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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... young man , to have lived on Fielding's staircase in the Temple , and after helping him up to bed perhaps , and opening his door with his latch - key , to have shaken hands with him in the morning , and heard him talk and crack jokes ...
... young man , to have lived on Fielding's staircase in the Temple , and after helping him up to bed perhaps , and opening his door with his latch - key , to have shaken hands with him in the morning , and heard him talk and crack jokes ...
Pagina 17
... young man who prided himself on saying pert things ... and who cried out - You must know , Mr. Dean , that I set up for a wit ? ' ' Do you so , ' says the Dean , ' take my advice , and sit down again ! ' “ At another time , being in ...
... young man who prided himself on saying pert things ... and who cried out - You must know , Mr. Dean , that I set up for a wit ? ' ' Do you so , ' says the Dean , ' take my advice , and sit down again ! ' “ At another time , being in ...
Pagina 21
... young servitor , with down- cast eyes , books and papers in hand , following at his Honour's heels in the garden walk ; or taking his Honour's orders as he stands by the great chair , where Sir William has the gout , and his feet all ...
... young servitor , with down- cast eyes , books and papers in hand , following at his Honour's heels in the garden walk ; or taking his Honour's orders as he stands by the great chair , where Sir William has the gout , and his feet all ...
Pagina 26
... young fellow hardly thirty in that employ . ment . " - Ibid . " The Secretary is as easy with me as Mr. Addison was . I have often thought what a splutter Sir William Temple makes about being Secretary of State . " - Ibid . " Lord ...
... young fellow hardly thirty in that employ . ment . " - Ibid . " The Secretary is as easy with me as Mr. Addison was . I have often thought what a splutter Sir William Temple makes about being Secretary of State . " - Ibid . " Lord ...
Pagina 27
... young nobleman , that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope ( a Papist ) , who had begun a translation of Homer into English , for which he would have them all subscribe ; ' For , ' says he , he shall not begin to print till I have a ...
... young nobleman , that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope ( a Papist ) , who had begun a translation of Homer into English , for which he would have them all subscribe ; ' For , ' says he , he shall not begin to print till I have 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...