Cecil, a Peer: A Sequel to Cecil, Or The Adventures of a Coxcomb, Volumen1Lea & Blanchard, 1842 - 204 páginas |
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... Fair , having been assured that I wear a gown , hail me as of epicene gender . Sinking under the weight of such commendations , dear Public , I appear before you covered with blushes . Like some popular dancer summoned to the front of ...
... Fair , having been assured that I wear a gown , hail me as of epicene gender . Sinking under the weight of such commendations , dear Public , I appear before you covered with blushes . Like some popular dancer summoned to the front of ...
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... fair . Sometimes when , recalling to mind hints I had heard hazarded concerning Mrs. Brettingham , I prepared my- self to accost her with the easy superiority which a man under such circumstances is sometimes ungenerous enough to assume ...
... fair . Sometimes when , recalling to mind hints I had heard hazarded concerning Mrs. Brettingham , I prepared my- self to accost her with the easy superiority which a man under such circumstances is sometimes ungenerous enough to assume ...
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... fair at the Tuileries , all fair at the Palais Royal . In England , a standing army in France , a brigade of priests , the rouge et noir janissaries of modern despots , -enabled that venerable dowager Tory- ism to smooth the locks and ...
... fair at the Tuileries , all fair at the Palais Royal . In England , a standing army in France , a brigade of priests , the rouge et noir janissaries of modern despots , -enabled that venerable dowager Tory- ism to smooth the locks and ...
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... Fair Britain , in a monarch blest , Whose virtues bear the strictest test ; Whom never faction could bespatter , Nor minister nor poet flatter : What justice in rewarding merit ! What magnanimity of spirit ! What lineaments divine we ...
... Fair Britain , in a monarch blest , Whose virtues bear the strictest test ; Whom never faction could bespatter , Nor minister nor poet flatter : What justice in rewarding merit ! What magnanimity of spirit ! What lineaments divine we ...
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... fair friends touching the " home " to which chaise , pony , and selves were to be transported ; when it appeared that they resided at Sunning Hill ; and that , even to persons acquainted with the cross - cuts of the forest , we had a ...
... fair friends touching the " home " to which chaise , pony , and selves were to be transported ; when it appeared that they resided at Sunning Hill ; and that , even to persons acquainted with the cross - cuts of the forest , we had a ...
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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.