Final memorials of Charles Lamb, letters [ed.] with sketches of some of his companions by T.N. Talfourd, Том 21848 |
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... writing what it was , and the Directors approved it , the proposal could not be entertained . " The ladies retired ; and the office heard no more of the proposal , nor of Miss Abercrombie , till they heard that she was dead , and that ...
... writing what it was , and the Directors approved it , the proposal could not be entertained . " The ladies retired ; and the office heard no more of the proposal , nor of Miss Abercrombie , till they heard that she was dead , and that ...
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... writing in ink over words pen- cilled in the hand - writing of Mr. Wainwright , and witnessing her signature . On that evening , Miss Abercrombie accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Wain- wright and her sister to the play , as she had done the ...
... writing in ink over words pen- cilled in the hand - writing of Mr. Wainwright , and witnessing her signature . On that evening , Miss Abercrombie accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Wain- wright and her sister to the play , as she had done the ...
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... writing from the hold of the convict - ship , to complain of his being placed in irons , he said- " They think me a desperado . Me ! the companion of poets , philosophers , artists , and musicians , a desperado ! You will smile at this ...
... writing from the hold of the convict - ship , to complain of his being placed in irons , he said- " They think me a desperado . Me ! the companion of poets , philosophers , artists , and musicians , a desperado ! You will smile at this ...
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... written in the first enthusiasm of his system , and exem- plifying , amidst beauty and pathos of the finest essence , some of its most startling peculiarities . Some wicked jester , gifted with more ingenuity and boldness than wit ...
... written in the first enthusiasm of his system , and exem- plifying , amidst beauty and pathos of the finest essence , some of its most startling peculiarities . Some wicked jester , gifted with more ingenuity and boldness than wit ...
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... writing , or thinking he is writing in his study till the dinner comes , and that is scarce over before the stage summons us away . The mock " P. B. " had only this effect on me , that after twice reading it over in hopes to find ...
... writing , or thinking he is writing in his study till the dinner comes , and that is scarce over before the stage summons us away . The mock " P. B. " had only this effect on me , that after twice reading it over in hopes to find ...
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admiration artist asso beauty Charles CHARLES LAMB charm cherished chimes at midnight Christ's Hospital circle Coleridge conversation Dante DEAR death delightful dinner Dover Street Dyer earnest Edinburgh Review Edmonton EDWARD MOXON Elia Emma Enfield enjoy essays eyes fancy fear feel felt genius gentle George Dyer Godwin grace hand happy Hazlitt heard heart honour hope intellectual Janus kind labour lady Lamb's Leigh Hunt Linden House literary lived London look Lord Magazine Mary Lamb memory ment mind Miss Abercrombie Miss Lamb MISS WORDSWORTH moral MOXON nature never noble once pain passion Peter Bell pleasure poet poetry political poor Pray present reason regard scarcely seemed Shakspeare sister sometimes sonnet sorrow soul spirit Street struggle sweetness taste tell Thelwall things thought tion triumph Wainwright walk wisdom wish write written young youth
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Сторінка 197 - Glittering in golden coats, like images ; As full of spirit as the month of May, And gorgeous as the sun at Midsummer ; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls.
Сторінка 151 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
Сторінка 192 - Heroically fashioned — to infuse Faith in the whispers of the lonely Muse, While the whole world seems adverse to desert. And, oh ! when Nature sinks, as oft she may, Through long-lived pressure of obscure distress, Still to be strenuous for the bright reward, And in the soul admit of no decay, Brook no continuance of weak-mindedness — Great is the glory, for the strife is hard ! XLIII.
Сторінка 108 - Shakspeare ; to be tied down to an authentic face of Juliet ! to have Imogen's portrait ! to confine the illimitable ! I like you and Stothard (you best), but ' out upon this half-faced fellowship !' Sir, when I have read the book, I may trouble you, through Moxon, with some faint criticisms.
Сторінка 173 - ... friends : he avowed that he yielded to necessity ; and instead of avoiding the sight of that which he could no longer taste, he was seldom so happy as when he sat with friends at their wine, participating the sociality of the time, and renewing his own past enjoyment in that of his companions, without regret and without envy.
Сторінка 176 - she had written a great deal which he had never read," a voice gave expression to the general commiseration and surprise, by calling out " More pity for you !" They were confounded at his reading with more emphasis, perhaps, than discretion, Gay's epigrammatic lines on Sir Richard Blackstone...
Сторінка 134 - ... not a hopeful engagement, or a happy wedding, or a promotion of a friend's son, or a new intellectual triumph of any youth with whose name and history she was familiar, but became an event on which she expected and required congratulation as on a part of her own fortune. Although there was necessarily a preponderance in her society of the sentiment of popular progress, which once was cherished almost exclusively by the party to whom Lord Holland was united by sacred ties, no expression of triumph...
Сторінка 128 - They will remember the singular character which belonged to that circle, in which every talent and accomplish'ment, every art and science, had its place. They will remember how the last debate was discussed in one corner, and the last comedy of Scribe in another ; while Wilkie gazed with modest admiration on Reynolds...
Сторінка 175 - Frenchman. When he passed by Mrs. Hannah More with observing that " she had written a great deal which he had never read," a voice gave expression to the general commiseration and surprise, by calling out
Сторінка 131 - ... own share in the perils and glories of some famous battle-field ; to encourage the generous praise of friendship when the speaker and the subject reflected interest on each other; or win...