The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music, and RomanceMargaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy G. Henderson, Old Bailey, 1832 - Fashion An illustrated women's magazine; includes extracts from novels, short stories, reviews, aphorisms, songs, philosophical discussions, and detailed descriptions of the latest clothing fashions from London and Paris. |
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... never mind ; he certainly might have done it in a more cleanly manner , and so I shall tell him in the morning , for I perceive my boots are evidently saturated with the filthy blood of his pork . " And attaching but little importance ...
... never mind ; he certainly might have done it in a more cleanly manner , and so I shall tell him in the morning , for I perceive my boots are evidently saturated with the filthy blood of his pork . " And attaching but little importance ...
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... never knew a blue - stocking that could do that . " " But you know your aunt's lost words were , ' ' Be sure you obtain an intro- duction to that little genius , Miss Melvyn . ' The old lady has set her heart upon the match , and , at ...
... never knew a blue - stocking that could do that . " " But you know your aunt's lost words were , ' ' Be sure you obtain an intro- duction to that little genius , Miss Melvyn . ' The old lady has set her heart upon the match , and , at ...
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... never uses hard words - she never punctuates her notes ( that's rather too bad though ) —she talks delicious nonsense , with now and then a flash of real genius , which startles , but delights me - she is afraid ' of sensible people ...
... never uses hard words - she never punctuates her notes ( that's rather too bad though ) —she talks delicious nonsense , with now and then a flash of real genius , which startles , but delights me - she is afraid ' of sensible people ...
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... never call me a ' blue - stocking again , I will sing you a Spanish song of my own composition , Charles . " And she warbled , with deep and serious feelings , a brief song , of which , as you do not understand the language , I will ...
... never call me a ' blue - stocking again , I will sing you a Spanish song of my own composition , Charles . " And she warbled , with deep and serious feelings , a brief song , of which , as you do not understand the language , I will ...
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... never to part from , and a few dollars of hard - earned economy . But Conrad was now of sufficient strength to ply alone ; moreover he had learned in the school of poverty to be content with little ; and the future appeared to him ...
... never to part from , and a few dollars of hard - earned economy . But Conrad was now of sufficient strength to ply alone ; moreover he had learned in the school of poverty to be content with little ; and the future appeared to him ...
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Page 254 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 376 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confus'd : Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Page 254 - Made vocal for the amusement of the rest, The sprightly lyre, whose treasure of sweet sounds The touch from many a trembling chord shakes out, And the clear voice, symphonious, yet distinct, And in the charming strife triumphant still, Beguile the night, and set a keener edge On female industry : the threaded steel Flies swiftly, and unfelt the task proceeds.
Page 253 - In such a world, so thorny, and where none Finds happiness unblighted, or, if found, Without some thistly sorrow at its side, It seems the part of wisdom, and no sin Against the law of love, to measure lots With less distinguished than ourselves, that thus We may with patience bear our moderate ills, And sympathize with others, suffering more.
Page 190 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ; Let the dead past bury its dead ; Act, act in the living present, Heart within, and God o'erhead.
Page 292 - Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long where thou art lying Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven, To tell the world their worth...
Page 366 - ... their own arrangement. But it is like the ivy round the oak, and ends by limiting, if it does not destroy, the power of manly and necessary exertion. I must love a man so well to whom I offer such a word of advice, that I will not apologize for it, but expect to hear you are become as regular as a Dutch clock, — hours, quarters, minutes, all marked and appropriated.
Page 253 - Than those of age, thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art...
Page 309 - The rays of the newly risen sun poured in upon the whole, through windows, formed each of a single pane of crimson-tinted glass. Glancing to and fro, in a thousand reflections, from curtains which rolled from their cornices like cataracts of molten silver, the beams of natural glory mingled at length fitfully with the artificial light, and lay weltering in subdued masses upon a carpet of rich, liquid -looking cloth of Chili gold.
Page 366 - When a regiment is under march, the rear is often thrown into confusion because the front do not move steadily and without interruption. It is the same thing with business. If that which is first in hand is not instantly, steadily, and regularly despatched, other things accumulate behind till affairs begin to press all at once, and no human brain can stand the confusion; pray mind this—it is one of your few weak points—ask Mrs.