The wits and beaux of society, by Grace and Philip Wharton, Band 2 |
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... means such as to disprove an assertion which gained general belief : this was , that Horace was the offspring , not of Sir Robert Walpole , but of Carr , Lord Hervey , the eldest son of the Earl of Bristol , and the elder brother of ...
... means such as to disprove an assertion which gained general belief : this was , that Horace was the offspring , not of Sir Robert Walpole , but of Carr , Lord Hervey , the eldest son of the Earl of Bristol , and the elder brother of ...
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... means . of gratification been permitted to how many has hard work been allotted ! Then , when genius has been endowed with rank , with wealth , how often it has been degraded by excess ! Rochester's passions ran riot in one century ...
... means . of gratification been permitted to how many has hard work been allotted ! Then , when genius has been endowed with rank , with wealth , how often it has been degraded by excess ! Rochester's passions ran riot in one century ...
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... mean present for a friend . Chatterton , a quiet child , one day noticed that his mother's thread - papers were of no ordinary materials . They were made of parchment , and on this parchment was some of the black - letter characters by ...
... mean present for a friend . Chatterton , a quiet child , one day noticed that his mother's thread - papers were of no ordinary materials . They were made of parchment , and on this parchment was some of the black - letter characters by ...
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... mean ones , that the reward might be smaller . ' " Let us change the strain : stilled be the mournful note on which we have rested too long . What have wits and beaux and men of society to do with poets and beggars ? Behold , Horace ...
... mean ones , that the reward might be smaller . ' " Let us change the strain : stilled be the mournful note on which we have rested too long . What have wits and beaux and men of society to do with poets and beggars ? Behold , Horace ...
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... Strawberry . Lord ! ' cried one lady , ' who is that Mr. Walpole ? ' ' Lord ! ' cried a second ; ' don't you know the great epicure , Mr. Walpole ? ' " Who ? ' cried the first , - great THE MISS BERRYS . 61 epicure ! you mean the.
... Strawberry . Lord ! ' cried one lady , ' who is that Mr. Walpole ? ' ' Lord ! ' cried a second ; ' don't you know the great epicure , Mr. Walpole ? ' " Who ? ' cried the first , - great THE MISS BERRYS . 61 epicure ! you mean the.
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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...