Cecil, a Peer: A Sequel to Cecil, Or The Adventures of a Coxcomb, Volumen1Lea & Blanchard, 1842 - 204 páginas |
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... face of the palace clock , I had begun to think better of my- self . Now and then , I glanced meteor - wise across the surface of London society ; and as the brilliancy of a shoot- ing star attracts fifty million of times more attention ...
... face of the palace clock , I had begun to think better of my- self . Now and then , I glanced meteor - wise across the surface of London society ; and as the brilliancy of a shoot- ing star attracts fifty million of times more attention ...
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... faces and sweet voices , is enabled to jest upon the folly of their victims . But the danger of the temptation con- sisted in the glassy waters , which , concealing their defor- mities , allowed them to be perceived only as the fairest ...
... faces and sweet voices , is enabled to jest upon the folly of their victims . But the danger of the temptation con- sisted in the glassy waters , which , concealing their defor- mities , allowed them to be perceived only as the fairest ...
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... face was limned by Lawrence , and stared at in the exhibition ; and I appeal to Boyle Farm , whether it had anything half so pretty at its breakfast ? — It was perhaps because con- scious the metal was sterling , that she was so eager ...
... face was limned by Lawrence , and stared at in the exhibition ; and I appeal to Boyle Farm , whether it had anything half so pretty at its breakfast ? — It was perhaps because con- scious the metal was sterling , that she was so eager ...
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... face ; nor are the beefeaters keeping guard over the crown jewels more vigilant than the doorkeepers of royal favour ! Still , I determined to do my best , in hopes of Mariana's worst ; and flattering her vanity and my own , went on ...
... face ; nor are the beefeaters keeping guard over the crown jewels more vigilant than the doorkeepers of royal favour ! Still , I determined to do my best , in hopes of Mariana's worst ; and flattering her vanity and my own , went on ...
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... face : Tho ' peace with olive bind his hands , Confest the conquering hero stands . Hydaspes , Indus , and the Ganges , Dread from his hand impending changes ; And Yankee , Tartar , and Chinese , Short by the knees intreat for peace ...
... face : Tho ' peace with olive bind his hands , Confest the conquering hero stands . Hydaspes , Indus , and the Ganges , Dread from his hand impending changes ; And Yankee , Tartar , and Chinese , Short by the knees intreat for peace ...
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Términos y frases comunes
beauty Bélinaye better Boodle's bore brother Bruton Street called Cecil Danby Charles X charming child Chippenham Clémentine Connaught Place countenance court cried Crutchley Danby's daughter dear dinner Duchess Earl England eyes face fair fancied father favour feel fellow felt Frank Walsingham gentle George IV girl Gratien Greysdale Grosvenor Square half hand Hanover Square happy head heart Heaven Herries honour husband Italy Jane Julia King knew Lady Brettingham Lady Grindlesham Lady Mereworth Lady Phoebe London look Lord Ashby Lord Harris Lord Ormington Lucca Madame la Comtesse Mary mind Miss Mitchelston Monsieur morning mother nature never niece night noble one's Ormington Hall Paris party perceive person poor pretty rendered replied Rotherhithe royal scarcely seemed sister smile society Sophronia soul spirit Sunning Hill talk thing thought tion Vavasour voice whispered wife woman word young
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Página 154 - Such an improvement of the doctrine of the enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent...
Página 123 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Página 43 - Fie ! fie ! you have one of the best wives in the world, and yet you seem the most uneasy husband.
Página 193 - Six years had passed, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his usual tricks : The locks once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, displayed the encroaching white ; The blood, once fervid, now to cool began, And Time's strong pressure to subdue the man. I rode or walked as I was wont before, But now the bounding spirit was no more ; A moderate pace would now my body heat, A walk of moderate length distress my feet. I...
Página 91 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong...
Página 193 - Locks of pure brown, display'd th' encroaching white ; " The blood once fervid now to cool began, " And Time's strong pressure to subdue the man : " I rode or walk'd as I was wont before, But now the bounding spirit was no more ; A moderate pace would now my body heat, A walk of moderate length distress my feet. I show'd my stranger-guest those hills sublime. But said, ' The view is poor, we need not climb.
Página 167 - Retain liis anger ; Nature knew not how ; " And so there came a softness to his mind, " And he forgave the usage of mankind. " His cold long fingers now were press'd to mine, " And his faint smile of kinder thoughts gave sign ; " His lips moved often as he tried to lend
Página 193 - And bless'd the shower that gave me not to choose. In fact, I felt a languor stealing on ; The active arm, the agile hand were gone ; Small daily actions into habits grew, And new dislike to forms and...
Página 114 - The time is out of joint," and so am I : I quite forget this poem's merely quizzical, And deviate into matters rather dry. I ne'er decide what I shall say, and this I call Much too poetical : men should know why They write, and for what end ; but, note or text, I never know the word which will come next.
Página 24 - Faction cou'd bespatter, Nor Minister, nor Poet flatter. What Justice in rewarding Merit? What Magnanimity of Spirit? What Lineaments divine we trace Thro' all the Features of his Face; Tho' Peace with Olive bind his Hands, Confest the conqu'ring Hero stands.