Temple Bar, Volume 3Ward and Lock, 1861 |
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Pagina 5
PREFACE . A YOUNG man of some parts , and more pretension , is said to have re- marked to Dean Swift , " Dean , I intend to set up for a wit ! " To which replied Dean Swift , " Then , sir , you had better sit down again ! " I was ...
PREFACE . A YOUNG man of some parts , and more pretension , is said to have re- marked to Dean Swift , " Dean , I intend to set up for a wit ! " To which replied Dean Swift , " Then , sir , you had better sit down again ! " I was ...
Pagina 13
... young cu- rates are so expert - of tying his cravat in a captivating manner ; and now , when he could only afford two clean ones in a week , the ill - knotted kerchief gave him a more slovenly appearance than ever . Walking- prowling ...
... young cu- rates are so expert - of tying his cravat in a captivating manner ; and now , when he could only afford two clean ones in a week , the ill - knotted kerchief gave him a more slovenly appearance than ever . Walking- prowling ...
Pagina 24
... young man . But for his dread of eating that Humble Pie , of which the other partook every day quite contentedly , and even thankfully , he would have asked him to recommend him to any employment he knew of ; but he re- frained ; and ...
... young man . But for his dread of eating that Humble Pie , of which the other partook every day quite contentedly , and even thankfully , he would have asked him to recommend him to any employment he knew of ; but he re- frained ; and ...
Pagina 25
... young artist because he was a Puseyite , and confessed that he read Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints . But was he a Puseyite ? Somehow Ruthyn had to own to himself that John Clere did not talk as the Reverend Ernest Goldthorpe talked ...
... young artist because he was a Puseyite , and confessed that he read Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints . But was he a Puseyite ? Somehow Ruthyn had to own to himself that John Clere did not talk as the Reverend Ernest Goldthorpe talked ...
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Pagina 90 - I FIRST adventure, with fool-hardy might, To tread the steps of perilous despite. I first adventure, follow me who list, And be the second English satirist.
Pagina 90 - The canonization For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love, Or chide my palsy or my gout, My five grey hairs, or ruined fortune flout. With wealth your state, your mind with arts improve, Take you a course...
Pagina 87 - The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour: but unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme,- instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect that they were only fouud to be verses by counting the syllables.
Pagina 549 - Was roofed with clouds of rich emblazonry, Dark purple at the zenith, which still grew Down the steep west into a wondrous hue Brighter than burning gold, even to the rent Where the swift sun yet paused in his descent Among the many-folded hills.
Pagina 248 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood...
Pagina 90 - And if no piece of Chronicle we prove, We'll build in sonnets pretty rooms; As well a well-wrought urn becomes The greatest ashes, as half-acre tombs, And by these hymns all shall approve Us canonized for Love...
Pagina 207 - My dearest soul, nothing upon earth can afflict me like that, and when you asked me of my business, it was wholly out of my power to satisfy thee, for my life and fortune shall be thine, and every thought of my heart in which the trust I am in may not be revealed, but my honour is my own, which I cannot preserve if I communicate the prince's affairs ; and pray thee with this answer rest satisfied.
Pagina 202 - I will acquaint you, that during the time of my trance I was in great quiet, but in a place I could neither distinguish nor describe ; but the sense of leaving my girl, who is dearer to me than all my children, remained a trouble upon my spirits. Suddenly I saw two by me...
Pagina 418 - There is no character without some speck, some imperfection; and I think the greatest defect in his was an...
Pagina 423 - My stomach is not ruled by other men's, And grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes in the east awaken ? A fig, say I, for any streaky part, Excepting bacon. An early riser Mr. Gray has drawn. Who used to haste the dewy grass among, "To meet the sun upon the upland lawn,