The Wits and Beaus of Society, Band 2Worthington Company, 1890 |
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... present to him when , in old age , he wrote down his recollections for his be- loved Miss Berry . By the side of a tall , lean , ill - favoured old German lady - the Duchess of Kendal - stood a pale , short , elderly man , with a dark ...
... present to him when , in old age , he wrote down his recollections for his be- loved Miss Berry . By the side of a tall , lean , ill - favoured old German lady - the Duchess of Kendal - stood a pale , short , elderly man , with a dark ...
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... present ! In the small , quaint rooms of Peter - House , Gray consumed a dreary celibacy , consoled by the Muse alone , who - if other damsels found no charms in his somewhat piggish , wooden countenance , or in his manners , replete ...
... present ! In the small , quaint rooms of Peter - House , Gray consumed a dreary celibacy , consoled by the Muse alone , who - if other damsels found no charms in his somewhat piggish , wooden countenance , or in his manners , replete ...
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... the injured and unhappy Caroline of Brunswick . From his retreat at Strawberry , Horace Walpole heard all that befel the object of his flame , Lady Sophia Fermor . His A Man who never Doubted . 35 ietters present from.
... the injured and unhappy Caroline of Brunswick . From his retreat at Strawberry , Horace Walpole heard all that befel the object of his flame , Lady Sophia Fermor . His A Man who never Doubted . 35 ietters present from.
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Mrs. A. T. Thomson. A Man who never Doubted . 35 ietters present from time to time such passages as these ; Lady Pomfret , whom he detested , being always the object of his satire : - ' There is not the least news ; but that my Lord ...
Mrs. A. T. Thomson. A Man who never Doubted . 35 ietters present from time to time such passages as these ; Lady Pomfret , whom he detested , being always the object of his satire : - ' There is not the least news ; but that my Lord ...
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... present her ! ' The event was succeeded by a great ball at the Duchess of Richmond's , in honour of the bride , Lady Carteret paying her ladyship the ' highest honours , ' which she received in the ' highest state . ' ' I have seen her ...
... present her ! ' The event was succeeded by a great ball at the Duchess of Richmond's , in honour of the bride , Lady Carteret paying her ladyship the ' highest honours , ' which she received in the ' highest state . ' ' I have seen her ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admired afterwards amusing anecdote asked Beau beautiful became brother Brummell Bubb Dodington called character Charles club court cried daughter death debt delighted dinner dress Drury Lane Duchess Duke Earl Edinburgh England Eton fame famous fashion father fool genius gentleman George II George Selwyn heart Holland honour Hook Hook's Horace Walpole Houghton Jeffrey king Lady laugh Leicester House letters Linley lived London look Lord Cockburn Lord Hervey Lord Holland Ludgershall Mackintosh manner married mind mother never night once Oxford party passed perhaps political Pomfret poor prince Prince of Wales replied ridicule scarcely School for Scandal seems sent Sheridan Sir Robert society spirit story Strawberry Hill Street Sydney Smith talents talked taste Theodore Theodore Hook thought told took Twickenham vulgar Wales Walpole's wife wine wonderful wrote young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 64 - The next time Mr. Selwyn calls, show him up. If I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him ; and if I am dead, he will be glad to see me.
Seite 3 - I can't say I am sorry I was never quite a schoolboy : an expedition against bargemen, or a match at cricket, may be very pretty things to recollect ; but thank my stars, I can remember things that are very near as pretty.
Seite 233 - Sir, it is not a talent; it is a vice; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is a farce which exhibits individuals.
Seite 89 - I allowed him all his own merit." He now added, "Sheridan cannot bear me. I bring his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his narrow exertions? Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to show light at Calais.
Seite 224 - it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.
Seite 7 - Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings with mottoes ; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle and agreeable. — Alexander, at the head of the world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes, and policies engage their thoughts ; and, at the same time that they are laying the foundation for their middle age of life, the mimic republic they live in furnishes...
Seite 100 - ... and if they were reserved for the proper stage, they would, no doubt, receive what the Honourable Gentleman's abilities always did receive, the plaudits of the audience ; and it would be his. fortune 'sui plausu gaudere theatri.' But this was not the proper scene for the exhibition of those elegancies.
Seite 7 - No old maid's gown, though it had been tormented into all the fashions from King James to King George, ever underwent so many transformations as those poor plains have in my idea. At first I was contented with tending a visionary flock, and sighing some pastoral name to the echo of the cascade under the bridge.
Seite 117 - If the thought (he would say) is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and, when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.