Doctor Cupid is a Victorian novel by Rhoda Broughton. Its opening contrasts a small household living in the shadow of a grand neighboring house, listing the social duties and small grievances that pass between them. The title points to courtship and matchmaking, and the book offers lively social comedy worth listening to.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
DOCTOR CUPID
Ich komme, Ich weiss nicht woher;
Ich gehe, Ich weiss nicht wohin;
Ich bin, Ich weiss nicht was;
Mich wundert dass Ich so fröhlich
bin
DOCTOR CUPID
A Novel
BY
RHODA BROUGHTON
AUTHOR OF 'COMETH UP AS A FLOWER,' 'NANCY,' 'GOOD-BYE, SWEETHEART!'
'SECOND THOUGHTS,' ETC.
'Oh, Doctor Cupid, thou for me reply'
Sir Philip Sidney
A NEW EDITION LONDON RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON ST. Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen 1891 DOCTOR CUPID CHAPTER I What the Big House Owes to us. What we Owe to the Big House. 1. As much of our company as it likes to command. 1. Heartburnings from envy. 2. As much dance music as it can get out of our fingers. 2. Headaches from dissipation. 3. The complete transfer of all the bores among its guests from its shoulders to ours. 3. The chronic discontent of our three maids.
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