The Wits and Beaux of Society, المجلد 2Harper, 1861 - 481 من الصفحات |
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... given : brief chronicles of their life's stage , over which a curtain has so long been dropped , are supplied carefully from well - established sources : it is with characters , not with literary history , that we deal ; and do our best ...
... given : brief chronicles of their life's stage , over which a curtain has so long been dropped , are supplied carefully from well - established sources : it is with characters , not with literary history , that we deal ; and do our best ...
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... given him by Captain Cowes of the " Paragon ; " and " my lord " in the evening " falls to singing " a song upon the Rump to the tune of the " Blacksmith . " The hopes of the Cavalier party are hourly increasing , and those of Pepys we ...
... given him by Captain Cowes of the " Paragon ; " and " my lord " in the evening " falls to singing " a song upon the Rump to the tune of the " Blacksmith . " The hopes of the Cavalier party are hourly increasing , and those of Pepys we ...
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... given one the name of the " Nazeby ; " that was now christened the " Charles ; " " Richard " was changed into " James . " The " Speaker " into " Mary , " the " Lambert " was Henrietta , " and so on . How merry the king must have been ...
... given one the name of the " Nazeby ; " that was now christened the " Charles ; " " Richard " was changed into " James . " The " Speaker " into " Mary , " the " Lambert " was Henrietta , " and so on . How merry the king must have been ...
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... given to the worn - out horses and scarcely less harassed riders . But not so rapidly did they in reality proceed . A Catho- lic family , named Giffard , were living at White - Ladies , about twenty - six miles from Worcester . This was ...
... given to the worn - out horses and scarcely less harassed riders . But not so rapidly did they in reality proceed . A Catho- lic family , named Giffard , were living at White - Ladies , about twenty - six miles from Worcester . This was ...
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... given to royalty . The duke pulled it down : and the house , which was erect- ed as a temporary structure , was so superb that even Pepys , twenty years after it had been left to bats and cobwebs , speaks of it in raptures , as of a ...
... given to royalty . The duke pulled it down : and the house , which was erect- ed as a temporary structure , was so superb that even Pepys , twenty years after it had been left to bats and cobwebs , speaks of it in raptures , as of a ...
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الصفحة 16 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
الصفحة 145 - Thus with each gift of Nature and of art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart; Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt, And most contemptible, to shun contempt...
الصفحة 164 - And just abandoning th' ungrateful stage: Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on his providence: But you, whom every muse and grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains; and oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue; But shade those laurels which descend to you: And take for tribute what these lines express; You merit more; nor could my love do less.
الصفحة 25 - Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
الصفحة 217 - When upon some slight encouragement I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
الصفحة 91 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
الصفحة 313 - The next time Mr. Selwyn calls, show him up. If I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him ; and if I am dead, he will be glad to see me.
الصفحة 217 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was over-powered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
الصفحة 106 - To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you.
الصفحة 191 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.