The Four Georges: The English Humourists of the Eighteenth CenturySmith, Elder, 1869 - 362 pagina's |
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Pagina 44
... picture of him defeated by the French ( 1757 ) at Hastenbeck . I refrain to quote from Walpole regarding George - for those charming volumes are in the hands of all who love the gossip of the last century . Nothing can be more cheery ...
... picture of him defeated by the French ( 1757 ) at Hastenbeck . I refrain to quote from Walpole regarding George - for those charming volumes are in the hands of all who love the gossip of the last century . Nothing can be more cheery ...
Pagina 47
... picture of the great Venus , with the door opened into the adjoining chamber , where the Queen is dressing , talking scandal to Lord Hervey , or uttering sneers at Lady Suffolk , who is kneeling with the basin at her mistress's side ? I ...
... picture of the great Venus , with the door opened into the adjoining chamber , where the Queen is dressing , talking scandal to Lord Hervey , or uttering sneers at Lady Suffolk , who is kneeling with the basin at her mistress's side ? I ...
Pagina 52
... picture hung between the busts of Newton and Pope : " This picture , placed these busts between , Gives satire all its strength : Wisdom and Wit are little seen , But Folly at full length . " I should like to have seen the Folly . It ...
... picture hung between the busts of Newton and Pope : " This picture , placed these busts between , Gives satire all its strength : Wisdom and Wit are little seen , But Folly at full length . " I should like to have seen the Folly . It ...
Pagina 58
... it the King's portrait . The nobility advanced , and made a bow to the arm - chair , and to the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up ; and spoke under their voices before the august picture , just as they 58 THE FOUR GEORGES .
... it the King's portrait . The nobility advanced , and made a bow to the arm - chair , and to the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up ; and spoke under their voices before the august picture , just as they 58 THE FOUR GEORGES .
Pagina 59
... picture , just as they would have done had the King Churfürst been present himself . He was always going back to Hanover . In the year 1729 , he went for two whole years , during which Caroline reigned for him in England , and he was ...
... picture , just as they would have done had the King Churfürst been present himself . He was always going back to Hanover . In the year 1729 , he went for two whole years , during which Caroline reigned for him in England , and he was ...
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Pagina 284 - 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 356 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Pagina 241 - 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 205 - Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war : In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Pagina 260 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Pagina 164 - 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 135 - 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.
Pagina 133 - But when at morn and eve the star Beholds me on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, Thy prayers ascend for me.
Pagina 207 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Pagina 164 - I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London that a young, healthy child well nursed is, at a year old, . a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.