Works, Volumen7S. H. Parker, 1825 |
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... mind , while persons , who have a char- acter for judgment to support , always keep the changes of their opinion snug to themselves , never showing the items of the account on either side , and let you see nothing but their balance ...
... mind , while persons , who have a char- acter for judgment to support , always keep the changes of their opinion snug to themselves , never showing the items of the account on either side , and let you see nothing but their balance ...
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... mind corroded and debased by ambition - virtuous principle , generous feeling , stifled - a powerful , capacious understanding distorted beyond recovery - a soul once expatiating , and full of high thoughts now confined to a span - bent ...
... mind corroded and debased by ambition - virtuous principle , generous feeling , stifled - a powerful , capacious understanding distorted beyond recovery - a soul once expatiating , and full of high thoughts now confined to a span - bent ...
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... mind , came at once to that point , which he had not intend- ed to come to for a month , or to approach till after infinite . precaution and circumlocution . " My object is , to push my son Cunningham in the diplo matic line , my Lord ...
... mind , came at once to that point , which he had not intend- ed to come to for a month , or to approach till after infinite . precaution and circumlocution . " My object is , to push my son Cunningham in the diplo matic line , my Lord ...
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... mind . " 66 Very cavalier indeed ! -but I will make you serious at once , Buckhurst . You have nothing to expect from my death -I have not a farthing to leave you - my place , you know , is only for life - your mother's fortune is all ...
... mind . " 66 Very cavalier indeed ! -but I will make you serious at once , Buckhurst . You have nothing to expect from my death -I have not a farthing to leave you - my place , you know , is only for life - your mother's fortune is all ...
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... mind , that he might have recourse to Mr. Percy , and , perhaps , pre- vail upon him to persuade his father not to force him to a step , which he could not reconcile either to his conscience or his inclination . No sooner thought than ...
... mind , that he might have recourse to Mr. Percy , and , perhaps , pre- vail upon him to persuade his father not to force him to a step , which he could not reconcile either to his conscience or his inclination . No sooner thought than ...
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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.