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Pagina 17
... 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 66
... 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 68
... hope to get five guineas from his lordship . In the days when there were fine gentlemen , Mr. Secretary Pitt's under- secretaries did not dare to sit down before him ; but Mr. Pitt , in his turn , went down on his gouty knees to George ...
... hope to get five guineas from his lordship . In the days when there were fine gentlemen , Mr. Secretary Pitt's under- secretaries did not dare to sit down before him ; but Mr. Pitt , in his turn , went down on his gouty knees to George ...
Pagina 125
... hope his life will not be forgotten , for it is sublime in its simplicity , its energy , its honour , its affection . In the combat between 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 between Time and Thalaba , I suspect the former destroyer has conquered . Kehama's curse frightens very ...
Pagina 135
... 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 277 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Pagina 353 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close. And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last.
Pagina 354 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Pagina 206 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pagina 233 - 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 276 - 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, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Pagina 353 - 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; To husband our life's taper at the close And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Pagina 156 - That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality, and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump, and fat for a good table. 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, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially...
Pagina 344 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Pagina 129 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.