The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous ... : Drawn from the Life, Volume 2Methuen, 1826 |
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Pagina 14
... means , due submission to the laws of Constancy and Love ; but as such compulsory measures were not in good taste with the protector's feelings , the contract was soon void , and the lady once more liberated to choose another and ...
... means , due submission to the laws of Constancy and Love ; but as such compulsory measures were not in good taste with the protector's feelings , the contract was soon void , and the lady once more liberated to choose another and ...
Pagina 15
... mean attractions ; inde- pendent of which the lady is always upon good terms with herself . The belle whip driving the cabriolet , with a chestnut horse and four white legs , is the Edgeware Diana Mrs. S *** h , at present engaged in a ...
... mean attractions ; inde- pendent of which the lady is always upon good terms with herself . The belle whip driving the cabriolet , with a chestnut horse and four white legs , is the Edgeware Diana Mrs. S *** h , at present engaged in a ...
Pagina 17
... mean attraction , and a lady of 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 ...
... mean attraction , and a lady of 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 ...
Pagina 25
... means ? " " And why not , sirrah ? " — " Bekase it's not in your nature to spake light o ' the dead . " Up to this point , my attention had been divided between the Morning Chronicle which lay upon my breakfast table , and Barney's ...
... means ? " " And why not , sirrah ? " — " Bekase it's not in your nature to spake light o ' the dead . " Up to this point , my attention had been divided between the Morning Chronicle which lay upon my breakfast table , and Barney's ...
Pagina 27
... means , Barney , " said I : “ and here is a trifle to comfort the poor widow with . " The blessings of the whole calendar full on your onor ! " re- sponded the grateful Irishman . What a scene , thought I , for the pencil of my friend ...
... means , Barney , " said I : “ and here is a trifle to comfort the poor widow with . " The blessings of the whole calendar full on your onor ! " re- sponded the grateful Irishman . What a scene , thought I , for the pencil of my friend ...
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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.