 ... why this cruelty to the humble, to the meek, to the undiscerning, to the thoughtless? Nor age, nor business, nor distress can erase the dear image from my imagination. In the same week, I saw her dressed for a ball, and in a shroud. How ill did the...  The British Essayists: Tatler - Seite 3871823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1744 Seiten
...her dressed for a ball, and in a shroud. How ill did the habit of death become the pretty trifler? , vagula, closet door, and interrupted me with a letter, attended with a hamper of wine, of the same sort with... | |
 | Walter James Graham - 1928 - 440 Seiten
...her dressed for a ball, and in a shroud. How ill did the habit of death become the pretty trifler! I still behold the smiling earth— A large train...sale on Thursday next, at Garraway's coffee-house. 3 Upon the receipt of it, I sent for three of my friends. We are so intimate, that we can be company... | |
 | John Dennis - 1928 - 280 Seiten
...abruptly dismissing his regrets he carelessly finishes the paper with this characteristic passage : ' A large train of disasters were coming on to my memory when my servant knocked at my closet door, and interrupted me with a letter, attended with a hamper of wine of the same sort with... | |
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