Cecil, a Peer: A Sequel to Cecil, Or The Adventures of a Coxcomb, Volum 1Lea & Blanchard, 1842 - 204 sider |
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Side 112
... Walsingham , - for though the Red Book and his tailor recorded him in their pages as the Honourable Francis Walsingham , I trust I may be excused from such nauseous particularity , was one of those unhappy indi- viduals born ruined , as ...
... Walsingham , - for though the Red Book and his tailor recorded him in their pages as the Honourable Francis Walsingham , I trust I may be excused from such nauseous particularity , was one of those unhappy indi- viduals born ruined , as ...
Side 113
... Walsingham was a hard flirter . was no fault of his , he was to the manner born . I have shown that I reached Oxford without anything amounting to an affair de cœur . But I am convinced that Walsing- ham must have coquetted with his ...
... Walsingham was a hard flirter . was no fault of his , he was to the manner born . I have shown that I reached Oxford without anything amounting to an affair de cœur . But I am convinced that Walsing- ham must have coquetted with his ...
Side 114
... Walsingham's sparkling Champagne . Not to speak it profanely , it was poor Mereworth's small talk which enlightened me to the truth of the three St. James's Street degrees of comparative dulness , — “ stupid , -damned stupid , and a ...
... Walsingham's sparkling Champagne . Not to speak it profanely , it was poor Mereworth's small talk which enlightened me to the truth of the three St. James's Street degrees of comparative dulness , — “ stupid , -damned stupid , and a ...
Side 122
... Walsingham with me to dine in Connaught - place on the day I had to announce this piece of intelligence to my brother , by way of check to any questions he might be disposed to hazard on the subject . And by the way , that was the first ...
... Walsingham with me to dine in Connaught - place on the day I had to announce this piece of intelligence to my brother , by way of check to any questions he might be disposed to hazard on the subject . And by the way , that was the first ...
Side 134
... Walsingham , having called to fetch me to dinner at White's , and found Jane sitting with me over the fire , made some inquiry about her age , I felt annoyed at being forced to admit that I had a niece so nearly approaching towards ...
... Walsingham , having called to fetch me to dinner at White's , and found Jane sitting with me over the fire , made some inquiry about her age , I felt annoyed at being forced to admit that I had a niece so nearly approaching towards ...
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Side 154 - Such an improvement of the doctrine of the enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent...
Side 123 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Side 43 - Fie ! fie ! you have one of the best wives in the world, and yet you seem the most uneasy husband.
Side 193 - Six years had passed, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his usual tricks : The locks once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, displayed the encroaching white ; The blood, once fervid, now to cool began, And Time's strong pressure to subdue the man. I rode or walked as I was wont before, But now the bounding spirit was no more ; A moderate pace would now my body heat, A walk of moderate length distress my feet. I...
Side 91 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong...
Side 193 - Locks of pure brown, display'd th' encroaching white ; " The blood once fervid now to cool began, " And Time's strong pressure to subdue the man : " I rode or walk'd as I was wont before, But now the bounding spirit was no more ; A moderate pace would now my body heat, A walk of moderate length distress my feet. I show'd my stranger-guest those hills sublime. But said, ' The view is poor, we need not climb.
Side 167 - Retain liis anger ; Nature knew not how ; " And so there came a softness to his mind, " And he forgave the usage of mankind. " His cold long fingers now were press'd to mine, " And his faint smile of kinder thoughts gave sign ; " His lips moved often as he tried to lend
Side 193 - And bless'd the shower that gave me not to choose. In fact, I felt a languor stealing on ; The active arm, the agile hand were gone ; Small daily actions into habits grew, And new dislike to forms and...
Side 114 - The time is out of joint," and so am I : I quite forget this poem's merely quizzical, And deviate into matters rather dry. I ne'er decide what I shall say, and this I call Much too poetical : men should know why They write, and for what end ; but, note or text, I never know the word which will come next.
Side 24 - Faction cou'd bespatter, Nor Minister, nor Poet flatter. What Justice in rewarding Merit? What Magnanimity of Spirit? What Lineaments divine we trace Thro' all the Features of his Face; Tho' Peace with Olive bind his Hands, Confest the conqu'ring Hero stands.