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Pagina 18
... hope of promotion . Noble adventurers travelled from Court to Court in search of employment ; not merely noble males , but noble females too ; and if these latter were beauties , and obtained the favourable notice of princes , they ...
... hope of promotion . Noble adventurers travelled from Court to Court in search of employment ; not merely noble males , but noble females too ; and if these latter were beauties , and obtained the favourable notice of princes , they ...
Pagina 62
... hope of the empire . I came from India as a child , and our ship touched at an island on the way home , where my black servant took me a long walk over rocks and hills until we reached a garden , where we saw a man walking . " That is ...
... hope of the empire . I came from India as a child , and our ship touched at an island on the way home , where my black servant took me a long walk over rocks and hills until we reached a garden , where we saw a man walking . " That is ...
Pagina 64
... hope to get five guineas from his Lordship . In the days when there were fine gentlemen , Mr. Secretary Pitt's under - secre- taries did not dare to sit down before him ; but Mr. Pitt , in his turn , went down on his gouty knees to ...
... hope to get five guineas from his Lordship . In the days when there were fine gentlemen , Mr. Secretary Pitt's under - secre- taries did not dare to sit down before him ; but Mr. Pitt , in his turn , went down on his gouty knees to ...
Pagina 117
... hope his life will not be forgotten , for it is sublime in its simplicity , its energy , its honour , its affection . In the combat betwen Time and Thalaba , I suspect the former destroyer has conquered . Kehama's Curse frightens very ...
... hope his life will not be forgotten , for it is sublime in its simplicity , its energy , its honour , its affection . In the combat betwen Time and Thalaba , I suspect the former destroyer has conquered . Kehama's Curse frightens very ...
Pagina 127
... hope to entertain you with a merely humourous or facetious story . Harlequin without his mask is known to present a very sober countenance , and was himself , the story goes , the melancholy patient whom the doctor advised to go and see ...
... hope to entertain you with a merely humourous or facetious story . Harlequin without his mask is known to present a very sober countenance , and was himself , the story goes , the melancholy patient whom the doctor advised to go and see ...
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Pagina 339 - 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...
Pagina 329 - 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 264 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, 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 188 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Pagina 149 - 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...
Pagina 226 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, 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 222 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Pagina 226 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out...
Pagina 88 - Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Pagina 190 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.