Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings with mottoes ; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle and agreeable. — Alexander, at the head of the world, never tasted the true pleasure that... The Wits and Beaus of Society - الصفحة 7بواسطة Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1890عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 808
...those hereditary feuds), " or a match at cricket," were worth all the pleasures of riper ambition. "Alexander, at the head of the world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys enjoy at the head of a public school." Cambridge was a wilderness to him, compared with the " dear... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 462
...Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond set into little heart-rings with mottos; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle...world, never tasted the true pleasure, that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes and policies, engage... | |
| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 462
...little heart-rings with mottos; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle and agreeahle. — Alexander, at the head of the world, never tasted the true pleasure, that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes and policies, engage... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 596
...can call to mind of himself while he was learning those histories. I Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes and policies engage... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 592
...man can call to mind of himself while he was learning those histories. Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes and policies engage... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 264
...Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings with mottos; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes, and policies engage... | |
| Eliot Warburton - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 582
...borne testimony in one of the earliest of his letters : " Youthful passages of life," he says, " are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.* Little intrigues, little schemes and policies engage... | |
| Eliot Warburton - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 574
...in one of the earliest of his letters : " Youthful passages of life," he says, " are the drippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings with...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.* Little intrigues, little schemes and policies engage... | |
| Eliot Warburton - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 532
...borne testimony in one of the earliest of his letters : " Youthful passages of life," he says, " are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.* Little intrigues, little schemes and policies engage... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 460
...Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings with mottos ; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes, and policies engage... | |
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