The Roué, Volumen 1J. and J. Harper, 1828 |
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... Fred , of your ole - coloured ladies of Spain —your dark - eyed women of Tuscany - nor of your conver- sational and piquant demoiselles of France , for I am more than ever confirmed in my theory , that England is , after all , the ...
... Fred , of your ole - coloured ladies of Spain —your dark - eyed women of Tuscany - nor of your conver- sational and piquant demoiselles of France , for I am more than ever confirmed in my theory , that England is , after all , the ...
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... Fred ? I do ! Her diamonds and her rouge seemed as though they had never been misplaced since , except indeed that there might be a little more of the latter to hide the five additional wrinkles in which the five additional years are ...
... Fred ? I do ! Her diamonds and her rouge seemed as though they had never been misplaced since , except indeed that there might be a little more of the latter to hide the five additional wrinkles in which the five additional years are ...
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... Fred , Fred , you are a sad dog , and there is no reforming you ; I brought her over in a quadrille , and before the grand rond she had made the grand tour with me in imagination : and with a little hesitation , and a softened voice ...
... Fred , Fred , you are a sad dog , and there is no reforming you ; I brought her over in a quadrille , and before the grand rond she had made the grand tour with me in imagination : and with a little hesitation , and a softened voice ...
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... Fred ! Well , to answer you , Villars , London stands where it did , and most of our old friends are where they were . The only difference is , that time has beautified the one , and dilapidated the other . But I know your word friend ...
... Fred ! Well , to answer you , Villars , London stands where it did , and most of our old friends are where they were . The only difference is , that time has beautified the one , and dilapidated the other . But I know your word friend ...
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... Fred , Fred , let me lecture you a little on this same subject you are contented with a too common order of woman ; I do not mean as to rank , for there I agree you are as fastidious as I wish you to be , and would never descend to an ...
... Fred , Fred , let me lecture you a little on this same subject you are contented with a too common order of woman ; I do not mean as to rank , for there I agree you are as fastidious as I wish you to be , and would never descend to an ...
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Página 199 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence ; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart ; Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange ; Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Página 238 - And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Página 55 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Página 88 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Página 74 - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will cling 'round it still.
Página 160 - Only, this one : — lord Angelo is precise ; Stands at a guard ' with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.
Página 88 - Her serious sayings darken'd to sublimity ; In short, in all things she was fairly what I call A prodigy — her morning dress was dimity, Her evening silk, or, in the summer, muslin, And other stuffs, with which I won't stay puzzling. XIII. She knew the Latin— that is,
Página 10 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 245 - I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please...
Página 227 - ... on this head have almost been given up, and the subject generally thought to be a matter of too high and too delicate a nature to admit of any true or intelligible discussion.