Men and Manners of the Eighteenth CenturyFlood and Vincent, 1898 - 318 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... wish is , in the extracts I am giving of my favorite authors , to induce readers to search further for themselves . The ruling passion of mankind has been said to be curiosity . The most respectable form of it , it seems to me , is ...
... wish is , in the extracts I am giving of my favorite authors , to induce readers to search further for themselves . The ruling passion of mankind has been said to be curiosity . The most respectable form of it , it seems to me , is ...
Pagina 17
... wish I had that imagination you talk of to render me a fitter correspondent for you , who can write so well on every- thing . I am now so much alone I have leisure to pass whole days in reading , but am not at all proper for so delicate ...
... wish I had that imagination you talk of to render me a fitter correspondent for you , who can write so well on every- thing . I am now so much alone I have leisure to pass whole days in reading , but am not at all proper for so delicate ...
Pagina 18
... wish . Since I writ so far I received your Friday letter . I will be only yours and I will do what you please . And the next day : Saturday morning . Reflect now for the last time in what manner you must take me . I told a lady of my ...
... wish . Since I writ so far I received your Friday letter . I will be only yours and I will do what you please . And the next day : Saturday morning . Reflect now for the last time in what manner you must take me . I told a lady of my ...
Pagina 35
... wish thy bark had never left the strand ? Ev'n in mid ocean often didst thou quail , And oft lift up thy holy eye and hand . Praying the virgin dear and saintly choir Back to the port to bring thy bark entire . Cheer up , my friend ...
... wish thy bark had never left the strand ? Ev'n in mid ocean often didst thou quail , And oft lift up thy holy eye and hand . Praying the virgin dear and saintly choir Back to the port to bring thy bark entire . Cheer up , my friend ...
Pagina 60
... wish you knew it by any other means . But , my lord , I value your esteem too much to hazard the loss of it by suffering you to imagine that I am capable of doing anything to displease you . Lady Bella was pleased to order me to stay no ...
... wish you knew it by any other means . But , my lord , I value your esteem too much to hazard the loss of it by suffering you to imagine that I am capable of doing anything to displease you . Lady Bella was pleased to order me to stay no ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 180 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Pagina 77 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses.
Pagina 31 - The little engine on his fingers' ends ; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head. Swift to the Lock a thousand Sprites repair...
Pagina 28 - The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine; The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease. Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites, Burns to encounter two advent'rous knights, At Ombre singly to decide their doom, And swells her breast with conquests yet to come.
Pagina 230 - Gazed on the lake below. Her conscious tail her joy declared : The fair round face, the snowy beard, The velvet of her paws, Her coat that with the tortoise vies, Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes — She saw ; and purr'd applause.
Pagina 80 - Roger, who is very well acquainted with my humour, lets me rise and go to bed when I please, dine at his own table or in my chamber as I think fit, sit still and say nothing without bidding me be merry. When the gentlemen of the country come to see him, he only shows me at a distance.
Pagina 27 - Th' inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling begins the sacred rites of pride. Unnumber'd treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings of the world appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil.
Pagina 29 - Gain'd but one trump and one Plebeian card. With his broad sabre next, a chief in years, The hoary Majesty of Spades appears, Puts forth one manly leg, to sight reveal'd, The rest, his many-colour'd robe conceal'd.
Pagina 31 - Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair ; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side ; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
Pagina 151 - True wit is nature to advantage drest ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest.