Elia: Essays which Have Appeared Under that Signature in the London MagazineCarey, Lea, & Carey, 1828 - 230 стор. |
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... perhaps feel himself a little morti- fied . The things do not fill up that space , which the idea of them seemed to take up in his mind . But they have still a correspondency to his first notion , and in time grow up to it , so as to ...
... perhaps feel himself a little morti- fied . The things do not fill up that space , which the idea of them seemed to take up in his mind . But they have still a correspondency to his first notion , and in time grow up to it , so as to ...
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... perhaps are single . " " Truly , sir , " he replied with a smile , " for the most part we have , but not all alike . There are some , like Dick , that sport but one tu- 66 mescence . Their ladies have been tolerably faith- ful - A ...
... perhaps are single . " " Truly , sir , " he replied with a smile , " for the most part we have , but not all alike . There are some , like Dick , that sport but one tu- 66 mescence . Their ladies have been tolerably faith- ful - A ...
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... perhaps the next least degree of spleen in his prosecutor , generally escapes with a pair of bandy legs ; if he has taken any thing with him in his flight , a hitch in his gait is generally superadded . A bankrupt who has been guilty of ...
... perhaps the next least degree of spleen in his prosecutor , generally escapes with a pair of bandy legs ; if he has taken any thing with him in his flight , a hitch in his gait is generally superadded . A bankrupt who has been guilty of ...
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... the world in general much more of that first idea which you formed , ( perhaps in part erroneous ) of his physiognomy , than of that frightful substitute which you have suffered to creep in upon 56 ON THE DANGER OF CONFOUNDING.
... the world in general much more of that first idea which you formed , ( perhaps in part erroneous ) of his physiognomy , than of that frightful substitute which you have suffered to creep in upon 56 ON THE DANGER OF CONFOUNDING.
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... Perhaps the offender has been guilty of some atrocious and aggravated murder . Here is the most difficult case of all . It is above all requisite , that such a daring violator of the peace and safety of society should meet with his re ...
... Perhaps the offender has been guilty of some atrocious and aggravated murder . Here is the most difficult case of all . It is above all requisite , that such a daring violator of the peace and safety of society should meet with his re ...
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Сторінка 139 - Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep Where your old bards, the famous druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Ay me, I fondly dream! Had ye been there — for what could that have done?
Сторінка 149 - So far from a wish to roam, I would have drawn, methought, still closer the fences of my chosen prison ; and have been hemmed in by a yet securer cincture of those excluding garden walls. I could have exclaimed with that garden-loving poet — Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about, ye gadding vines ; And oh I so close your circles lace, That I may never leave this place...
Сторінка 91 - ... being in general readers of plays, were obliged to attend the more, and did attend, to what was going on, on the stage— because a word lost would have been a chasm, which it was impossible for them to fill up. With such reflections we consoled our pride then — and I appeal to you whether, as a woman, I met generally with less attention and accommodation than I have done since in more expensive situations in the house? The...
Сторінка 87 - I wish the good old times would come again," she said, "when we were not quite so rich. I do not mean, that I want to be poor; but there was a middle state" — so she was pleased to ramble on, — "in which I am sure we were a great deal happier. A purchase is but a purchase, now that you have money enough and to spare. Formerly it used to be a triumph.
Сторінка 94 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Сторінка 88 - Do you remember the brown suit, which you made to hang upon you, till all your friends cried shame upon you, it grew so threadbare — and all because of that folio Beaumont and Fletcher, which you dragged home late at night from Barker's in Covent Garden?
Сторінка 160 - Shall I be thought fantastical if I confess that the names of some of our poets sound sweeter, and have a finer relish to the ear — to mine, at least — than that of Milton or of Shakspeare?
Сторінка 130 - I began with treating half seriously, I should have fallen upon a recital so eminently painful ; but this theme of poor relationship is replete with so much matter for tragic as well as comic associations, that it is difficult to keep the account distinct without blending. The earliest impressions which I received on this matter, are certainly not attended with anything painful, or very humiliating, in the recalling.
Сторінка 158 - ... eterne." But where a book is at once both good and rare, where the individual is almost the species, and when that perishes, We know not where is that Promethean torch That can its light relumine...
Сторінка 125 - He declareth against fish, the turbot being small, yet suffereth himself to be importuned into a slice against his first resolution. He sticketh by the port, yet will be prevailed upon to empty the remainder glass of claret, if a stranger press it upon him. He is a puzzle to the servants, who are fearful of being too obsequious, or not civil enough to him. The guests think