Almack's: A Novel, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1826 - 413 pages |
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Page 191 - THE harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed. Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls, As if that soul were fled. — So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts, that once beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more.
Page v - To that most Distinguished and Despotic Conclave, composed of " their High Mightinesses the Ladies Patronesses of the Balls at "Almack's, the Rulers of Fashion, the Arbiters of Taste, the " Leaders of Ton, and the Makers of Manners, whose Sovereign ' ' sway over
Page 161 - A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs ; Nay, oft, in dreams, invention we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow.
Page 343 - She loved him for the dangers he had passed, And he loved her that she did pity them.
Page 175 - At Timon's villa let us pass a day, Where all cry out, 'What sums are thrown away!' So proud, so grand: of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. To compass this, his building is a town, His pond an ocean, his parterre a down : Who but must laugh, the master when...
Page 145 - Norbury's good qualities were all clouded by these violent, ultra aristocratic notions; for she was in reality a kindhearted woman, with a well-cultivated mind; and, when she chose to unbend, she could be very agreeable; but this was rarely the case, for she was fastidious in no common degree, and it was difficult to meet with any person less generally liked than the haughty Countess of Norbury. ' Lady Anne, her daughter, was extremely beautiful, fascinating, and accomplished, but her character had...
Page 350 - And looks delightfully with all her might ! But, like our heroes, much more brave than wise, She conquers for the triumph, not the prize.
Page v - The Ladies Patronesses of the Balls at Almack's, the Rulers of Fashion, the Arbiters of Taste, the Leaders of Ton, and the Makers of Manners, whose sovereign sway over 'the world' of London has long been established on the firmest basis, whose Decrees are Laws, and from whose judgment there is no appeal; to these important Personages, all and severally, who have formed, or who do form, any part of that Administration, usually denominated the Willis Coalition Cabal, whether Members of the Committee...
Page 146 - ... fools of all kinds she thought fair game ; indeed, no foibles could escape her ; her father's manoeuvres, her mother's hauteur, were equally amusing to her. All religious principle had been forgotten in her education ; she had never in her life paused for a moment to reflect,. and it was her favourite maxim, that " Le Monde est plein de foux, Et qui n'en veut pas voir, Doit se nicher dans un trou, Et casser son miroir.
Page vii - ... and are speedily propagated and diffused into the world below. To expose them, therefore, in this their original and proudest sphere, is not only to purify the stream at its source, but to counteract their pernicious influence precisely where it is most formidable and extensive. To point out the miseries of those infinite and laborious pursuits in which persons who pretend to be fashionable consume their days, would be but an unprofitable task; while nobody could be found who would admit that...