being ...
Page 6
... never talk to women when you can help it , only just enough to keep up les bienséances- whatever you do , however , remember never to blesser les bienséances . But during all conversa- tions , recollect to stop yourself short whenever ...
... never talk to women when you can help it , only just enough to keep up les bienséances- whatever you do , however , remember never to blesser les bienséances . But during all conversa- tions , recollect to stop yourself short whenever ...
Page 8
... never do ; no well - bred person talks about love . You must think only of appearing to the best advantage , being in the best society , and keeping the reins of fashion in your own hand . Never let one day or rather one night pass ...
... never do ; no well - bred person talks about love . You must think only of appearing to the best advantage , being in the best society , and keeping the reins of fashion in your own hand . Never let one day or rather one night pass ...
Page 9
... never alluded to seriously by people who are well - bred . The most they say on such topics is , ' Dear how shocking ! La , how horrid ! ' — And then somebody makes a good joke of it , to put the disagreeables out of one's head , and it ...
... never alluded to seriously by people who are well - bred . The most they say on such topics is , ' Dear how shocking ! La , how horrid ! ' — And then somebody makes a good joke of it , to put the disagreeables out of one's head , and it ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
æther Alpinia Altamont attachment barouche beautiful believe Ben Hardy better blessed Bristol canna Captain Lepel Carlton carriage charming circumstances Colonel Pennington Corrie countenance dear Bellamont dear Lord dear uncle dearest delight Delvin disgrace dress Emily's endeavoured eyes feel felt General's hand happiness hear heard heart honour hour husband interest knew Lady Bellamont Lady Dashwood Lady Emily Lady Frances Lady Frances's Lady Glassington laughed leave live look Lord Bellamont Lord Mow Lord Mowbray Lushee married melancholy mind Miss Macalpine Montgomery Montgomery Hall Mowbray Castle Mowbray's mystery nature neral never Neville niece night once pain passed person pleasure racter remember replied Lord Roehampton Rosalinda scene seemed sister smile sort story suffer sure talk tell there's thing thought tion to-morrow truth turned uncle's uttered voice walked whispered wife wish woman
Popular passages
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.