The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell, Volume 2Saunders and Otley, 1844 - 391 pagina's |
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The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell, Volume 2 William Jesse Volledige weergave - 1844 |
The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell, Volume 2 William Jesse Volledige weergave - 1844 |
The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell, Volume 2 William Jesse Volledige weergave - 1844 |
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Pagina 98 - Still thro' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb, she gilds the brow of night With the mild magic of reflected light. The beauteous maid, who bids the world adieu, Oft of that world will snatch a fond review ; Oft at the shrine neglect her beads, to trace Some social scene, some dear, familiar face : And ere, with iron tongue, the vesper-bell Bursts thro...
Pagina 95 - ... with love replete ; To feel the softly-breathing sigh, When Friendship's lips the tones repeat ; But oh ! a thousand times more sweet The praise of those we love to hear ! Like balmy showers in summer heat, It falls upon the greedy ear. The lover lulls his rankling wound, By dwelling on his fair one's name ; The mother listens for the sound Of her young warrior's growing fame. Thy voice can soothe the mourning dame, Of her soul's wedded partner riven, Who cherishes the...
Pagina 264 - Here he paused, and then gravely added, ' Et j'ai mange du saumon.' But the gaiety that he displayed after his imprisonment was all assumed ; it was put on to hide his real feelings, which must have been most painful and distressing.
Pagina 383 - I was often fagged by him, and his gaiety and good nature to lower boys were felt and acknowledged. " He must have left Eton early in 1794 ; he had then a high nose, which was broken down by a kick from a horse soon after he went into the Tenth Dragoons, and the good looks he carried from Eton were greatly impaired by that unlucky accident. In the regiment he soon became the pet of the officers, and, after a time, was invited, as a matter of course, into whatever society the Prince of Wales frequented....
Pagina 75 - ... and boots. It is difficult to imagine what could have reconciled him to adopt the two latter innovations upon evening costume, unless it were the usual apology for such degeneracy in modern taste, the altered proportions of his legs.
Pagina 94 - T is sweet to watch Affection's eye ; To mark the tear with love replete ; To feel the softly-breathing sigh, When Friendship's lips the tones repeat ; But oh ! a thousand times more sweet The praise of those we love to hear ! Like balmy showers in summer heat, It falls upon the greedy ear.
Pagina 197 - ... your orders to them. I cannot help telling you what was the banquet yesterday dispatched to me. One solitary chop, about the size of an ecu, enveloped in a quire of greasy paper, and the skeleton of a pigeon, a bird I could never fancy.* I must not omit to mention the accompaniment of half a dozen potatoes. Such was my meal of yesterday evening, after a fast of twelve hours. It is not, I am certain, the fault of the son, but the ladrerie of the pere et mere, with which I have been so long acquainted.
Pagina 351 - He immediately consented, and repeated after me in an earnest manner (un air penetre) that form of "prayer. He then became more composed, and laid his head down on one side ; but this tranquillity was interrupted, about an hour after, by his turning himself over, and uttering a cry, at the same time appearing to be in pain ; he soon, however, turned himself back, with his face laid on the pillow towards the wall, so as to be hidden from us who were on the other side ; after this he never moved, dying...
Pagina 391 - Brummell, looked at him, but as if he did not know who he was, or why he was there, and without bestowing upon him the slightest symptom of recognition. It was then, at the very instant he passed on, that Brummell, seizing with infinite fun and readiness the notion that they were unknown to each other, said across to his friend, and aloud, for the purpose of being heard, ' Alvanley, who's your fat friend...
Pagina 18 - His air was that of good society, simple and natural, and marked by more urbanity than the dandies of the present race are capable of. With a smile he showed me his Paris peruke, which he extolled at the cost of the English ones, and called himself, ' le ci-devant jeune homme qui passe sa vie entre Paris et Londres.