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Though not naturally jovial, he forced himself to appear so, laughing loud with the squires, and entering heartily with their wives and daughters into such topics as county-balls and croquet-parties; and when after dinner he had, Cato-like, 'warmed his virtue with wine, the virtue came out very lustily in praise of good men, namely, men of his own party, and anathemas on bad men, namely, men of the other party.
Her invitations to croquet-parties and little dinners are so constant and so pressing that it is scarcely possible for her destined prey to refuse them all without manifest rudeness, and yet it is equally hard for him to go without being judiciously manoeuvred into "paying attention" to the one young lady who has been selected to make him happy for life.
Though not naturally jovial, he forced himself to appear so, laughing loud with the squires, and entering heartily with their wives and daughters into such topics as county-balls and croquet-parties; and when after dinner he had, Cato-like, 'warmed his virtue with wine, the virtue came out very lustily in praise of good men, namely, men of his own party, and anathemas on bad men, namely, men of the other party.
Lawn-tennis parties here and croquet-parties there, and lovers strolling under the blossoming trees or reclining on the rustic benches it was indeed a happy scene. Pluma leaned her dark head against the fragrant roses. The breeze, the perfume of the flowers, all told one story to the impassioned girl the story of her triumph and her mad, reckless love.
A lover came riding by a while; A wealthy lover was he, whose smile Some maids would value greatly. More Bad Ballads. The summer had not been a very gay one. The heat was so intense as to throw languour on the garden and croquet-parties, which replaced the winter balls and sleigh drives.
Theoretically, English girls are allowed to marry for love, and to choose whichever they like best of all the admiring swains whom they fascinate at croquet-parties or balls. Practically, the majority marry for an establishment, and only flirt for love.
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