Literary Reminiscences
Literary Reminiscences
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Under this scorching test, applied to the fidelity of friends, many, whom Mrs. Smith mentions in one of her letters under the name of * summer friends/ fled from them by crowds: dinners, balls, soirees — credit, influence, support -*- these things were no longer to be had from Piercefield. But more annoying evea 176 LITEBABT BEMINISCENCBS.
than the fickle levity of such open deserters, was the timid and douhtful countenance, as I have heard Mrs.
Smith say, which was still offered to them hy som...e who did not relish, for their own sakes^ h^ing classed with those who had paid their homage only to the fine house and fine equipages of Piercefield. These persons con- tinued, therefore, to send invitations to the family ; but so frigidly, that every expression manifested but too forcibly how disagreeable was the duty with which they were complying ; and how much more they submitted to it for their awn reputation's sake, than for any kindness they felt to their old friends. Mrs. Smith was herself a very haughty woman, and it maddened her to be the object of condescensions so insolent and so reluctant.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Under this scorching test, applied to the fidelity of friends, many, whom Mrs. Smith mentions in one of her letters under the name of * summer friends/ fled from them by crowds: dinners, balls, soirees — credit, influence, support -*- these things were no longer to be had from Piercefield. But more annoying evea 176 LITEBABT BEMINISCENCBS.
than the fickle levity of such open deserters, was the timid and douhtful countenance, as I have heard Mrs.
Smith say, which was still offered to them hy som...e who did not relish, for their own sakes^ h^ing classed with those who had paid their homage only to the fine house and fine equipages of Piercefield. These persons con- tinued, therefore, to send invitations to the family ; but so frigidly, that every expression manifested but too forcibly how disagreeable was the duty with which they were complying ; and how much more they submitted to it for their awn reputation's sake, than for any kindness they felt to their old friends. Mrs. Smith was herself a very haughty woman, and it maddened her to be the object of condescensions so insolent and so reluctant.
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