The Roué, Volumen 1J. and J. Harper, 1828 |
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... present . And yet , perhaps , when we look through the world and observe the various arts which the insidious and vicious of the other sex spread around them , this coldness may be deemed necessary as a defence ; and mothers and ...
... present . And yet , perhaps , when we look through the world and observe the various arts which the insidious and vicious of the other sex spread around them , this coldness may be deemed necessary as a defence ; and mothers and ...
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... 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 feelings once aroused , she could not find a Lethean draught either in pleasure or ...
... 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 feelings once aroused , she could not find a Lethean draught either in pleasure or ...
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... present fortune allowed her to indulge , were prevented from giving her the comfort she might otherwise have derived from the exercise of them , by her not being permitted to dispense them in any other way than through the ceremonious ...
... present fortune allowed her to indulge , were prevented from giving her the comfort she might otherwise have derived from the exercise of them , by her not being permitted to dispense them in any other way than through the ceremonious ...
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... present party was given by the idea , that the boys who were here dancing with infantine carelessness , were those who , when men , would most likely be our senators , our generals , and our rulers ; for it is from this class of society ...
... present party was given by the idea , that the boys who were here dancing with infantine carelessness , were those who , when men , would most likely be our senators , our generals , and our rulers ; for it is from this class of society ...
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... present characters of Amelia and Agnes gave already indications - the one , of a creature all " form ; " and the other , of a being all " feeling ; " and whether we might prophesy those events of their after - life , which it is the ...
... present characters of Amelia and Agnes gave already indications - the one , of a creature all " form ; " and the other , of a being all " feeling ; " and whether we might prophesy those events of their after - life , which it is the ...
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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.