Letters Written by the Late Honourable Lady Luxborough: To William Shenstone, Esq |
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Page 299 - ... repast : yet he is new-hanging his collection of Beauties, so as to have space to hang up as many more future belles. His Apelles is Howard (in crayons); his Praxiteles is Howard's brother, who, though a statuary, deigns also to exercise his art in sculpture on humble paper-ceilings, which are very handsome.
Page 107 - I could atteft; and have often wondered he could fo long ftifle the abominable ufage he met with from P — pe in printing his Work, which he had intrufted to him to review, intending that it fhould not be publifhed till after his own death. The letters between P — pe and the Printer, bargaining for the...
Page 88 - I might live at least five hundred years in this place before one quarter of the incidents happened which are related in any one of the six volumes of Tom Jones.
Page 267 - It is entertaining enough for such a trifle. Fielding, you know, cannot write without humour. ' Peregrine Pickle ' I do not admire ; it is by the author of ' Roderick Random,' who is a lawyer ; but the thing which makes the book sell is the history of Lady V., which is introduced (in the last volume, I think), much to her ladyship's dishonour, but published by her own order, from her own memoirs, given to the author for that purpose, and by the approbation of her own lord. What was ever equal to...
Page 107 - ... till after his own death. The letters between P — pe and the Printer, bargaining for the price, were found by Lord Marchmont, whofe bufinefs it was, by P— pe's laft Witt, to look over his papers jointly with Lord Bol ke : but.
Page 268 - ... the thing which makes the book sell, is the History of Lady V , which is introduced (in the last volume, I think) much to her Ladyship's dishonour; but published by her own order, from her own Memoirs, given to the author for that purpose; and by the approbation of her own hand. What was ever equal to this fact? and how can one account for it?
Page 57 - Heart;". 57 and Thomfon's heart was ever devoted to that Archimage. Do not copy him too nearly in that; it would be cruel to your friends, if, like him, your ditty fweet " You loathed much to write, nor cared to repeat.
Page 148 - Birmingham, unless you would stay longer, which would be better still, and equally easy; for the stage goes every week the same road. It breakfasts at Henley, and lies at Chipping Horton ; goes early next day to Oxford, stays there all day and night, and gets on the third day to London ; which from Birmingham...
Page 145 - ... will not draw upon me the guilt of the arrogant Pharifee. My knowledge does not extend very far, as learned as I am ; and yet I know that it is the famion for every body to write a couplet to the fame tune (viz.
Page 146 - I have feen, and they are all perfonal and foolifh fatire, even feverally ; fo I will not fend them : but to make amends for my grave politics, I will fend you a good pretty innocent Ballad, wrote by a Mifs Jenny Hamilton, a pretty girl about town, who is going to marry More, the author of the Foundling, and writes word of it herfelf in this manner to an intimate friend in the country. It...