The Wits and Beaux of Society, Band 2Harper, 1861 - 481 Seiten |
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... Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrewsbury . - Villiers as a Poet . - As a Dramatist . -A fearful Censure ! -Villiers ' Influence in Parliament . - A Scene in the Lords . - The Duke of Ormond in Danger ...
... Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrewsbury . - Villiers as a Poet . - As a Dramatist . -A fearful Censure ! -Villiers ' Influence in Parliament . - A Scene in the Lords . - The Duke of Ormond in Danger ...
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... beauty , the matchless grace , of his ill - fated father . Great abilities , courage , fascination of manners , were also his ; but he had not been endowed with firmness of character , but was at once energetic and versatile . Even at ...
... beauty , the matchless grace , of his ill - fated father . Great abilities , courage , fascination of manners , were also his ; but he had not been endowed with firmness of character , but was at once energetic and versatile . Even at ...
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... Beauty of per- son was hereditary : his father was styled the " handsomest - bod- ied man in England , " and George Villiers the younger equal- ed George Villiers the elder in all personal accomplishments . When he entered the Presence ...
... Beauty of per- son was hereditary : his father was styled the " handsomest - bod- ied man in England , " and George Villiers the younger equal- ed George Villiers the elder in all personal accomplishments . When he entered the Presence ...
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... beauty . His face was long and oval , with sleepy , yet glistening eyes , over which large arched eyebrows seemed to contract a brow on which the curls of a massive wig ( which fell almost to his shoulders ) hung low . His nose was long ...
... beauty . His face was long and oval , with sleepy , yet glistening eyes , over which large arched eyebrows seemed to contract a brow on which the curls of a massive wig ( which fell almost to his shoulders ) hung low . His nose was long ...
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... beauty must disband- A rival's strength once took away , What slave's so dull as to obey ? But if you'll learn a noble way To keep his empire from decay , And there forever fix your throne , Be kind , but kind to me alone . " Like his ...
... beauty must disband- A rival's strength once took away , What slave's so dull as to obey ? But if you'll learn a noble way To keep his empire from decay , And there forever fix your throne , Be kind , but kind to me alone . " Like his ...
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Seite 16 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Seite 145 - Thus with each gift of Nature and of art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart; Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt, And most contemptible, to shun contempt...
Seite 164 - And just abandoning th' ungrateful stage: Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on his providence: But you, whom every muse and grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains; and oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue; But shade those laurels which descend to you: And take for tribute what these lines express; You merit more; nor could my love do less.
Seite 25 - Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Seite 217 - When upon some slight encouragement I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Seite 91 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Seite 313 - 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 217 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was over-powered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
Seite 106 - To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you.
Seite 191 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.