Anecdote Lives of the Later Wits and Humourists, Volumen 1R. Bentley and son, 1874 |
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... eye of a sagacious criticism , the elo- quence of Mirabeau will appear to be as empty and as vapid as his patriotism . It is like the beverage that stands so in- vitingly before you - foam and froth at the top , heavy and muddy within ...
... eye of a sagacious criticism , the elo- quence of Mirabeau will appear to be as empty and as vapid as his patriotism . It is like the beverage that stands so in- vitingly before you - foam and froth at the top , heavy and muddy within ...
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... eyes of that restless and ardent being during his short and painful pro- gress through disease to death . With how bitter a monotony must its ticking sound have fallen on his ear ! Nothing on earth is so wearing to the fretful nerve of ...
... eyes of that restless and ardent being during his short and painful pro- gress through disease to death . With how bitter a monotony must its ticking sound have fallen on his ear ! Nothing on earth is so wearing to the fretful nerve of ...
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... eye , Oh ! marked from birth , and nurtured for the skies ! In youth , with more than wisdom's bearing wise ; As sainted Martyrs , patient to endure ; Simple as unweaned infancy , and pure ; Pure from all stain ( save that in human clay ...
... eye , Oh ! marked from birth , and nurtured for the skies ! In youth , with more than wisdom's bearing wise ; As sainted Martyrs , patient to endure ; Simple as unweaned infancy , and pure ; Pure from all stain ( save that in human clay ...
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... eye when excited , and the smile of his lip when pleased , were often noted by his contemporaries : " And on that turtle I saw a rider , A goodly man , with an eye so merry , I knew ' twas our Foreign Secretary , Who there at his ease ...
... eye when excited , and the smile of his lip when pleased , were often noted by his contemporaries : " And on that turtle I saw a rider , A goodly man , with an eye so merry , I knew ' twas our Foreign Secretary , Who there at his ease ...
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... eye the volume depth of Richelieu , the volcanic flash of Mirabeau , the offended majesty of Chatham . Sketching him from our fancy , it would be as a few still living remember him , with a visage rather marked by humour and ...
... eye the volume depth of Richelieu , the volcanic flash of Mirabeau , the offended majesty of Chatham . Sketching him from our fancy , it would be as a few still living remember him , with a visage rather marked by humour and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admirable amusement appeared asked beautiful Blanchard Jerrold brother called Canning's character Charles Lamb Charles Mathews Chickney Christ's Hospital church club Cobbett Coleridge Coleridge's Cottle Curran dear death delight Dick Reynolds dine dinner Douglas Jerrold Drury Lane Drury Lane Theatre Duke English eyes father feeling fire garden gave genius gentleman hand Haymarket Theatre head heard heart Hill honour house that Josh humour INGOLDSBY LEGENDS John Josh burnt Kelly Kemble King lady Lamb's laugh letter live London looked Lord Lord Byron Madame de Staël Mathews Mathews's ment mind morning nature never night once party person play poet poor Prince remarkable replied seen Shakspeare Sheridan society song Southey spirit talk Tate Wilkinson tell theatre thee Theodore Hook thing thou thought tion told took Weobly wigs words Wordsworth write young
Pasajes populares
Página 89 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and watery depths; all these have vanished; They live no longer in the faith of reason.
Página 105 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Página 123 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome!
Página 110 - Keen pangs of Love, awakening as a babe Turbulent, with an outcry in the heart ; And fears self-willed, that shunned the eye of hope ; And hope that scarce would know itself from fear ; Sense of past youth, and manhood come in vain, And genius given, and knowledge won in vain...
Página 20 - Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order — Bleak blows the blast ; — your hat has got a hole in't, So have your breeches. Weary Knife-grinder ! little think the proud ones Who in their coaches roll along the turnpikeroad, what hard work 'tis crying all day, " Knives and Scissors to grind O!
Página 187 - THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES. I HAVE had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days, All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I have been laughing, I have been carousing, Drinking late, sitting late, with my bosom cronies, All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
Página 120 - First, an austere purity of language, both grammatically and logically ; in short, a perfect appropriateness of the words to the meaning.
Página 36 - I do not love thee, Dr. Fell, the reason why I cannot tell, But this I know and know full well, I do not love thee, Dr. Fell...
Página 129 - Yes, weep, and however my foes may condemn, Thy tears shall efface their decree ; For Heaven can witness, though guilty to them, I have been but too faithful to thee. With thee were the dreams of my earliest love ; Every thought of my reason was thine ; In my last humble prayer to the Spirit above, Thy name shall be mingled with mine.
Página 174 - I cannot think a thought, I cannot make a criticism on men or books, without an ineffectual turning and reference to him. He was the proof and touchstone of all my cogitations.