The wits and beaux of society, by Grace and Philip Wharton, المجلد 2 |
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... passing away . - The Band of Young Spirits . - Brougham's Early Tenacity . -Fitting up Conversations.- Old School ' Ceremonies . - The Speculative Society . A Brilliant Set . - Sydney's Opinion of his Friends .-- Holland House ...
... passing away . - The Band of Young Spirits . - Brougham's Early Tenacity . -Fitting up Conversations.- Old School ' Ceremonies . - The Speculative Society . A Brilliant Set . - Sydney's Opinion of his Friends .-- Holland House ...
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... passed under the name of the Duchess of Kendal's niece , but who was , in fact , her daughter , by George I. The polluted rooms in which Lady Walsingham lived were afterwards occupied by the two mistresses of George II . - the Countess ...
... passed under the name of the Duchess of Kendal's niece , but who was , in fact , her daughter , by George I. The polluted rooms in which Lady Walsingham lived were afterwards occupied by the two mistresses of George II . - the Countess ...
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... passed his days . Like Upcott , like Palissy , Vertue lived and died under the influence of one isolated aim , effort , and hope . In these men , the cherished and amiable monomania of gifted minds was realized . Upcott had every ...
... passed his days . Like Upcott , like Palissy , Vertue lived and died under the influence of one isolated aim , effort , and hope . In these men , the cherished and amiable monomania of gifted minds was realized . Upcott had every ...
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... passed , and in my situa- tion , you will not wonder I shun a conversation which could not be bounded by a letter , a letter that would grow into a panegyric or a piece of a moral ; improper for me to write upon , and too distressful ...
... passed , and in my situa- tion , you will not wonder I shun a conversation which could not be bounded by a letter , a letter that would grow into a panegyric or a piece of a moral ; improper for me to write upon , and too distressful ...
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... passed by the portraits of the Duchess de la Vallière , and of Ninon de l'Enclos , and re- marked , or at all events they might have remarked , that the company on the floor was scarcely much more respectable than the company on the ...
... passed by the portraits of the Duchess de la Vallière , and of Ninon de l'Enclos , and re- marked , or at all events they might have remarked , that the company on the floor was scarcely much more respectable than the company on the ...
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admired afterwards amusing anecdote asked Beau beautiful became brother Brummell Brummell's Bubb Dodington called character Charles club court cried daughter death debt delighted dine dinner doubt Drury Lane Duchess Duke Earl Edinburgh England English Eton fame famous fashion father favourite fool genius gentleman George II George Selwyn heart Holland honour Hook Hook's Horace Walpole Jeffrey John Bull Lady laugh less letters Linley lived London look Lord Cockburn Lord Holland Ludgershall Mackintosh manner married mind mother never once Oxford party passed perhaps political Pomfret poor prince replied Richard Brinsley Sheridan scarcely School for Scandal seems sent Sheridan Sherry Sir Robert society story Strawberry Hill Street Sydney Smith talents talked taste Theodore THEODORE EDWARD HOOK Theodore Hook thought tion told took turned Twickenham Walpole's wife wine wrote young youth
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الصفحة 104 - He is only willing to believe ; I do believe. The evidence is enough for me, though not for his great mind. What will not fill a quart bottle will fill a pint bottle. I am filled with belief.' 'Are you," said Colman, 'then cork it up.
الصفحة 70 - 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 228 - WUT, is so infinitely distressing to people of good taste, is laughing immoderately at stated intervals. They are so imbued with metaphysics that they even make love metaphysically. I overheard a young lady of my acquaintance, at a dance in Edinburgh, exclaim, in a sudden pause of the music, ' What you say, my Lord, is very true of love in the aibstract, but' — here the fiddlers began fiddling furiously, and the rest was lost.
الصفحة 270 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenlyj affecting not to mind him.
الصفحة 272 - Sir, it is not a talent; it is a vice; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is a farce which exhibits individuals.
الصفحة 102 - I allowed him all his own merit." He now added, "Sheridan cannot bear me. I bring his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his narrow exertions? Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to show light at Calais.
الصفحة 259 - it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.
الصفحة 133 - If the thought is slow to come,' he would say, ' a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it' Those glasses of good wine, were, unfortunately, even more frequent than the good thoughts, many and merry as they were. His neglect of letters was a standing joke against him. He never took the trouble to open any that he did not expect, and often left sealed many that he was most anxious to read. He once appeared with his begging face at the Bank, humbly asking...