Sketches of English Character, Volumer 1-2R. Bentley, 1848 |
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Side 251 - No: The world must be peopled. When I said, I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.— Here comes Beatrice : By this day, she's a fair lady : I do spy some marks of love in her.
Side 179 - For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red : it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same.
Side 300 - The world was all before him, where to choose His place of rest, and Providence his guide.3 80.
Side 153 - Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue By female lips and eyes — that is, I mean, When both the teacher and the taught are young, As was the case at least where I have been ; They smile so when one's right, and when one's wrong They smile still more...
Side 158 - ... their laced jackets than with them. Spruce, lustrous, joyous, well powdered as they were, they were simply footmen — not angels, but footmen ! From that moment, Tom dreamed only of a livery. From that moment, footmen became in his imagination Gay creatures of the elements, That in the colours of the rainbow live ; happy individuals in nankeen tights and shirts of fine Irish ; whose chief occupation in the household of an Earl is to play cricket on a green lawn, alternated with shade and sunshine...
Side 65 - ... but not to be engrossed by their excellence. His responsibility to his host must preponderate over the exquisiteness of his palate. People do not like to throw away a first-rate menu upon a man who does not know quenelles de veau from sweetbreads, any more than on a fellow who sends his plate half a dozen times to the joint" on the side-table. On this head, I had nothing to fear. I possessed what is called
Side 13 - ... of peas. People care no more about appearing at the bar of the Reformed House than at the bar of the Eagle Tavern. The terrors of the place have vanished. The Sultan, so terrible as the
Side 79 - From the moment of crossing the threshold, one is conscious of a certain bien-etre pervading one's animal nature ; as in a warm-bath, or the sortie from a long sermon at Christmas, or in the dog-days. There are certain capital dining-houses, such as that of the late Lord S. where gastronomy is made of too engrossing importance. One eats too critically, and grows nervous lest one should be betrayed into enjoying something which the knowing ones decide to be of moderate quality.
Side 223 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amid the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crash of worlds!
Side 75 - ... to dispose of the fragments and drink the bottlings-up of wine. It may be supposed that I did not allow myself to be converted into quicklime. Ill-natured people fancy that the life of a dining-out man is a life of corn, wine, and oil; that all he has to do is to eat, drink, and be merry. I only know that, had I been aware in the onset of life of all I should have to go through in my vocation, I would have chosen some easier calling. I would have studied law, physic, or divinity. I...