The Sexagenarian: Or, The Recollections of a Literary Life ...F.C. and J. Rivington, 1818 |
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... itself . But they mistook their man ; this was with him an additional motive for persevering in his first intentions . After much useless conversation , one of the deputies at 6 at length exclaimed , Well , Mr. Wilkes , 6.
... itself . But they mistook their man ; this was with him an additional motive for persevering in his first intentions . After much useless conversation , one of the deputies at 6 at length exclaimed , Well , Mr. Wilkes , 6.
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... stupid , consequential fellow , who held some city office , and who often , in the course of the conversation , treated Wilkes with much rudeness . It seemed that Wilkes and H and Boswell had met in Italy , and had ascended 6 ...
... stupid , consequential fellow , who held some city office , and who often , in the course of the conversation , treated Wilkes with much rudeness . It seemed that Wilkes and H and Boswell had met in Italy , and had ascended 6 ...
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... conversation with him exceedingly un- pleasant . Of Colonel Barré and Lord Shelburne , it must be unnecessary to say any thing . They might be considered as the fulcrum , upon which this political association rested ; but there is one ...
... conversation with him exceedingly un- pleasant . Of Colonel Barré and Lord Shelburne , it must be unnecessary to say any thing . They might be considered as the fulcrum , upon which this political association rested ; but there is one ...
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... conversation . His talents , however , were of a still higher order , and perhaps , there was no situation within the scope of his ambition , which he was not qualified to fill with dignity , and to the public advantage . He was a sound ...
... conversation . His talents , however , were of a still higher order , and perhaps , there was no situation within the scope of his ambition , which he was not qualified to fill with dignity , and to the public advantage . He was a sound ...
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... conversation was lively , interesting , and full of information ; he was obviously subject to great irritability , which might partly be constitutional , and partly perhaps induced by those severe fits of the gout , to which he was ...
... conversation was lively , interesting , and full of information ; he was obviously subject to great irritability , which might partly be constitutional , and partly perhaps induced by those severe fits of the gout , to which he was ...
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Página 355 - Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Página 352 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Página 384 - Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you; nor with fainting heart; For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And happier seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore: When, freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more.
Página 349 - Ascend my chariot, guide the rapid wheels That shake Heaven's basis, bring forth all my war, My bow and thunder, my almighty arms Gird on, and sword upon thy puissant thigh; Pursue these sons of darkness, drive them out From all Heaven's bounds into the utter deep : There let them learn, as likes them, to despise God, and Messiah his anointed King.
Página 332 - And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired : but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
Página 346 - Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Página 381 - » In all the dewy landscapes of the Spring, In the bright eye of Hesper, or the morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
Página 378 - Mortals, that would follow me, Love virtue; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Página 383 - But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.