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Página 26
... duty at the Tower- which , entre nous , must be a devil of a bore : it certainly is bad taste to shut up his Majesty's Guards in such vile quarters , where a man ( I should think ) must game and drink and invent all sorts of mischief ...
... duty at the Tower- which , entre nous , must be a devil of a bore : it certainly is bad taste to shut up his Majesty's Guards in such vile quarters , where a man ( I should think ) must game and drink and invent all sorts of mischief ...
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... duty , but we hope to see him soon : he is a great customer of ours : he dined here the day before he went on duty , in company with Lord Clan- erin and Lord Hoax , and a rare set of the very flowers of fashion - the primest bons vi ...
... duty , but we hope to see him soon : he is a great customer of ours : he dined here the day before he went on duty , in company with Lord Clan- erin and Lord Hoax , and a rare set of the very flowers of fashion - the primest bons vi ...
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... duty ; they might recollect the person so driving , with two grooms behind him , and half a dozen handsome dogs ; and this might pave the way to a distinguished re- ception . He might , at the same time , make a morning call , and look ...
... duty ; they might recollect the person so driving , with two grooms behind him , and half a dozen handsome dogs ; and this might pave the way to a distinguished re- ception . He might , at the same time , make a morning call , and look ...
Página 84
... duty , if within his limits , where they very artfully and very conveniently are placed ; whilst the visitor has the theatres , the " At- homes , " the quadrille parties , private play , and other private concerns , to fill up the ...
... duty , if within his limits , where they very artfully and very conveniently are placed ; whilst the visitor has the theatres , the " At- homes , " the quadrille parties , private play , and other private concerns , to fill up the ...
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... duty ; and we doubt if the man devoted to rouge et noir , to the turning up of a Knave , ( and all knaves deserve to be turned - up another way , ) a King , or Queen , can be faithful to any engagement . The King would be ill served by ...
... duty ; and we doubt if the man devoted to rouge et noir , to the turning up of a Knave , ( and all knaves deserve to be turned - up another way , ) a King , or Queen , can be faithful to any engagement . The King would be ill served by ...
Términos y frases comunes
admiration amongst apothecary arrived Barnsley Baronet barouche beau monde beauty Bramblewood brave breakfast called cara sposa carriage Cherry ripe Colonel colours companion corps Crackpurse Crackpurse's curricle dandies dear dinner dress duty elegant Emma Ensign entrée exclaimed Exquisite fair fashion favour fellow female foreign fortune French gaming-table Gardes gave gay deceiver gentle gentleman Greenlaw Hall grooms Guards Guardsman habits hand handsome happy heart Herbert Gascoigne Herbert Greenlaw hero honour horses hour Lady Gertrude Lady Lydia Ladyship looked Lord Horseman Maria married masquerade matter ment military military tactics mind Monsieur morning morning calls never noble notoriety officers Ovid party passed play pounds pride Pyrrhas quadrille regiment ruin rustic smile soldier splendid subaltern sweet taste Tenth Hussars thing tion took town turned vanity Vapour waiter whilst widow word young Greenlaw youth
Pasajes populares
Página 132 - Think'st thou that she whose only light In this dim world from thee hath shone Could bear the long, the cheerless night That must be hers when thou art gone ? That I can live, and let thee go, Who art my life itself? No, no ! When the stem dies, the leaf that grew Out of its heart must perish too. Then turn to me, my own love, turn, Before, like thee, I fade and burn ; Cling to these yet cool lips and share The last pure life that lingers there.
Página 187 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 132 - I'd shed it all, To give thy brow one minute's calm. Nay, turn not from me that dear face : Am I not thine — thy own loved bride — The one, the chosen one, whose place In life or death is by thy side ? Think'st thou that she, whose only light, In this dim world, from thee hath shone, Could bear the long, the cheerless night, That must be hers, when thou art gone ? That I can live and let thee go, Who art my life itself ? No, no.
Página 42 - Marchioness. Fare thee well, and if for ever, then for ever fare thee well— and put up the chain, Marchioness, in case of accidents.
Página 41 - To have a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day to melting charity...
Página 102 - When the Devil was sick, The Devil a monk would be ; But when the Devil got well, The Devil a monk was he.
Página 55 - Worth makes the man, the want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather and prunella.
Página 129 - AT regina gravi jamdudum saucia cura Vulnus alit venis, et cseco carpitur igni.
Página 35 - ... comme de sotise;' op cit I Ch. 50, p. 337. 83. ibid. p. 173. 84. A. Camus, Le Mythe de Sisyphe, in Essais, (Paris. 1965) p. 101. 85. op. cit. pp. 176-7. Cf. Boileau's Satire IV, 1664, dedicated to Le Vayer's son: En ce monde il n'est point de parfaite sagesse; Tous les hommes sont fous, et malgre tous leurs soins, Ne different entr'eux que du plus, ou du moins.
Página 152 - The dregs of time, and vile ohlivion's prey, Hold in large fee the world, and, overblown With empty thoughts, grow lavish with decay.