The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures, Delivered in England, Scotland, and the United States of America, Nummer 76Smith, Elder & Company, 1858 - 341 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... manner of asking a favour with distaste , and positively refused . He said , ' She should sing , or he would make her . Why , madam , I suppose you take me for one of your poor English hedge- parsons ; sing when I bid you . ' As the ...
... manner of asking a favour with distaste , and positively refused . He said , ' She should sing , or he would make her . Why , madam , I suppose you take me for one of your poor English hedge- parsons ; sing when I bid you . ' As the ...
Pagina 10
... manner entirely his own . In his friendships he was constant and undisguised . He was the same in his enmities . " - ORRERY . 1 " I make no figure but at court , where I affect to turn from a lord to the meanest of my acquaintances ...
... manner entirely his own . In his friendships he was constant and undisguised . He was the same in his enmities . " - ORRERY . 1 " I make no figure but at court , where I affect to turn from a lord to the meanest of my acquaintances ...
Pagina 12
... manner of the licentious- ness of the press and the abusive language of the other party : 66 • It must be acknowledged that the bad practices of printers have been such as to deserve the severest animadversion from the public . The ...
... manner of the licentious- ness of the press and the abusive language of the other party : 66 • It must be acknowledged that the bad practices of printers have been such as to deserve the severest animadversion from the public . The ...
Pagina 27
... is a performance of very little ability . . . Why , sir , Tom Davies might have written the ' Conduct of the Allies ! " " - Bos- WELL'S Life of Johnson . acts and rough manners . His hand was constantly stretched SWIFT . 27.
... is a performance of very little ability . . . Why , sir , Tom Davies might have written the ' Conduct of the Allies ! " " - Bos- WELL'S Life of Johnson . acts and rough manners . His hand was constantly stretched SWIFT . 27.
Pagina 28
... manners . His hand was constantly stretched out to relieve an honest man ― - he was cautious about his money , but ready . - If you were in a strait would you like such a benefactor ? I think I would rather have had a potato and a ...
... manners . His hand was constantly stretched out to relieve an honest man ― - he was cautious about his money , but ready . - If you were in a strait would you like such a benefactor ? I think I would rather have had a potato and a ...
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Pagina 329 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Pagina 214 - Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Pagina 156 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind.
Pagina 314 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Pagina 329 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Pagina 328 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband our life's taper at the close And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Pagina 36 - That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality, and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump, and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially...
Pagina 230 - She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus
Pagina 109 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pagina 329 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...