Richard SteeleT.F. Unwin, 1894 - 452 sider |
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Side iv - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Side 169 - Not far from that most celebrated place, Where angry Justice shows her awful face ; Where little villains must submit to fate, That great ones may enjoy the world in state ; There stands a dome, majestic to the sight, And sumptuous arches bear its oval height ; A golden globe, placed high with artful skill, Seems, to the distant sight, a gilded pill...
Side xiii - Look yonder, — that hale, welllooking puppy ! You ungrateful scoundrel, did not I pity you, take you out of a great man's service, and show you the pleasure of receiving wages ? Did not I give you ten, then fifteen and twenty shillings a, week to be sorrowful ! — and the more I give, you, I think the gladder you are .'" 1
Side 359 - Mr. Myrtle! MYRT. And I beg pardon of the whole company that I assumed the person of Sir Geoffry, only to be present at the danger of this lady's being disposed of, and in her utmost exigence to assert my right to her...
Side 352 - SEAL. Yes, Madam : There came to my Hands a Bill drawn by Mr. Bevil, which is payable to-morrow; and he, in the...
Side 195 - Long ere they find the necessary spark, They search the town and beat about the Park: To all his most frequented haunts resort, Oft dog him to the ring, and oft to court ; As love of pleasure, or of place invites . And sometimes catch him taking snuff at White's.
Side xxvi - I am almost of opinion, that had Oroondates been as pressing as Clerimont, Cassandra had been but a pocket-book : but it looks so ordinary, to go out at a door to be married — Indeed, I ought to be taken out of a window, and run away with.
Side 80 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Side 333 - Door. — To MYRTLE.] I have, thank Heaven, had time to recollect myself, and shall not, for fear of what such a rash man as you think of me, keep longer unexplained the false appearances under which your infirmity of temper makes you suffer, when, perhaps, too much regard to a false point of honour makes me prolong that suffering.
Side iv - Souls of Poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy cavern, Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern?