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Pagina 5
... society of the reign of George III . had known the Duchess of Queensber- ry , the patroness of Gay and Prior , the admired young beauty of the Court of Queen Anne . I often thought as I how with it I held on to the old society of wits ...
... society of the reign of George III . had known the Duchess of Queensber- ry , the patroness of Gay and Prior , the admired young beauty of the Court of Queen Anne . I often thought as I how with it I held on to the old society of wits ...
Pagina 6
... society so vast , busy , brilliant , it is impossible in four brief chapters to give a complete notion ; but we may peep here and there into that bygone world of the Georges , see what they and their Courts were like ; glance at the ...
... society so vast , busy , brilliant , it is impossible in four brief chapters to give a complete notion ; but we may peep here and there into that bygone world of the Georges , see what they and their Courts were like ; glance at the ...
Pagina 10
... society properly . Re- member the glory and the chivalry ? Yes ! Remember the grace and beauty , the splendour and lofty politeness ; the gallant courtesy of Fontenoy , where the French line bids the gentlemen of the English guard to ...
... society properly . Re- member the glory and the chivalry ? Yes ! Remember the grace and beauty , the splendour and lofty politeness ; the gallant courtesy of Fontenoy , where the French line bids the gentlemen of the English guard to ...
Pagina 23
... society he loved , and whom he kept round the Royal person . He had his faithful German cham- berlains ; his German secretaries ; his negroes , captives of his bow and spear in Turkish wars ; his two ugly elderly German favourites ...
... society he loved , and whom he kept round the Royal person . He had his faithful German cham- berlains ; his German secretaries ; his negroes , captives of his bow and spear in Turkish wars ; his two ugly elderly German favourites ...
Pagina 45
... society - at this King , at these courtiers , at these politicians , at these bishops — at this flaunting vice and levity . Where- abouts in this Court is the honest man ? Where is the pure person one may like ? The air stifles one with ...
... society - at this King , at these courtiers , at these politicians , at these bishops — at this flaunting vice and levity . Where- abouts in this Court is the honest man ? Where is the pure person one may like ? The air stifles one with ...
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Addison admired amusing asked beautiful called Captain character charming Congreve Court dance Dean dear death delightful dinner Doctor Doctor Johnson drink Duchess Duke Duke of York Dunciad Earl Elizabeth Waldegrave England English equerries eyes famous fancy father fond French genius gentleman George George III George Selwyn give Goldsmith hand Hanover heart Hogarth honest honour humour husband Johnson jolly Joseph Addison kind King King's lady laugh letters little Princess lived London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke Majesty manners married morning never night noble passed person play pleasure poet poor Pope pretty Prince Prince of Wales Princess Queen round Royal Saint James's satire says smile society speak Steele Stella story Struldbrugs Swift talk Tatler tell thought Tom Jones took verses Walter Scott whilst wife wine woman wonder writes wrote young
Populaire passages
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.