Miscellanies...J.R. Osgood & Company, 1873 - 592 pages |
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... better , and kinder king than the Catholic Stuart in whose chair he sat , and so far loyal to England , that he let Eng- land govern herself . Having these lectures in view , I made it my business to visit that ugly cradle in which our ...
... better , and kinder king than the Catholic Stuart in whose chair he sat , and so far loyal to England , that he let Eng- land govern herself . Having these lectures in view , I made it my business to visit that ugly cradle in which our ...
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... better than a king out of St. Germains with the French King's orders in his pock- et , and a swarm of Jesuits in his train . The Fates are supposed to interest themselves about royal personages ; and so this one had omens and proph ...
... better than a king out of St. Germains with the French King's orders in his pock- et , and a swarm of Jesuits in his train . The Fates are supposed to interest themselves about royal personages ; and so this one had omens and proph ...
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... better ; and in the hunting - fields of Norfolk , no squire rode more boldly after the fox , or cheered Ringwood and Sweettips more lustily , than he who now thundered over the Rich - reconciled himself with the bold min- mond road . He ...
... better ; and in the hunting - fields of Norfolk , no squire rode more boldly after the fox , or cheered Ringwood and Sweettips more lustily , than he who now thundered over the Rich - reconciled himself with the bold min- mond road . He ...
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... better , an opportunity of con- which say how a main of cocks is to versation with Mrs. Howard . We all be fought at Winchester between the agreed that the life of a maid of Winchester men and the Hampton honor was of all things the ...
... better , an opportunity of con- which say how a main of cocks is to versation with Mrs. Howard . We all be fought at Winchester between the agreed that the life of a maid of Winchester men and the Hampton honor was of all things the ...
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... better character . In dies , parasites , humble chaplains , led letter after letter he adds fresh strokes captains . Those fair creatures whom to the portrait of himself , and com- we love in Reynolds's portraits , and pletes a portrait ...
... better character . In dies , parasites , humble chaplains , led letter after letter he adds fresh strokes captains . Those fair creatures whom to the portrait of himself , and com- we love in Reynolds's portraits , and pletes a portrait ...
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Page 48 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 149 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 82 - A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish...
Page 194 - Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew — I still had hopes — my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last.
Page 111 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 149 - Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise: — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers' load, On wings of winds came flying...
Page 84 - At ninety they lose their teeth and hair, they have at that age no distinction of taste, but eat and drink whatever they can get, without relish or appetite. The diseases they were subject to still continue without increasing or diminishing. In talking they forget the common appellation of things, and the names of persons, even of those who are their nearest friends and relations.
Page 142 - As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing. When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve ; who, after reading it over, said, it would either take greatly, or be damned confoundedly.
Page 109 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Page 188 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.