The Diary of a Désennuyée, Том 1Harper, 1836 - Всего страниц: 212 |
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Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 34 - 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...
Стр. 180 - ... other public functionaries, artists and men of letters are admitted as part of a political system ; but they are not to be found — like Moore, Rogers, Chantrey, Newton, and others — in the boudoirs of the elite, or the select fetes of a Devonshire House. " The calling of ' un homme de lettres' is here, however, a profession bearing its own rewards and profits, and forming an especial and independent class.
Стр. 181 - Paris at least thirty take place che^ nous. Society is established with us on a wider and more splendid scale. The weekly soirees, on the other hand, which properly represent the society of this place, are dull, meagre, and formal to the last degree of formality. There is no brilliant point...
Стр. 15 - From her more than one nighty dame derives a precedent for a system of intrigue, such as the Duchesse de Longueville might rise from her grave to applaud. After all, the most able of female politicians makes herself as disagreeable as ridiculous.
Стр. 182 - London amusements are here 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...
Стр. 182 - 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 of by the Parisians, only three are of a nature to be frequented by people of consideration, the remainder being as much out of the question as the Pavilion or the Garrick.
Стр. 91 - The following sketches will be recognised by many, and give offence to no one. " We came back from Ascot, tired, dusty, thirsty, sunburnt, cross ; and doubly cross at finding ourselves engaged to a late dinner at old Lady Burlington's. But the dinner revived us. The room was cool ; the party, intelligent and chatty. I heard the dowager say to L— — , who sat next her at table, ' I have been moving heaven and earth this season to get that Lord Hartston ; but he will not be had. I have written to...
Стр. 167 - The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets.