 ... 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...  Almack's: A Novel - Page 146by Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson - 1826 - 413 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1827 - 618 pages
...of all kinds she thought fair game ; indeed no foibles could escape her ; her father's manœuvres, her mother's hauteur, were equally amusing to her....but without any of her wit ; he had all the pride of bis mother, without her heart ; and the same love of intrigue as his father, but with very inferior... | |
 | 1827 - 608 pages
...paused for a moment to reflect, and it was her favourite maxim, that " Le Monde est plein de fouz, Et qui n'en veut pas voir, Doit se nicher dans un...possessed the same kind of disposition as his sister, hut without any of her wit ; he had all the pride of his mother, without her heart ; and the same love... | |
 | 1827 - 576 pages
...her life paused for a moment to reflect, and it was her favourite maxim, that " Le Monde est plcin de foux, Et qui n'en veut pas voir, Doit se nicher dans un trou, ' Et casser son miroir."-—vol. i., pp. 144—146. During the recess of the season, Lord Norbury entertains a succession... | |
 | 1851 - 504 pages
...more to the many translations of the French epigram : — " Lo monde est plein de fous, Et qui o'en veut pas voir, Doit se nicher dans un trou, Et casser son miroir." The world is full of fools ; They're never out of view, Unless you turn your back On men and mirrors... | |
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