Ada Leverson
Ada Leverson
Ada Esther Leversonwas a British writer who is known for her friendship with Oscar Wilde and for her work as a witty novelist of the fin-de-siècle...
depressing real men
When I see a cheerful young man shrieking about how full of life he is, banging on a drum, and blowing on a tin trumpet, and speaking of his good spirits, it depresses me, since naturally it gives the contrary impression. It can't be real. It ought to be but it isn't. If the noisy person meant what he said, he wouldn't say it.
writing letters knows
You don't really know a woman until she writes you a letter.
letters knows
You don’t know a woman until you have had a letter from her.
ease gentleman last seemed
He seemed at ease and to have the look of the last gentleman in Europe.
letter received until woman women
You don't know a woman until you have received a letter from her.
letter until woman
You don't know a woman until you have a letter from her
aunt both conscience giving hand ignored pressed sovereign though took william
Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it were conscience money. He, on his side, took it as though it were a doctor's fee, and both ignored the transaction.
people merit modesty
Modesty is a valuable merit ... in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have ...