Temple Bar, Volumen 54George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates Ward and Lock, 1878 |
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... rest of the orchestra and Von Francius were waiting to begin Beethoven's Concerto ; but Eugen , lifting his voice , addressed them in his turn : " I am sorry to say that I dare not venture upon the great Concerto ; it is so long since I ...
... rest of the orchestra and Von Francius were waiting to begin Beethoven's Concerto ; but Eugen , lifting his voice , addressed them in his turn : " I am sorry to say that I dare not venture upon the great Concerto ; it is so long since I ...
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... rest of the world put together . " low . " Well ? " said Eugen , whose face was white , and whose voice was " A lady has said to me that you had a brother who had acted the part of father to you , and that you rewarded his kindness by ...
... rest of the world put together . " low . " Well ? " said Eugen , whose face was white , and whose voice was " A lady has said to me that you had a brother who had acted the part of father to you , and that you rewarded his kindness by ...
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... rests upon tradition . The traditions may be true , but no one can prove them to be true . but no one can prove them to be lies . Some of Macaulay's statements , not unsupported by authority , but by authority such as no impartial ...
... rests upon tradition . The traditions may be true , but no one can prove them to be true . but no one can prove them to be lies . Some of Macaulay's statements , not unsupported by authority , but by authority such as no impartial ...
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... rests on Dundee's death as on his birth . The common story is that he died on the field , and in the very moment of victory . Lochiel's Chronicler relates how some gentlemen , re- turning after an unsuccessful attempt to lead some ...
... rests on Dundee's death as on his birth . The common story is that he died on the field , and in the very moment of victory . Lochiel's Chronicler relates how some gentlemen , re- turning after an unsuccessful attempt to lead some ...
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... rest . He cannot be judged by the standard of to - day . The time he lived in , the people he lived among , the king he served , the foes with whom he had to contend , all these things have to be considered ere the man can be rightly ...
... rest . He cannot be judged by the standard of to - day . The time he lived in , the people he lived among , the king he served , the foes with whom he had to contend , all these things have to be considered ere the man can be rightly ...
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Adelaide answer Antibes asked Balzac beauty believe better called Captain Joy character Charles Kemble charming child Countess Covent Garden cried dare dear death Delplan door Dundee Engadine Eugen eyes face father favour feel Francius Frau gave gentleman girl give Haddon Hall hand happy Haslemere head hear heart Hélène Honoré de Balzac honour husband Jessie King knew lady latch-keys laugh live Llano Estacado look Lord Hervey Madame d'Orsoff marriage married master mind Miss Dalrymple Miss Ferrier Molière Monsieur d'Orsoff morning mother Nanon never night Oglethorpe once perhaps Pernes play poet poor Prince Queen Racine ring Romané Rothenfels seemed Sigmund smile speak Stella Stokes story suppose sure tears tell thing thought told took turned versts voice wife woman wonder words write Wyvern young
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Página 174 - His wit all see-saw, between that and this, } Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, } And he himself one vile antithesis. } Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have expressed, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Página 495 - King ! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us ! God save the King!
Página 173 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite.
Página 173 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels...
Página 210 - Nor built on rapine, servitude, and woe, And in their turn some petty tyrant's prey ; But, bound by social Freedom, firm they rise; Such as, of late, an Oglethorpe has form'd, And, crowding round, the charm'd Savannah sees.
Página 185 - At a quarter before eleven she was delivered of a little rat of a girl, about the bigness of a good large toothpick case.' The anger of the King and Queen, when the unworthy conduct of their son was brought before them, was deep in the extreme. They declared that so open and gratuitous an insult could not be passed over, and that Fritz should feel their heaviest displeasure.
Página 186 - In the mean time it is my pleasure that you leave St. James's with all your family, when it can be done without prejudice or inconvenience to the Princess. " I shall for the present leave to the Princess the care of my grand-daughter, until a proper time calls upon me to consider of her education.
Página 182 - The Prince's character at his first coming over,' says Hervey in his most piquant vein, ' though little more respectable, seemed much more amiable than, upon his opening himself further and being better known, it turned out to be ; for, though there appeared nothing in him to be admired, yet there seemed nothing in him to be hated — neither anything great nor anything vicious. His behaviour was something that gained one's good wishes though it gave one no esteem for him; for his best qualities,...
Página 177 - She was at least seven or eight hours te'te-a-tete with the King every day, during which time she was generally saying what she did not think, assenting to what she did not believe, and praising what she did not approve...
Página 197 - What would it pleasure me to have my throat cut With diamonds ? or to be smothered With cassia? or to be shot to death with pearls ? I know death hath ten thousand several doors For men to take their exits...