The Wits and Beaux of SocietyHarper, 1861 - 481 pagina's |
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Pagina viii
... Person . - Resolutions and Pursuits . - Study of Oratory . - The Duties of an Embassador . - King George II.'s Opinion of his Chroniclers . - Life in the Country . - Melusina , Countess of Walsingham . -George II . and his Father's Will ...
... Person . - Resolutions and Pursuits . - Study of Oratory . - The Duties of an Embassador . - King George II.'s Opinion of his Chroniclers . - Life in the Country . - Melusina , Countess of Walsingham . -George II . and his Father's Will ...
Pagina 15
... persons of honor on board , that we were exceeding full . Dined in great deal of state , the royalle company by themselves in the coache , which was a blessed sight to see . This royal company consisted of Charles , the Dukes of York ...
... persons of honor on board , that we were exceeding full . Dined in great deal of state , the royalle company by themselves in the coache , which was a blessed sight to see . This royal company consisted of Charles , the Dukes of York ...
Pagina 18
... person which were only bestowed on his wit and drollery . " But this very vanity , so unpleasant in an old man , is only amusing in a younger wit . While thus a gallant of the court and camp , the young nobleman proved himself to be no ...
... person which were only bestowed on his wit and drollery . " But this very vanity , so unpleasant in an old man , is only amusing in a younger wit . While thus a gallant of the court and camp , the young nobleman proved himself to be no ...
Pagina 27
... person of that persuasion be so strict , so strait - laced ? She probably entertained all the horror of Jews which the Puritanical party cherished as a virtue ; forgetting the lessons of toleration and liberality inculcated by Holy Writ ...
... person of that persuasion be so strict , so strait - laced ? She probably entertained all the horror of Jews which the Puritanical party cherished as a virtue ; forgetting the lessons of toleration and liberality inculcated by Holy Writ ...
Pagina 29
... spoke of him to all persons with that contempt , that at last he drew a lasting dis- grace upon himself . And he at length ruined both body and mind , fortune and reputation equally . " 30 POOR MARY FAIRFAX . This was a sad prospect.
... spoke of him to all persons with that contempt , that at last he drew a lasting dis- grace upon himself . And he at length ruined both body and mind , fortune and reputation equally . " 30 POOR MARY FAIRFAX . This was a sad prospect.
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Pagina 218 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Pagina 217 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending, but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 218 - Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
Pagina 46 - Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends ! His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advised him,
Pagina 458 - May I (can worse disgrace on manhood fall ?) Be born a Whitehead, and baptized a Paul !" yet I shall never be persuaded to think meanly of the authour of so brilliant and pointed a satire as
Pagina 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 chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Pagina 475 - STUDENT'S HISTORY OF ROME. From the EARLIEST TIMES to the ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPIRE, With Chapters on the History of Literature and Art. By Dean LIDDELL.
Pagina 45 - Shrewsbury and love; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimic'd statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
Pagina 338 - 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.