The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed. [really written?] by Peter Quince, the younger |
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... Give brilliancy , sweetness , and charm to my verse ! Well ! he came , let me see , -at a quarter past nine , And Lord ! how his gems and his diamonds did shine , * I rather imagine there must be some trifling error in this nomenclature ...
... Give brilliancy , sweetness , and charm to my verse ! Well ! he came , let me see , -at a quarter past nine , And Lord ! how his gems and his diamonds did shine , * I rather imagine there must be some trifling error in this nomenclature ...
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... give an idea , to you , my dear Lord ! - Whilst his satire was sharp as the gem - hilted sword That he wore in his girdle - short , polished and keen , That cut while it sparkled , in exquisite sheen . —Adieu , my dear Lord ! this is ...
... give an idea , to you , my dear Lord ! - Whilst his satire was sharp as the gem - hilted sword That he wore in his girdle - short , polished and keen , That cut while it sparkled , in exquisite sheen . —Adieu , my dear Lord ! this is ...
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... give a lesson of modera- tion and forbearance worthy of emulation . To those who may feel aggrieved by the truth of my colouring , I will afford terms of accommodation and of truce ; " Desinant " Maledicere , malefacta ne noscant sua ...
... give a lesson of modera- tion and forbearance worthy of emulation . To those who may feel aggrieved by the truth of my colouring , I will afford terms of accommodation and of truce ; " Desinant " Maledicere , malefacta ne noscant sua ...
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... give to the world all my axioms historical- So elegant - polished - and quite metaphorical , That scarcely require to be proved - tho ' logicians † Dispute on this point with WE , great politicians ; Then my mode of narration - perhaps ...
... give to the world all my axioms historical- So elegant - polished - and quite metaphorical , That scarcely require to be proved - tho ' logicians † Dispute on this point with WE , great politicians ; Then my mode of narration - perhaps ...
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... give to the world The true standard of history proudly unfurled ! - I'd a gossip last week with the Chevalier W — X — LL , About " MEMOIRS " and stories , he means to prove facts all ; He declares , " tho ' now lying perdu , he's ...
... give to the world The true standard of history proudly unfurled ! - I'd a gossip last week with the Chevalier W — X — LL , About " MEMOIRS " and stories , he means to prove facts all ; He declares , " tho ' now lying perdu , he's ...
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The Cheltenham Mail Bag; Or, Letters from Gloucestershire [In Verse] Ed ... William Henry Halpin No preview available - 2016 |
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Common terms and phrases
ACERBUS SKETCH Adieu April 23 bard beam beauty beauty's blest bloom blushing Boarding House bosom BOTTOM'S DREAM breath bright bright eyes brow C-BB-TT called charm Charon Cheltenham COMMODUS dear Lord delight divine DOLLY SKETCH dream dull e'er EARL OF P-F-T earth earthly entre nous exquisite eyes fair Falstaff fancy Fancy's fashion feeling flame flowers forget FR-NKS friendship genius gentle girl glow gold gout grace heart Heaven humour Jove kind King LALLA ROOKH LETTER lisping looks lover mind mirth MISS DOLLY MORPHEUS Muse nature ne'er never nought o'er OLD BOND STREET once peruke PETER QUINCE play Poems rapture rhyme round royalty's scene scorn SHAKESPERE shed shew shine sighs slumber smile song soul sparkling spirit spleen springs strain swear sweet tears thee There's thine thou thought thro true truth Twas vulgar Whilst young
Popular passages
Page 57 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 100 - This is a gift that I have, simple, simple; a foolish extravagant spirit, full of forms, figures, shapes, objects, ideas, apprehensions, motions, revolutions : these are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion : But the gilt is good in those in whom it is acute, and I am thankful for it.
Page 108 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was.
Page 112 - Sunt geminae Somni portae; quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, 895 sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Page 30 - twere vain to tell, But gaze on that of the Gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well, As large, as languishingly dark, But Soul beam'd forth in every spark...
Page 55 - Monarchies,'' it is laid down that " a Free monarchy is one in which the monarch is perfectly free to do as he pleases.
Page 52 - I have, not without a little envy, observed of late the style of some great ministers very much to exceed that of any other productions.
Page 94 - And as plump, aye as any Princess of the blood, Carved in stone, but a good imitation of wood ; — With her vest all in plaits — like some ancient costume Either Roman or Grecian, I fairly presume ; Tho...
Page 10 - Here let me careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying With all their wanton boughs dispute, And the more tuneful birds to both replying, Nor be myself too mute.