The Etonian, Band 1Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt H. Colburn and C. Knight, 1824 |
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... present too prevalent in the school - that of lounging up and down the town , dressed to the very acmè of Bond - street ton ; or , if I may so express myself , even in the highest height a higher height of absurdity is aimed at by the ...
... present too prevalent in the school - that of lounging up and down the town , dressed to the very acmè of Bond - street ton ; or , if I may so express myself , even in the highest height a higher height of absurdity is aimed at by the ...
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... present day , to a sense of the necessity of his disappearance from the observation of the Guardian of school discipline . A propensity for drama- tic representation was formerly a striking feature in his cha- racter . He had contrived ...
... present day , to a sense of the necessity of his disappearance from the observation of the Guardian of school discipline . A propensity for drama- tic representation was formerly a striking feature in his cha- racter . He had contrived ...
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... present moment . ALLEN LE BLANC is the absolute reverse of Golightly . His very figure bears testimony to the eccentricity of his mind . He is of a diminutive round stature ; his limbs are well compacted and clean made in short , he is ...
... present moment . ALLEN LE BLANC is the absolute reverse of Golightly . His very figure bears testimony to the eccentricity of his mind . He is of a diminutive round stature ; his limbs are well compacted and clean made in short , he is ...
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... present day , was carried to an excess . believe he had reached the perfection of human happiness , when , having locked himself in his room , this poetical enthu- siast indulged in sentimental tears over some favourite poem which he ...
... present day , was carried to an excess . believe he had reached the perfection of human happiness , when , having locked himself in his room , this poetical enthu- siast indulged in sentimental tears over some favourite poem which he ...
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... present holds among his party , the Earl Grey ; all scruples vanished , and Frank was sent to Eton . Here , however , he did not find that co- incidence of opinion which he had been in the habit of meet- ing with at his father's table ...
... present holds among his party , the Earl Grey ; all scruples vanished , and Frank was sent to Eton . Here , however , he did not find that co- incidence of opinion which he had been in the habit of meet- ing with at his father's table ...
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acquaintance admiration amusement appearance Asyndeton Balaam Bathos beautiful Blanc bright Burton character cold cries dear delight dream endeavour Eton Eton College Etonian expression fair fancy fashion favourite fear feel genius gentleman Gerard Montgomery give Godiva Golightly gout hand happy head hear heard heart honour hope King of Clubs Lady Ruthven laugh Laura Lionel look Lord Lord Byron Lord Ruthven lover Lozell manner Marriage Martin Sterling Meeting Members mind Monxton Musgrave nature Nesbit never nickname night Number O'Connor o'er Oakley object observed opinion ourselves passion perceived pleasure poems poet Poetry present quadrille racter readers recollection RICHARD HODGSON Rowley scene schoolfellows silence smile solitude Sophocles sorrow soul spirit sweet Sylvestra talents taste thanks thee thine thing thou thought tion turned voice Wentworth Whig William Rowley wish words Wordsworth young youth
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Seite 287 - Nor less, I trust, To them I may have owed another gift, Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood, In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened...
Seite 416 - The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve ; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long...
Seite 413 - The moving Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide; Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside — Her beams bemocked the sultry main, Like April hoar-frost spread; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red.
Seite 288 - Is lightened : — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, — Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul : While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.
Seite 308 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Seite 125 - And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light.
Seite 292 - If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him 50 Is in its infancy.
Seite 292 - Is littleness ; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy. The man, whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The least of nature's works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. O, be wiser thou ! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love, True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself,...
Seite 413 - twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song, That makes the heavens be mute.
Seite 125 - I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...