The wits and beaux of society, by Grace and Philip Wharton, Band 2 |
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... appearance when seen from behind . His face was common - place , except when his really expressive eyes sparkled with intelligence , or melted into the sweetest expression of kindness . But his laugh was forced and uncouth and even in ...
... appearance when seen from behind . His face was common - place , except when his really expressive eyes sparkled with intelligence , or melted into the sweetest expression of kindness . But his laugh was forced and uncouth and even in ...
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... appearance when seen from behind . His face was common - place , except when his really expressive eyes sparkled with intelligence , or melted into the sweetest expression of kindness . But his laugh was forced and uncouth and even in ...
... appearance when seen from behind . His face was common - place , except when his really expressive eyes sparkled with intelligence , or melted into the sweetest expression of kindness . But his laugh was forced and uncouth and even in ...
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... appeared in the accoutrements that were in vogue in Queen Anne's time . Then , ' he writes , the joy and awkward jollity of them is inexpressible ! They titter , and , wherever you meet them , are always looking at their watches an hour ...
... appeared in the accoutrements that were in vogue in Queen Anne's time . Then , ' he writes , the joy and awkward jollity of them is inexpressible ! They titter , and , wherever you meet them , are always looking at their watches an hour ...
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... appearance like an old French hotel - being too valuable for the relic of bygone times to be spared . The panelled chambers , the fine stair- case , certain pictures - one by Wright of Derby , of him — one of Miss Walkinshaw - have all ...
... appearance like an old French hotel - being too valuable for the relic of bygone times to be spared . The panelled chambers , the fine stair- case , certain pictures - one by Wright of Derby , of him — one of Miss Walkinshaw - have all ...
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... appeared in his familiar conferences ; and he was ever eager to dissipate any constraint that might occur , as imposing a constraint upon himself , and knowing that any such chain enfeebles and almost annihilates the mental powers ...
... appeared in his familiar conferences ; and he was ever eager to dissipate any constraint that might occur , as imposing a constraint upon himself , and knowing that any such chain enfeebles and almost annihilates the mental powers ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 104 - 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 70 - 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 228 - WUT, is so infinitely distressing to people of good taste, is laughing immoderately at stated intervals. They are so imbued with metaphysics that they even make love metaphysically. I overheard a young lady of my acquaintance, at a dance in Edinburgh, exclaim, in a sudden pause of the music, ' What you say, my Lord, is very true of love in the aibstract, but' — here the fiddlers began fiddling furiously, and the rest was lost.
Seite 270 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenlyj affecting not to mind him.
Seite 272 - 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 102 - 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 259 - 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 133 - If the thought is slow to come,' he would say, ' a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it' Those glasses of good wine, were, unfortunately, even more frequent than the good thoughts, many and merry as they were. His neglect of letters was a standing joke against him. He never took the trouble to open any that he did not expect, and often left sealed many that he was most anxious to read. He once appeared with his begging face at the Bank, humbly asking...