The Wits and Beaux of Society, Band 2J.W. Jarvis & son, 1890 |
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... kind of slow wit , that was turned upon the venial officials whose perquisites were at their disgraceful height in his time . ' A strange country this , ' said the monarch , in his most cla- morous German : ' one day , after I came to ...
... kind of slow wit , that was turned upon the venial officials whose perquisites were at their disgraceful height in his time . ' A strange country this , ' said the monarch , in his most cla- morous German : ' one day , after I came to ...
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... kind of seers ; they come , ask what such a room is called in which Sir Robert lay , write it down , admire a lobster or a cabbage in a Market Piece , dis- pute whether the last room was green or purple , and then hurry to the inn , for ...
... kind of seers ; they come , ask what such a room is called in which Sir Robert lay , write it down , admire a lobster or a cabbage in a Market Piece , dis- pute whether the last room was green or purple , and then hurry to the inn , for ...
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... kind , and never descended to anything obscure or unappreciated . There was a certain hardness in that nature of his which had so pleasant an aspect . ' An artist , ' he once said , ' has his pencils -an author his pens -- and the ...
... kind , and never descended to anything obscure or unappreciated . There was a certain hardness in that nature of his which had so pleasant an aspect . ' An artist , ' he once said , ' has his pencils -an author his pens -- and the ...
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... I make a point of never going to rehearsals . ' Selwyn's love for this kind of thing , to believe his most inti- mate friend , Horace Walpole , was quite a fact . His friend Catching a Housebreaker . 71 relates that he even bargained.
... I make a point of never going to rehearsals . ' Selwyn's love for this kind of thing , to believe his most inti- mate friend , Horace Walpole , was quite a fact . His friend Catching a Housebreaker . 71 relates that he even bargained.
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... kind of simplicity which was endearing . He was neither knave . nor fool . He was not a voluptuary , like his friend the duke ; nor a continued drunkard , like many other ' fine gentlemen ' with whom he mixed ; nor a cheat , though a ...
... kind of simplicity which was endearing . He was neither knave . nor fool . He was not a voluptuary , like his friend the duke ; nor a continued drunkard , like many other ' fine gentlemen ' with whom he mixed ; nor a cheat , though a ...
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Seite 93 - Islands,' and of his coming away ' willing to believe the second sight,' which seemed to excite some ridicule. I was then so impressed with the truth of many of the stories of which I had been told, that I avowed my conviction, saying 'He is only willing to believe; I do believe. The evidence is enough for me, though not for his great mind. What will not fill a quart bottle will fill a pint bottle. I am filled with belief.' ' Are you,' said Colman, 'then cork it up.
Seite 2 - This is a strange country!" said his majesty: " the first morning after my arrival at St. James's, I looked out of the window, and saw a park with walks, a canal, &c. which they told me were mine. The next day lord Chetwynd, the ranger of my park, sent me a fine brace of carp out of my canal ; and I was told I must give five guineas to lord Chetwynd's servant for bringing me my own carp out of my own canal in my own park...
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 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. How happy should I have been to have had a kingdom only for the pleasure of being driven from it, and living disguised in an humble vale ! As I got further into Virgil and Clelia...
Seite 64 - All fly to Twit'nam, and in humble strain Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain. Arthur, whose giddy Son neglects the Laws, Imputes to me and my damn'd works the cause: Poor Cornus sees his frantic wife elope, And curses Wit, and Poetry, and Pope.
Seite 95 - You see what noble ambition will make a man attempt. That den is not yet opened, consequently I have not been there; so, for the present I am clear upon that score.
Seite 102 - All that he had ever heard — all that he had ever read — when compared with it dwindled into nothing, and vanished like vapour before the sun.