The Wits and Beaux of Society, Band 2Harper, 1861 - 481 Seiten |
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... fact speaks in extenuation of one of our wildest Wits and Beaux - loved him faithfully . De Grammont , we all own , has little to redeem him except his good - nature : Rochester's latest days were almost hallowed by his penitence ...
... fact speaks in extenuation of one of our wildest Wits and Beaux - loved him faithfully . De Grammont , we all own , has little to redeem him except his good - nature : Rochester's latest days were almost hallowed by his penitence ...
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... fact . And now , before we proceed , let us ask who worthy Sam- uel Pepys was , that he should pass such stringent comments on men and manners ? His origin was lowly ; his family an- cient ; his father having followed , until the ...
... fact . And now , before we proceed , let us ask who worthy Sam- uel Pepys was , that he should pass such stringent comments on men and manners ? His origin was lowly ; his family an- cient ; his father having followed , until the ...
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... fact , but desired to publish it ; for the morals of his time were so depraved , that it was thought to be more honorable to be the illegitimate son of a king that the lawful child of lowlier parents . Born in the Castle of Semeae , on ...
... fact , but desired to publish it ; for the morals of his time were so depraved , that it was thought to be more honorable to be the illegitimate son of a king that the lawful child of lowlier parents . Born in the Castle of Semeae , on ...
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... fact for the servants , who waited . Winner or loser , the tax was to be paid , and this custom of vails was also prevalent in France . Trino at last surrendered , and the two friends rushed from their campaigning life to enjoy the ...
... fact for the servants , who waited . Winner or loser , the tax was to be paid , and this custom of vails was also prevalent in France . Trino at last surrendered , and the two friends rushed from their campaigning life to enjoy the ...
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... fact , at the same period , served under the great Condé ; both were pre - eminent , not only in literature , but in games of chance . St. Evremond was famous at the University of Caen , in which he studied , for his fencing ; and " St ...
... fact , at the same period , served under the great Condé ; both were pre - eminent , not only in literature , but in games of chance . St. Evremond was famous at the University of Caen , in which he studied , for his fencing ; and " St ...
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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.