Illustrations of Human Life, Volum 2H. Colburn, 1837 |
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Side 11
... true that the drawing - room of next day was postponed ? " You mean to be there , of course , " said Etheredge . " I wished it , " replied he , with a sigh , " but you know my poor friend Lord C. died yesterday , and we were so intimate ...
... true that the drawing - room of next day was postponed ? " You mean to be there , of course , " said Etheredge . " I wished it , " replied he , with a sigh , " but you know my poor friend Lord C. died yesterday , and we were so intimate ...
Side 15
... true , " he observed ; " and all amply made up if she could have succeeded in obtaining this envied privilege . She is a strange instance how a person , meant by nature to be respectable , and who is really well gifted , can spoil all ...
... true , " he observed ; " and all amply made up if she could have succeeded in obtaining this envied privilege . She is a strange instance how a person , meant by nature to be respectable , and who is really well gifted , can spoil all ...
Side 18
... true that some may shun the little among the great be- cause they are above , but many more because they are below them . " " Most learnedly treated , " said I ; " and it will aid me much to understand this new world into which I have ...
... true that some may shun the little among the great be- cause they are above , but many more because they are below them . " " Most learnedly treated , " said I ; " and it will aid me much to understand this new world into which I have ...
Side 49
... true spirit of honest Canton , in that finest of all fine pictures of parasite and patron , which still so charms us , and ever will , though manners are changed . " So clever what you say , My Lor . " The gentleman , in particular ...
... true spirit of honest Canton , in that finest of all fine pictures of parasite and patron , which still so charms us , and ever will , though manners are changed . " So clever what you say , My Lor . " The gentleman , in particular ...
Side 75
... True Nature of Government . ' I'dipped into them to oblige him , but unfortunately told him I thought his genius did not suit prose . ' In that case , ' as he told me afterwards , it must suit poetry , or I shall have no genius at all ...
... True Nature of Government . ' I'dipped into them to oblige him , but unfortunately told him I thought his genius did not suit prose . ' In that case , ' as he told me afterwards , it must suit poetry , or I shall have no genius at all ...
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Side 93 - As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i
Side 162 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Side 238 - A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more: His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches ignorance of wealth.
Side 273 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine; And after one hour more 't will be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Side 155 - Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other.
Side 130 - It is to be all made of fantasy, All made of passion, and all made of wishes; All adoration, duty, and observance, All humbleness, all patience and impatience, All purity, all trial, all observance; And so am I for Phebe.
Side 291 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Side 76 - Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn...
Side 270 - All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Side 304 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.