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" Adonis in loveliness' was a corpulent man of fifty ! — in short, ' that this delightful, blissful, wise, pleasurable, honourable, virtuous, true, and immortal prince, was a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in disgrace, a despiser... "
The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign literature [&c.]. Vol.5 ... - Page 54
1851
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Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, Volume 4

English wit and humor - 1887 - 300 pages
...ears in disgrace, a despiser of domestic lies, the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who hat just closed half a century without one single claim...gratitude of his country, or the respect of posterity." The Hunts were informed that if they w.^uld undertake to abstain from commenting on the actions of...
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How to Get on in the World: As Displayed in the Life and Writings of William ...

Robert Waters - 1888 - 334 pages
...ears in disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who had just closed half a century without one single claim...gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity ! " For this picture, true no doubt to the life, and worthy of Cobbett himself, Leigh Hunt, with his...
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A Memoir of Shelley (with a Fresh Preface).

William Michael Rossetti - 1886 - 218 pages
...true, and immortal Prince ' was a violator of his words, a libertine over head and ears in debt and disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion...gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity." bed that night, had expected to have occasion for pistols, and had loaded a brace : possibly the arrival...
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Shelley Society - Societies - 1886 - 184 pages
...Prince ' was a violator of his words, a libertine over head and ears in debt and disgrace, a despiscr of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps,...gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity." bed that night, had expected to have occasion for pistols, and had loaded a brace : possibly the arrival...
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Handy Guide to Brighton

D. Burchell Friend - Brighton (England) - 1886 - 238 pages
...violator of his word, a libertine, over head and ears in debt and disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, a companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who has...gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity ! " Call Mr. Percy Fitzgerald. — " Jovial, epicurean, shifty, clever, and good-natured, he offers...
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The Library Magazine, Volume 7

Periodicals - 1886 - 406 pages
...by thé by, asserted that he weighed a quarter of a ton), " a man who had just closed a quarter of a century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country or the respect of his posterity " — by two years in Surrey Gaol. Shelley lost the custody of his children, and retired...
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The Nineteenth Century, Volume 19

Nineteenth century - 1886 - 988 pages
...(Cobbett, by the by, asserted that he weighed a quarter of a ton), ' a man who had just closed a quarter of a century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country or the respect of his posterity'—by two years in Surrey Gaol. Shelley lost the custody of his children, and retired...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 263

English periodicals - 1887 - 642 pages
...' (bravo, messieurs of The Post .'), this ' Adonis in loveliness,' was a corpulent man of fifty, in short, that this delightful, blissful, wise, pleasurable,...gratitude of his country, or the respect of posterity." That was certainly strong and plain language to use about one who was, in nearly everything but the...
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Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, Volume 5

English wit and humor - 1888 - 344 pages
...Loveliness' was a corpulent man of fifty I In short, this delightful, blissful, wise, fleasnriablt, honourable, virtuous, true and immortal Prince was...gratitude of his country, or the respect of posterity.'' The Hunts were informed that if they would undertake to abstain from commenting on the actions of the...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 59

English periodicals - 1889 - 552 pages
...over head and ears in disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of demireps, a man who had just closed half a century without one single claim...gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity ". It might be true or it might be false ; but certainly there was then not a country in Europe where...
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