Ghost Stories: Collected With a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar ...
Ghost Stories: Collected With a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar ...
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
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She had often heard that her father was a man of the most acute penetration, and that he had no equal in the knowledge of mankind : when, therefore, she again saw those of whom he had spoken, she recognised the truth of all his observations. Half a year had scarce- ly passed, when EmmeUne laughed at everybody ; con- sequently, all who were not absolute devotees to her charms or her fortune drew back, while the car of her triumph was followed only by silly wights, to whose sighs she would not co...ndescend to listen, but who never- theless incessantly assailed her with amorous effusions in prose and verse. In proportion as she had been admired before, people now began to cool in her praise. The first stone was cast by daughters and mothers, among whom her beauti- ful face, her large expressive eyes, her noble carriage, her glittering jewels, the eternal variety of her apparel, made a thousand enemies. But still more bitter even than these were the suitors whose devotions had been de- spised, and whose vows she had rejected.
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