The Roué, Volumen 1J. and J. Harper, 1828 |
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... as they become more capable of bestowing and of receiving enjoyment from their natural feelings , that these feelings should , like their flowing tresses . be subjected to the curling - irons of ceremony ! INTRODUCTION .
... as they become more capable of bestowing and of receiving enjoyment from their natural feelings , that these feelings should , like their flowing tresses . be subjected to the curling - irons of ceremony ! INTRODUCTION .
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... enjoyment of the " feast of reason and the flow of soul " which she provided for others . But , alas ! she forgot that these very means were perpetual impediments in the way of her own success , by showing the superiority of talent over ...
... enjoyment of the " feast of reason and the flow of soul " which she provided for others . But , alas ! she forgot that these very means were perpetual impediments in the way of her own success , by showing the superiority of talent over ...
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... enjoyment of equipage and splendour . Unluckily for Agnes , the subject of our present episode and the mother of our heroines , her heart was more deeply sus- ceptible of its first impressions . She could not love and for- get ; her ...
... enjoyment of equipage and splendour . Unluckily for Agnes , the subject of our present episode and the mother of our heroines , her heart was more deeply sus- ceptible of its first impressions . She could not love and for- get ; her ...
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... enjoyment which their hundred " dear friends " expressed by their eyes , while they condoled with their lips on the dis- appointment . To how many malevolent passions of our nature do the most trivial occurrences of life give the ...
... enjoyment which their hundred " dear friends " expressed by their eyes , while they condoled with their lips on the dis- appointment . To how many malevolent passions of our nature do the most trivial occurrences of life give the ...
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... enjoyment Young as they were , however , the moment of separation gave a pang for which neither of them could account , and which neither of them could understand . Trevor tendered his hand to her for the last time , and was whirled ...
... enjoyment Young as they were , however , the moment of separation gave a pang for which neither of them could account , and which neither of them could understand . Trevor tendered his hand to her for the last time , and was whirled ...
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accomplish admiration affection Amelia appeared arrival aunt beauty Brighton brother Calisthenic ceremony character cheval glass Clifton conversation D'Oyley dancing Dashington's dear delight determined dinner drawing-room dress Eau de Cologne enjoyment envy excited exclaimed eyes fashion feelings felt female Fleming Fleming's Flounce fortune Fred gave give governess gratified Grosvenor Square happiness Hartley heart honour hope husband idea imagination India Isola Madre knew Lady Emily Lady Mary Lady Pome Lady Pomeroy Lago Maggiore Leadenhall Street libertine lived London look lover Macbeth marriage married ment midst mind Miss Turner Miss Wheeler mistress morning mother mulligatawny nature never parties passion person pleasure Pomeroy's present pursuits quadrille rank recollection rendered romantic scene seemed sentiments Shakspeare sigh silent Sir Robert Leslie sister smile society talent thing thought tion Trevor and Agnes vanity Villars virtue wife wish woman women wonder young ladies youthful
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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.