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Pohlen," he said, turning to the adjutant, "you seemed to be unfortunate in your remarks to her during dinner; those lovely lips curled as scornfully as if you had seriously offended her, and her great eyes glowed like fire, as she looked away off, over your head." The gentleman addressed laughed as if amused. "And yet I only ventured on some complimentary speeches.
In a sharp tone of reprimand, he said: "My friend, Creole is a term which is not at all agreeable to some people; for the rest, flattery is often another name for insult; perhaps the young lady considered yours as such." "Do you think so?" drawled out Pohlen. "That is altogether a new thing to me.
Polonia, sive de Situ, Populis Moribus, &c. Poloniæ a Mart. Cromero. Cologne. 1578. 4to. Sarmatiæ Europeæ Descriptio. ab Alex. Gaguin. Spire, 1581. fol. Reise durch Pohlnische Provinzen. Von J.H. Carosi. Leip. 8vo. These travels are chiefly mineralogical. Nachrichten uber Pohlen. Von J.J. Kausch. Saltz. 1793. 8vo. 267 Letters, Literary and Political, on Poland. 1823. 8vo.
Higher quality presupposes greater merit, and you will do well to bear in mind, Herr von Pohlen, that this lady is my mother's guest, and, as such, is under my most special protection. Any mortification or insult inflicted on her is also inflicted on me." "Gentlemen, I beg the conversation may not become serious, but retain the bantering tone in which I began it.
"Come, papa, lead out your war-horse to the front!" urged the general's daughter; and the old gentleman good-naturedly seated himself at the piano and began thrumming the one, solitary piece he could play a lively galop. Herr von Pohlen seized Fraulein von Bergen, Hans his sister, and the two couples went whirling through the mazes of the dance.
Let what has been said lead to nothing unpleasant," interrupted the general, in a pacifying manner. "Herr von Pohlen will, of course, remember what he owes to the inmates of this hospitable mansion. You two fortunate knights must vie with each other as to who shall win the favor of this young maiden, who is as beautiful as a dream.
Paris, 1818. This work is translated from the German of Mad. de la Recke, by Madame de Montelieu, and possesses much of that pleasing narrative and description which characterize female writers of talent. Pauli Hertneri Itinera Germaniæ, Galliæ, Italitæ. Basle, 1611. 4to. Joh. Bernouilli Reisen durch Brandenburgh, Pommern, Preussen, Curland, Russland, und Pohlen, 1777-8.
"Then you must pardon me for making the attempt," said Alexander, and bowed coolly. "Refused!" whispered Pohlen, mockingly, when he stopped dancing, for he had seen Alexander's defeat. "Yes; but as she knows how to refuse, it is perhaps more to be appreciated than when others accept," he replied.
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