My Confidences: An Autobiographical Sketch Addressed to My DescendantsSmith, Elder, & Company, 1896 - 440 pagina's |
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... yet fleeting ; so vague that it might almost have been lived or dreamt by somebody else a vision from which it is hopeless to rescue aught worth preserving . Sometimes I B half wish - only half - that I could live MY CONFIDENCES ...
... yet fleeting ; so vague that it might almost have been lived or dreamt by somebody else a vision from which it is hopeless to rescue aught worth preserving . Sometimes I B half wish - only half - that I could live MY CONFIDENCES ...
Pagina 28
... sometimes , ' and bid me speak a few sen- tences deliberately , saying as I went on , ' Ah ! that I comprehend well enough , ' and immediately gave the interpretation in French ; but he added , When you speak to each other I am soon ...
... sometimes , ' and bid me speak a few sen- tences deliberately , saying as I went on , ' Ah ! that I comprehend well enough , ' and immediately gave the interpretation in French ; but he added , When you speak to each other I am soon ...
Pagina 44
... sometimes unwise ; however , it was usually about matters of slight importance . The fact is , that she leant upon others , and looked to them for guidance and support - which was the more unfortunate as she was not always ...
... sometimes unwise ; however , it was usually about matters of slight importance . The fact is , that she leant upon others , and looked to them for guidance and support - which was the more unfortunate as she was not always ...
Pagina 53
... sometimes led , through momen- tary irritation , to take people to task in a somewhat intemperate way , and afterwards he was sorry for it . My mother regretted this failing . One even- ing he happened to return from London after the ...
... sometimes led , through momen- tary irritation , to take people to task in a somewhat intemperate way , and afterwards he was sorry for it . My mother regretted this failing . One even- ing he happened to return from London after the ...
Pagina 58
... sometimes varied it by ending at Maze Hill . I took the very same walk ( by Croom's inspir- ing steep ) the other day . I had not done so for thirty years . I passed through London Street and Stockwell Street , which were full of ghosts ...
... sometimes varied it by ending at Maze Hill . I took the very same walk ( by Croom's inspir- ing steep ) the other day . I had not done so for thirty years . I passed through London Street and Stockwell Street , which were full of ghosts ...
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My Confidences: An Autobiographical Sketch Addressed to My Descendants Frederick Locker-Lampson Volledige weergave - 1896 |
My Confidences: An Autobiographical Sketch Addressed to My Descendants Frederick Locker-Lampson Volledige weergave - 1896 |
My Confidences: An Autobiographical Sketch Addressed to My Descendants Frederick Locker-Lampson Volledige weergave - 1895 |
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Pagina 240 - OLD as I am, for ladies' love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet, Which once inflam'd my soul, and still inspires my wit.
Pagina 123 - They cut his throat from ear to ear, His brains they battered In; His name was Mr William Weare, He dwelt in Lyon's Inn.
Pagina 277 - And the hostler that sung about eight years ago ? And where is your sister, so mild and so dear, Whose voice to her maids like a trumpet was clear ?"
Pagina 385 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a" the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi
Pagina 152 - Her physique was peculiar : curls like the pendent ears of a water-spaniel, and poor little hands — so thin that when she welcomed you she gave you something like the foot of a young bird ; the Hand that made her great had not made her fair.
Pagina 113 - To be more prince) as may be. You are sad. Hub. Indeed, I have been merrier. Arth. Mercy on me! Methinks, nobody should be sad but I : Yet, I remember, when I was in France, Young gentlemen would be as sad as night, Only for wantonness. By my Christendom, So I were out of prison, and kept sheep, I should be as merry as the day is long...
Pagina 72 - Four ducks on a pond, A grass bank beyond, A blue sky of Spring, White clouds on the wing : What a little thing To remember for years — To remember with tears.
Pagina 84 - The nappy reeks wi' mantling ream, An' sheds a heart-inspiring steam ; The luntin pipe, an' sneeshin mill, Are handed round wi' right guid will ; The cantie auld folks crackin crouse, The young anes ranting thro' the house,— My heart has been sae fain to see them, That I for joy hae barkit wi
Pagina 166 - I have sat at my meals before it for seven and forty years ; and such are the changes that have taken place among us — so many have come and gone in the time — that, when I look upon the company there — upon those who are sitting at that table, silent as they are — I am sometimes inclined to think that we, and not they, are the shadows.
Pagina 410 - In the retirement of his later years, he was enabled to cultivate this taste with every advantage, and numbered among his familiar friends some of the most eminent persons of his own time. Saturday was devoted to receiving men of literature and science at his table. On these occasions we were always permitted to be present, and looked forward with delight to this weekly festival, which contributed essentially to our improvement as well as to our amusement. He lost no opportunity of affording us instruction....