The wits and beaux of society, by Grace and Philip Wharton, Band 2 |
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... mind , the society around him , the period in which he shone , that give the charm to his correspondence , and the interest to his biography . Besides , he had the weakness common to several other fine gentlemen who have combined ...
... mind , the society around him , the period in which he shone , that give the charm to his correspondence , and the interest to his biography . Besides , he had the weakness common to several other fine gentlemen who have combined ...
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... mind and body were like forced plants , prophesied that ' little Horace ' could not possibly live to be a man . He survived , however , two sisters , who died in childhood , and became dearer and dearer to his fond mother . : In his old ...
... mind and body were like forced plants , prophesied that ' little Horace ' could not possibly live to be a man . He survived , however , two sisters , who died in childhood , and became dearer and dearer to his fond mother . : In his old ...
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... mind assumed at this time a very different character to that reverent strain in which , when a youth at college , he had apostro- phized those who bowed their heads beneath the vaulted roof of King's College , in his eulogium in the ...
... mind assumed at this time a very different character to that reverent strain in which , when a youth at college , he had apostro- phized those who bowed their heads beneath the vaulted roof of King's College , in his eulogium in the ...
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... minds was realized . Upcott had every possible auto- graph from every known hand in his collection : Palissy succeeded in making glazed china ; but Vertue left his ore to the hands of others to work out into shape , and the man who ...
... minds was realized . Upcott had every possible auto- graph from every known hand in his collection : Palissy succeeded in making glazed china ; but Vertue left his ore to the hands of others to work out into shape , and the man who ...
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... mind , yet what stretch of intellect were henceforth issued by the recluse of Strawberry , as he plumed himself on being styled , from that library of Strawberry ! ' Let us picture to ourselves the place , the persons - put on , if we ...
... mind , yet what stretch of intellect were henceforth issued by the recluse of Strawberry , as he plumed himself on being styled , from that library of Strawberry ! ' Let us picture to ourselves the place , the persons - put on , if we ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admired afterwards amusing anecdote asked Beau beautiful became brother Brummell Brummell's Bubb Dodington called character Charles club court cried daughter death debt delighted dine dinner doubt Drury Lane Duchess Duke Earl Edinburgh England English Eton fame famous fashion father favourite fool genius gentleman George II George Selwyn heart Holland honour Hook Hook's Horace Walpole Jeffrey John Bull Lady laugh less letters Linley lived London look Lord Cockburn Lord Holland Ludgershall Mackintosh manner married mind mother never once Oxford party passed perhaps political Pomfret poor prince replied Richard Brinsley Sheridan scarcely School for Scandal seems sent Sheridan Sherry Sir Robert society story Strawberry Hill Street Sydney Smith talents talked taste Theodore THEODORE EDWARD HOOK Theodore Hook thought tion told took turned Twickenham Walpole's wife wine wrote young youth
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...