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A Woman's Story By Mrs. S.C. Hall

Anna Maria Hall (Mrs. S. C. Hall)

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ... 243 CHAPTER XI. "Too faithful heart! thou never canst retrieve Thy withered hopes: conceal the cruel pain! O'er thy lost treasure still in silence grieve; But never to the unfeeling ear complain; From fruitless struggles, dearly bought, refrain!" Tighe. If the half-hour before dinner is proverbially stupid, the hour--or, as (happily gone) used to be in the drinking days of England, the hours--after, were, in general, very wearisome. Tour 'show ladies, ' young or old, those who put on their 'company manners, ' as they do their company dresses--for a purpose, seldom take the trouble to speak to their fellow-women in the drawing-room. Ensconced in sofa corners, or extended in a way that would spoil the ruffs of their great grandmothers without the aid of a clear-starcher-- they indulge in the dolce far niente to their hearts' content, and will hardly take the trouble to notice the most interesting denouement, or describe the most lovely draperies. Those who can sing will rarely sing until the gentlemen come up, and a Nobody like me, who has neither sons nor daughters to marry, invariably finds ample time for the 'musing, ' rather than reflection, which follows dinner in the sleepy atmosphere of the luxurious withdrawing room. If the lady of the house be very good-natured she will give me a nod, or blow me a kiss from the tips of her gloves, across the room; and no matter how dull I look, she will say, "Ah ! I see, amusing yourself as usual, we never mind you." On the evening I refer to, however, I was not left entirely to myself; the lady, a Mrs. Hamilton, who* had given her opinion concern, ing the mysterious poet, renewed the conversation by abruptly saying, "I think, nay, I am certain, that the author of these poems is not only a woman, but...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Woman's Story By Mrs. S.C. Hall. To get started finding A Woman's Story By Mrs. S.C. Hall, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ... 243 CHAPTER XI. "Too faithful heart! thou never canst retrieve Thy withered hopes: conceal the cruel pain! O'er thy lost treasure still in silence grieve; But never to the unfeeling ear complain; From fruitless struggles, dearly bought, refrain!" Tighe. If the half-hour before dinner is proverbially stupid, the hour--or, as (happily gone) used to be in the drinking days of England, the hours--after, were, in general, very wearisome. Tour 'show ladies, ' young or old, those who put on their 'company manners, ' as they do their company dresses--for a purpose, seldom take the trouble to speak to their fellow-women in the drawing-room. Ensconced in sofa corners, or extended in a way that would spoil the ruffs of their great grandmothers without the aid of a clear-starcher-- they indulge in the dolce far niente to their hearts' content, and will hardly take the trouble to notice the most interesting denouement, or describe the most lovely draperies. Those who can sing will rarely sing until the gentlemen come up, and a Nobody like me, who has neither sons nor daughters to marry, invariably finds ample time for the 'musing, ' rather than reflection, which follows dinner in the sleepy atmosphere of the luxurious withdrawing room. If the lady of the house be very good-natured she will give me a nod, or blow me a kiss from the tips of her gloves, across the room; and no matter how dull I look, she will say, "Ah ! I see, amusing yourself as usual, we never mind you." On the evening I refer to, however, I was not left entirely to myself; the lady, a Mrs. Hamilton, who* had given her opinion concern, ing the mysterious poet, renewed the conversation by abruptly saying, "I think, nay, I am certain, that the author of these poems is not only a woman, but...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Woman's Story By Mrs. S.C. Hall. To get started finding A Woman's Story By Mrs. S.C. Hall, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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