The Roué, Volumen 1J. and J. Harper, 1828 |
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Página 194
... Leslie was bawled out by the porter in the hall . " Sir Robert Leslie , " : repeated the servant on the first landing - and " 194 THE ROUÉ .
... Leslie was bawled out by the porter in the hall . " Sir Robert Leslie , " : repeated the servant on the first landing - and " 194 THE ROUÉ .
Página 195
... Leslie had bowed upon her hand - received her me 、 chanical welcome -- and passed into the inner apartments nodding , bowing , shaking hands , smiling away frowns , or frowning down appearances of anger , to the indignation of some ...
... Leslie had bowed upon her hand - received her me 、 chanical welcome -- and passed into the inner apartments nodding , bowing , shaking hands , smiling away frowns , or frowning down appearances of anger , to the indignation of some ...
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... Leslie to be the gay , daring , reckless , and voluptuous libertine that he was . His intimate friend and associate , Frederick Villars , was wont to call him the " most impudent man alive , with the most modest demeanour in the world ...
... Leslie to be the gay , daring , reckless , and voluptuous libertine that he was . His intimate friend and associate , Frederick Villars , was wont to call him the " most impudent man alive , with the most modest demeanour in the world ...
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... Leslie struck upon the ear of Agnes , it recalled to her memory the paragraphs , and the account of the duel which had at the time made so great an impression upon her mind ; and her decided dislike of the character he bore , was not ...
... Leslie struck upon the ear of Agnes , it recalled to her memory the paragraphs , and the account of the duel which had at the time made so great an impression upon her mind ; and her decided dislike of the character he bore , was not ...
Página 198
... Leslie calculated upon it ; and as to the Mar- chioness , she imagined that a man of the calibre of Sir Robert Leslie having been actually set down at her party fresh from Florence , would give it eclat . This , in her eyes , was a ...
... Leslie calculated upon it ; and as to the Mar- chioness , she imagined that a man of the calibre of Sir Robert Leslie having been actually set down at her party fresh from Florence , would give it eclat . This , in her eyes , was a ...
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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.