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Pagina xiii
... called a drunkard ; and ears polite cannot bear the application of plain names to well - known delinquencies . There is something foolish , but respectably foolish , in this wish to shut out light which has been streaming for years over ...
... called a drunkard ; and ears polite cannot bear the application of plain names to well - known delinquencies . There is something foolish , but respectably foolish , in this wish to shut out light which has been streaming for years over ...
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... he further tells us , with a large bonfire in the Exchange , and people called out , ' God bless King Charles ! ' This was in March 1660 ; and during that spring Pepys was B 2 SIGNS OF THE RESTORATION . noting down how he.
... he further tells us , with a large bonfire in the Exchange , and people called out , ' God bless King Charles ! ' This was in March 1660 ; and during that spring Pepys was B 2 SIGNS OF THE RESTORATION . noting down how he.
Pagina 11
... called , ( though more happily , the old name has been restored , ) had received Queen Elizabeth on her progress . The richly cultivated old conventual gardens had supplied the Queen with some famous pears , and , in the fulness of her ...
... called , ( though more happily , the old name has been restored , ) had received Queen Elizabeth on her progress . The richly cultivated old conventual gardens had supplied the Queen with some famous pears , and , in the fulness of her ...
Pagina 13
... called a ' Jack Pudding Coat : ' a little hat was stuck on his head , with a fox's tail in it , and cocks ' feathers here and there . A wizard's mask one day , a daubing of flour another , completed the disguise it was then so usual to ...
... called a ' Jack Pudding Coat : ' a little hat was stuck on his head , with a fox's tail in it , and cocks ' feathers here and there . A wizard's mask one day , a daubing of flour another , completed the disguise it was then so usual to ...
Pagina 19
... called it - York House - the French ambassador had written word to his friends at home , is the most richly fitted up of any that I saw . ' The galleries and state rooms were graced by the display of the Roman marbles , both busts and ...
... called it - York House - the French ambassador had written word to his friends at home , is the most richly fitted up of any that I saw . ' The galleries and state rooms were graced by the display of the Roman marbles , both busts and ...
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The wits and beaux of society, by Grace and Philip Wharton, Volume 1 Katherine Thomson Volledige weergave - 1860 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 252 - 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 100 - 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 6 - 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 297 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept...
Pagina 389 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair; None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserve the fair.
Pagina 252 - 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,1 one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Pagina 42 - 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 252 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was over-powered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
Pagina 252 - 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 370 - The next time Mr. Selwyn calls, show him up. If I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him ; and if I am dead, he will be glad to see me.