The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous ... : Drawn from the Life, Volume 2Methuen, 1826 |
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Pagina 15
... fortune , genius , or generosity of the admiring beaux . To a young and ardent mind , just emerging from scholastic discipline , with feelings uncontaminated by fashion- able levities , and a purse equal to all pleasurable LADIES OF ...
... fortune , genius , or generosity of the admiring beaux . To a young and ardent mind , just emerging from scholastic discipline , with feelings uncontaminated by fashion- able levities , and a purse equal to all pleasurable LADIES OF ...
Pagina 16
... fortune . One half the duels , suicides , and fashionable bank- ruptcies spring from this polluted source . The stars of this order rise and fall in estimation , become fixed planets or meteors of the most enchanting brilliancy , in ...
... fortune . One half the duels , suicides , and fashionable bank- ruptcies spring from this polluted source . The stars of this order rise and fall in estimation , become fixed planets or meteors of the most enchanting brilliancy , in ...
Pagina 17
... fortune . Thanks to the liberality of an old hewer of stone , and the talismanic powers of the golden Ball , deserted by her last swain since his marriage , she now reclines upon the velvet cushion of Independ- ence , enjoying in the ...
... fortune . Thanks to the liberality of an old hewer of stone , and the talismanic powers of the golden Ball , deserted by her last swain since his marriage , she now reclines upon the velvet cushion of Independ- ence , enjoying in the ...
Pagina 25
... fortune threw in my way the very first day I was in London . Troth , and it is , Barney , ' said he ' What brings you to the sate of government ? ' ' I'm seeking sarvice and fortune , your onor , ' said I. ' Come your ways , then , my ...
... fortune threw in my way the very first day I was in London . Troth , and it is , Barney , ' said he ' What brings you to the sate of government ? ' ' I'm seeking sarvice and fortune , your onor , ' said I. ' Come your ways , then , my ...
Pagina 37
... fortune , and eventually life , to bear away in triumph the fair conqueror of hearts . Such was the situation of Miss Debouchette , when the Earl of Chesterfield , whose passions had been unusually inflamed by the current reports of the ...
... fortune , and eventually life , to bear away in triumph the fair conqueror of hearts . Such was the situation of Miss Debouchette , when the Earl of Chesterfield , whose passions had been unusually inflamed by the current reports of the ...
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Pagina 270 - All hail, great master! grave sir, hail ! I come To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds ; to thy strong bidding, task Ariel, and all his quality.
Pagina 278 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Pagina 277 - Not to a rage: patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once: her smiles and tears Were like a better way: those happy smilets That play'd on her ripe lip seem'd not to know What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence As pearls from diamonds dropp'd.