The Victims of Society, Tom 1Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837 |
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Strona 73 - Augusta; for, paradoxical as it may appear, it is easier to pardon the faults, than the virtues of o'ur friends; because the first excite a self-complacency always agreeable; and the second, a sense of humiliation, which indisposes us towards tha inflictor.
Strona 151 - YOUTH resembles a Claude Lorraine glass, which imparts to all objects its own beautiful tints ; but age is like a magnifying lens, which leaves no defect unseen.
Strona 186 - ... lords of the creation. Is not this a dreadful degradation to our sex ? Only fancy women talking of horses, and not only talking of, but visiting them in their stables...
Strona 187 - ... impracticable to all save one impelled by a predominant motive. She does more, — she succeeds in remembering some portions of them, and quotes them with eulogium; when, unless he is the most ungrateful of his sex, she is rewarded by his preferring her to all things save himself and his speeches. The only chance of defeat consists in the number of competitors for his favour. If a man is devoted to hunting, the ladies who wish to please him are suddenly struck with admiration for that amusement....
Strona 7 - Happiness is a rare plant, that seldom takes root on earth : few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period ; the search after it is rarely rewarded by the discovery. But, there is an admirable substitute for it, which all may hope to attain, as its attainment depends wholly on self — and that is, a contented spirit.
Strona 196 - Venetian lady,' said the Marchioness of Eiderdown, ' because it will enable me to wear the whole of my jewels.' ' The only occasions on which she is brilliant,' whispered Lady Acid in my ear.
Strona 92 - She, perhaps, loved him, and wept in agony the neglect that pains me so little : she was, therefore, more wretched." And again I looked at that beautiful face, the eyes of which seemed to return my glance with mild pensiveness. There are some hearts in which the germ of melancholy is implanted even from their earliest youth, and maturity only strengthens it. On such persons, the inevitable ills of life fall with a weight that, if it crush them not wholly, leaves them eternally bruised in spirit....
Strona 186 - ... des dames, which every well-bred man is too happy to fulfil. Oh, I shall never forget it! By the by, chere amie, you would be not a little shocked, could you but witness the free-and-easy style of the men of fashion here- It positively amounts to insolence; yet they do not mean it. No, they only mean to be at their ease;*but this precludes any welfbred woman from feeling at hen, in their society.
Strona 196 - I suppose," whispered Lady Acid. "In what character shall I go?" asked Lord Wellingford. " In that of the Careless Husband," replied Lady Acid. " And you, Mr. Milner," demanded another, " what character will you personify ? ' " The Poor Gentleman," whispered Lady Acid. " The report, then, is true," said Lady Rawlinson, " that Mr. Milner is ruined, and lives by his wits.
Strona 167 - Grisi's voice, charming as it is, produces no such effect on me ; it is round, liquid, limpid, and perfectly harmonious, always creating pleasurable emotions, but rarely sublime ones. It never awakens an echo in my heart — never lifts my thoughts from earth ; but, like the music of birds, it makes the earth more delightful, and the ear loves to drink in its dulcet tones. The voice of Malibran affects me as does sacred music ; and I should dislike hearing it employed in singing light airs, as much...