The Wits and Beaus of Society, Volumen1Worthington Company, 1890 |
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... mind is that they at once prompt a desire to go to that corner of the bookshelf where the eleven volumes of the adventures of the immortal musketeers repose , and taking down the first volume of " Vingt Ans Après " seek for the twenty ...
... mind is that they at once prompt a desire to go to that corner of the bookshelf where the eleven volumes of the adventures of the immortal musketeers repose , and taking down the first volume of " Vingt Ans Après " seek for the twenty ...
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... mind of Villiers was even far more in- fluential . De Grammont tells us , ' he was extremely handsome , but still thought himself much more so than he really was ; although he had a great deal of discernment , yet his vanities made him ...
... mind of Villiers was even far more in- fluential . De Grammont tells us , ' he was extremely handsome , but still thought himself much more so than he really was ; although he had a great deal of discernment , yet his vanities made him ...
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... mind's eye the remembrance of a band of tired heroes , riding through woody glades to an ancient house , where shelter was given to the worn - out horses and scarcely less harassed riders . The day after the battle at Kingston , the ...
... mind's eye the remembrance of a band of tired heroes , riding through woody glades to an ancient house , where shelter was given to the worn - out horses and scarcely less harassed riders . The day after the battle at Kingston , the ...
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... mind entertains all things that come and go ; but like guests and strangers , they are not welcome if they stay long . This lays him open to all cheats , quacks , and impostors , who apply to every particular humour while it lasts , and ...
... mind entertains all things that come and go ; but like guests and strangers , they are not welcome if they stay long . This lays him open to all cheats , quacks , and impostors , who apply to every particular humour while it lasts , and ...
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... mind as not to give the least sign of mistrust ; nay , she gave him some very opprobrious language , but was very eager at snatching the papers he threw into her coach . Among them was a packet of letters , which she had no sooner got ...
... mind as not to give the least sign of mistrust ; nay , she gave him some very opprobrious language , but was very eager at snatching the papers he threw into her coach . Among them was a packet of letters , which she had no sooner got ...
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Página 195 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Página 86 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Página 224 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the publick should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Página 223 - Seven years, my lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,1 one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Página 195 - Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.
Página 36 - Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends ! His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advised him,
Página 4 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 147 - His passion still, to covet general praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty which no friend has made; An angel tongue, which no man can persuade; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind, Too rash for thought, for action too refined...
Página 36 - Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay, at Council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king, No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
Página 11 - Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...