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Nocet empta dolore voluptas. -- Ovid.
The FIRST person I saw at the Duke of -- 's was Mr. Mivart -- he officiated as gentleman usher: the SECOND was my mother -- she was, as usual, surrounded by men, "the shades of heroes that have been," remnants of a former day, when the feet of the young and fair Lady Frances were as light as her head, and she might have rivalled in the science de la danse, even the graceful Duchess of B -- d. Over the dandies of her own time she still preserved her ancient empire; and it was amusing enough to hear the address of the ci-devant jeunes hommes, who continued, through habit, the compliments began thirty years since, through admiration.