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Desultory thoughts and reflections

Countess of Blessington Marguerite

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London's most dazzling hostess took notes on everyone. The Countess of Blessington, whose salon drew the sharpest talkers of her day, left these desultory thoughts on being understood, sacrifices, music, minds, lovers and the path of life, each a polished paragraph of social observation. Drawing-room intelligence, bottled at the source. Eavesdrop on the wittiest room in town.

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358 chapters

  1. 1DESULTORY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS.
  2. 2KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE.
  3. 3BEING UNDERSTOOD.
  4. 4SACRIFICES.
  5. 5MUSIC.
  6. 6MINDS.
  7. 7LOVERS.
  8. 8LOVE AND ENTHUSIASM.
  9. 9PATH OF LIFE.
  10. 10MINDS.
  11. 11KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD.
  12. 12CHARACTER OF MAN.
  13. 13PRECOCIOUS WISDOM.
  14. 14STRENGTH OF MIND.
  15. 15CONTEMPLATION.
  16. 16PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION.
  17. 17POLITENESS.
  18. 18CONSCIENCE.

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