Works, Volumen7S. H. Parker, 1825 |
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... colonel had just brought from town ; and the colonel accompanying Mr. Percy , the stage was thus left clear for the Commissioner to open his business about M. de Tourville's packet . He did it with 22 EDGEWORTH'S WORKS .
... colonel had just brought from town ; and the colonel accompanying Mr. Percy , the stage was thus left clear for the Commissioner to open his business about M. de Tourville's packet . He did it with 22 EDGEWORTH'S WORKS .
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... colonel , and had frequently helped him in his Latin exercises . The colonel having been always deficient in schol- arship , he had early contracted an aversion to literature , which at last amounted to an antipathy even to the very ...
... colonel , and had frequently helped him in his Latin exercises . The colonel having been always deficient in schol- arship , he had early contracted an aversion to literature , which at last amounted to an antipathy even to the very ...
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... Colonel Hauton , was the turf . Buckhurst Falconer could not here assist him as much as in making Latin verses , but he could admire and sympathize ; and the colonel proud of being now the superior , proud of his knowing style and his ...
... Colonel Hauton , was the turf . Buckhurst Falconer could not here assist him as much as in making Latin verses , but he could admire and sympathize ; and the colonel proud of being now the superior , proud of his knowing style and his ...
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... Colonel , depending on his own and his uncle's importance , on his party and his flatterers , treated the squire with some of the haughtiness of rank , which the squire retorted with some rustic English humour . The Colonel , who had ...
... Colonel , depending on his own and his uncle's importance , on his party and his flatterers , treated the squire with some of the haughtiness of rank , which the squire retorted with some rustic English humour . The Colonel , who had ...
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... colonel in his Majesty's service saved from a horse- whipping - a whole noble family saved from disgrace - these are things not to be forgotten . That is , not to be forgotten , if you force people to remember them - otherwise . my word ...
... colonel in his Majesty's service saved from a horse- whipping - a whole noble family saved from disgrace - these are things not to be forgotten . That is , not to be forgotten , if you force people to remember them - otherwise . my word ...
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admiration affairs Alfred Percy appeared Barclay Buckhurst Falconer Caroline's character charming Commissioner Falconer conversation Count Altenberg countenance court cried Cunningham daugh daughter dear Drakelow Duke of Greenwich Erasmus eyes Falconer's fashionable father favour feel felt fortune friends gentleman give Godfrey gout Gresham hand happy hear heard heart honour hope Hungerford knew Lady Angelica Lady Frances Lady Jane Granville Lady Trant Ladyship letter live look Lord Old Lord Oldborough Lordship Ma'am manner marriage marry ment mind minister Miss Caroline Percy Miss Falconers Miss Georgiana Falconer Miss Hauton morning mother never observed opinion Panton passion Percy family Percy-Hall Percy's person Petcalf pleasure political recollect Rosamond Sir Robert Percy sister smile Spandrill speak spoke sure talents taste tell Temple thing thought tion told Tourville Tunbridge turned Twickenham voice whilst wish woman word young lady Zara
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Página 335 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go mark him well : For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung.
Página 456 - THOUGH some make slight of libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sits : as take a straw and throw it up into the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels.
Página 335 - Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand ! If such there breathe, go, mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile...
Página 544 - I took as much delight in reading as you do, it would be the means of alleviating many tedious hours in my present retirement : but, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits.