The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous ... : Drawn from the Life, Volume 2Methuen, 1826 |
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Pagina 13
... person , she is plump and well - shaped , but of short stature , with a fine dark eye and raven locks that give considerable effect to an otherwise interesting countenance . A few years since she had a penchant for the stage , and ...
... person , she is plump and well - shaped , but of short stature , with a fine dark eye and raven locks that give considerable effect to an otherwise interesting countenance . A few years since she had a penchant for the stage , and ...
Pagina 14
... persons , or pro- fessions . Of her talent in love affairs , we have given some specimens ; and her courage in war can never be doubted after the formidable attack she recently made upon General Sir John D *** e , returning through ...
... persons , or pro- fessions . Of her talent in love affairs , we have given some specimens ; and her courage in war can never be doubted after the formidable attack she recently made upon General Sir John D *** e , returning through ...
Pagina 15
... person ( being perfect symmetry ) ; at present she is under the special protection of a city stave merchant , and has the reputation of being very sincere in her attachments . " You must have been a desperate fellow in your time , Crony ...
... person ( being perfect symmetry ) ; at present she is under the special protection of a city stave merchant , and has the reputation of being very sincere in her attachments . " You must have been a desperate fellow in your time , Crony ...
Pagina 17
... persons . There is a sprightliness and good - humour about the Comic Muse that turns aside the shafts of ill - nature ; and had she made her selection more in accordance with propriety , and her own age , she might have escaped our ...
... persons . There is a sprightliness and good - humour about the Comic Muse that turns aside the shafts of ill - nature ; and had she made her selection more in accordance with propriety , and her own age , she might have escaped our ...
Pagina 18
... person was supported by the shortest pair of legs , for an adult , in Christendom . " That is the queen of the dandysettes , " said my old friend , " Sophia , Selina , or , as she is more generally denominated , Galloping W **** y ...
... person was supported by the shortest pair of legs , for an adult , in Christendom . " That is the queen of the dandysettes , " said my old friend , " Sophia , Selina , or , as she is more generally denominated , Galloping W **** y ...
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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.