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Passing other altars and fragments of columns, the visitor should pause on his way, to notice a bas-relief upon which Latona and Diana are sculptured, forming part of a procession . The bas-relief numbered 193 is from the theatre of Bacchus: it is a Bacchanalian group, in which Bacchus is holding forth a vessel to be filled by an attending Bacchante.
She sat with her face turned from him for a while; then, perhaps reminded by the blast of wind and snow which at the moment came round the house furiously and beat on the windows, she went on hastily: "You wonder to see me here; but I ran away from home; and I can't bear to go back." "Why?" "Mr. Masters, mother wants me to" Diana hesitated "marry a rich man." The minister was silent.
I made Smart give us a box." "I shall be delighted to come," I said. "There's only one Smart, I suppose? You mean Sir Cyril?" "The same, my boy. Lessee of the Opera, lessee of the Diana, lessee of the Folly, lessee of the Ottoman. If any one knows the color of his cheques I reckon it's me. He made me that I will say; but I made him, too. Queer fellow!
Lady Diana answered stiffly that this might be quite true, but that there had been another cause for the temporary derangement which had not been mentioned, and that it was notorious that Mr. Alison, in consequence, had been forced to avoid all liquors, and she appealed to Dermot as to the effects of a very small quantity on his friend's brain.
Daughters of the wind, but shifty daughters of this wind of the dropping sun, they have to be watched to be loved in their transformations. Diana had Arthur Rhodes and her faithful Leander for walking companions. If Arthur said: 'Such a day would be considered melancholy by London people, she thanked him in her heart, as a benefactor who had revealed to her things of the deepest.
Louis, as he has a wife there. W.G. CLARK, 70 New Levee." From the "Georgian," Jan. 29, 1838. "A Reward of $5 will be paid for the apprehension of his negro woman, Diana. Diana is from 45 to 50 age. She formerly belonged to Mr. Nath. Law, of Liberty county, where her husband still lives. She will endeavor to go there perhaps. "$10 Reward for a negro woman, named Sally, 40 years old.
He would then say, with a peculiar smile, more solemn than cheerful "And if I let a gust of wind or a sprinkling of rain turn me aside from these easy tasks, what preparation would such sloth be for the future I propose to myself?" Diana and Mary's general answer to this question was a sigh, and some minutes of apparently mournful meditation.
"What's defy?" asked Diana. "You are defying me now; you are a very naughty little girl, and I shall punish you." "I don't care," said Diana, tossing her head. "I was sent out by Miss Wamsay 'cos I found the schoolroom too hot and I was sleepy. I can't obey you and Miss Wamsay both at the same time, can I? I did not come to you 'cos I don't like you."
Well, this is another punishment for vanity and I suppose I deserve it . . . though there's not much comfort in THAT. It is really almost enough to make one believe in ill-luck, though Mrs. Lynde says there is no such thing, because everything is foreordained." Fortunately the dye washed off easily and Anne, somewhat consoled, betook herself to the east gable while Diana ran home.
"I was an ugly brat," said Enoch, comfortably. "A red-headed, freckled-faced, awkward brat! And unhappy and disagreeable as I was ugly." "It seems so unfair!" Diana smoothed the broad forehead, tenderly. "I had such a happy childhood. I didn't go to school until I was twelve. Until then I lived the life of a little Indian, out of doors, taking the trail trips with dad or geologizing with mother.
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