The wits and beaux of society, by Grace and Philip Wharton, المجلد 2 |
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... thought , did , and said , was law ; what his foes dared to express was heresy . Horace had the family mania strong upon him : the world was made for Walpoles , whose views were never to be controverted , nor whose faith impugned . Yet ...
... thought , did , and said , was law ; what his foes dared to express was heresy . Horace had the family mania strong upon him : the world was made for Walpoles , whose views were never to be controverted , nor whose faith impugned . Yet ...
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... he was in the presence of majesty . Little interest could be elicited in this brief interview , yet Horace thought it his painful duty , being also the son of a 6 8 CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTE OF GEORGE I. prime minister , to.
... he was in the presence of majesty . Little interest could be elicited in this brief interview , yet Horace thought it his painful duty , being also the son of a 6 8 CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTE OF GEORGE I. prime minister , to.
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... thoughts ; and at the same time that they are laying the foundation for their middle age of life , the mimic republic they live in , furnishes materials of conversation for their latter age ; and old men cannot be said to be children a ...
... thoughts ; and at the same time that they are laying the foundation for their middle age of life , the mimic republic they live in , furnishes materials of conversation for their latter age ; and old men cannot be said to be children a ...
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... dancing more than anybody , and , as usual too , she took out what men she liked , or thought the best * The accomplished novelist , Mrs. Gore , famous for her facility . dancers . ' SIR THOMAS ROBINSON'S BALL . · 17.
... dancing more than anybody , and , as usual too , she took out what men she liked , or thought the best * The accomplished novelist , Mrs. Gore , famous for her facility . dancers . ' SIR THOMAS ROBINSON'S BALL . · 17.
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... thought high treason ; but I don't know how the gruff gentleman liked it . And then he had been told that Lord ' Lincoln designed to have made the campaign , if we had gone to war ; in short , he says Lord Lincoln is the handsomest man ...
... thought high treason ; but I don't know how the gruff gentleman liked it . And then he had been told that Lord ' Lincoln designed to have made the campaign , if we had gone to war ; in short , he says Lord Lincoln is the handsomest man ...
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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...