The Four Georges: The English Humourists of the Eighteenth CenturySmith, Elder, 1869 - 362 páginas |
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... never was my intention to attempt . Not about battles , about politics , about states- men and measures of state , did I ever think to lecture you : but to sketch the manners and life of the old world ; to amuse for a few hours with ...
... never was my intention to attempt . Not about battles , about politics , about states- men and measures of state , did I ever think to lecture you : but to sketch the manners and life of the old world ; to amuse for a few hours with ...
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... never ran away with Paris , the dangerous young Trojan . Menelaus , her husband , illused her ; and there never was any siege of Troy at all . So was Bluebeard's wife innocent . She never peeped into the closet where the other wives ...
... never ran away with Paris , the dangerous young Trojan . Menelaus , her husband , illused her ; and there never was any siege of Troy at all . So was Bluebeard's wife innocent . She never peeped into the closet where the other wives ...
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... never could be got to allow her cousin , the Elector Duke of Cambridge , to come and pay his respects to her Majesty , and take his seat in her House of Peers . Had the Queen lasted a month longer ; had the English Tories been as bold ...
... never could be got to allow her cousin , the Elector Duke of Cambridge , to come and pay his respects to her Majesty , and take his seat in her House of Peers . Had the Queen lasted a month longer ; had the English Tories been as bold ...
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... never enjoyed , until that corrupter of parliaments , that dissolute tipsy cynic , that courageous lover of peace and liberty , that great citizen , patriot , and statesman governed it . In religion he was little better than a heathen ...
... never enjoyed , until that corrupter of parliaments , that dissolute tipsy cynic , that courageous lover of peace and liberty , that great citizen , patriot , and statesman governed it . In religion he was little better than a heathen ...
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... never chose to be familiar . He has been accused of avarice , yet he did not give much money , and did not leave much behind him . He did not love the fine arts , but he did not pretend to love them . He was no more a hypocrite about ...
... never chose to be familiar . He has been accused of avarice , yet he did not give much money , and did not leave much behind him . He did not love the fine arts , but he did not pretend to love them . He was no more a hypocrite about ...
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Página 284 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Página 356 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Página 241 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Página 205 - Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war : In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Página 260 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Página 164 - That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality, and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump, and fat for a good table. 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, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially...
Página 135 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Página 133 - But when at morn and eve the star Beholds me on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, Thy prayers ascend for me.
Página 207 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Página 164 - I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London that a young, healthy child well nursed is, at a year old, . a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.