The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures, Delivered in England, Scotland, and the United States of America, Випуск 76Smith, Elder & Company, 1858 - 341 стор. |
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... lady nor mention his name . After dinner said the Dean , ' Lady Burlington , I hear you can sing ; sing me a song . ' The lady looked on this unceremonious manner of asking a favour with distaste , and positively refused . He said ...
... lady nor mention his name . After dinner said the Dean , ' Lady Burlington , I hear you can sing ; sing me a song . ' The lady looked on this unceremonious manner of asking a favour with distaste , and positively refused . He said ...
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... lady's brocade petticoat in the mud . He eases the one of a living , the other of a patent place , the third of a little snug post about the Court , and gives them over to followers of his own . The great prize has not come yet . The ...
... lady's brocade petticoat in the mud . He eases the one of a living , the other of a patent place , the third of a little snug post about the Court , and gives them over to followers of his own . The great prize has not come yet . The ...
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... lady whisking her long train [ long trains were then in fashion ] swept down a fine fiddle and broke it ; Swift cried out- " Mantua væ miseræ nimium vicina Cremona ! " 66 -Dr . DELANY . Observations upon Lord Orrery's “ Remarks , & c ...
... lady whisking her long train [ long trains were then in fashion ] swept down a fine fiddle and broke it ; Swift cried out- " Mantua væ miseræ nimium vicina Cremona ! " 66 -Dr . DELANY . Observations upon Lord Orrery's “ Remarks , & c ...
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... lady's good graces , or run on his honour's errands.1 It was here , as he was writing at Temple's table , or following his patron's walk , that he saw and heard the men who had governed the great world — measured himself with them ...
... lady's good graces , or run on his honour's errands.1 It was here , as he was writing at Temple's table , or following his patron's walk , that he saw and heard the men who had governed the great world — measured himself with them ...
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... lady's train or any rival's heels in the Court crowd . When that grows too hot or too agitated for him , he politely leaves it . He retires to his retreat of Shene or Moor Park ; and lets the King's party , and the Prince of Orange's ...
... lady's train or any rival's heels in the Court crowd . When that grows too hot or too agitated for him , he politely leaves it . He retires to his retreat of Shene or Moor Park ; and lets the King's party , and the Prince of Orange's ...
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Сторінка 329 - 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...
Сторінка 214 - Blest with each talent and each art to please, 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...
Сторінка 156 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind.
Сторінка 314 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Сторінка 329 - 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...
Сторінка 328 - 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.
Сторінка 36 - 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...
Сторінка 230 - She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus
Сторінка 109 - 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.
Сторінка 329 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...