The Wits and Beaux of Society, Band 2J.W. Jarvis & son, 1890 |
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... thought , did , and said , was law ; what his foes dared to express was heresy . Horace had the family mania strong upon him ; the world was made for Walpoles , whose views were never to be controverted , nor whose faith impugned . Yet ...
... thought , did , and said , was law ; what his foes dared to express was heresy . Horace had the family mania strong upon him ; the world was made for Walpoles , whose views were never to be controverted , nor whose faith impugned . Yet ...
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... thought it his painful duty , being also the son of a prime minister , to shed tears when , with the other scholars of Eton College , he walked in the pro- cession to the proclamation of George II . And no doubt he was one of very few ...
... thought it his painful duty , being also the son of a prime minister , to shed tears when , with the other scholars of Eton College , he walked in the pro- cession to the proclamation of George II . And no doubt he was one of very few ...
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... 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 materials of conversation for their latter age ; and old men cannot be said to be children a ...
... 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 materials of conversation for their latter age ; and old men cannot be said to be children a ...
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... thought the best dancers . ' ' We danced ; for I country - danced till four , then had tea and coffee , and came home . ' Poor Horace ! Lady Sophia was not for a younger son , however gay , talented , or rich he might be . His pique and ...
... thought the best dancers . ' ' We danced ; for I country - danced till four , then had tea and coffee , and came home . ' Poor Horace ! Lady Sophia was not for a younger son , however gay , talented , or rich he might be . His pique and ...
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... thought high trea- son ; but I don't know how the gruff gentleman liked it . And then he had been told that Lord Lincoln designed to have made the campaign , if we had gone to war ; in short , he says Lord Lincoln is the handsomest man ...
... thought high trea- son ; but I don't know how the gruff gentleman liked it . And then he had been told that Lord Lincoln designed to have made the campaign , if we had gone to war ; in short , he says Lord Lincoln is the handsomest man ...
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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.