Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon : Critical Reviews : The Four Georges : The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century : Sketches and Travels in LondonEstes and Lauriat, 1882 - 819 Seiten |
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... better and straighter than all these grimaces of modesty : and although these are Roundabout Papers , and may wander who knows whither , I shall ask leave to maintain the upright and simple perpendicular . When this bundle of egotisms ...
... better and straighter than all these grimaces of modesty : and although these are Roundabout Papers , and may wander who knows whither , I shall ask leave to maintain the upright and simple perpendicular . When this bundle of egotisms ...
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... Better the block itself , and the lictors , with their fasces of birch - twigs , than the maddening torture of those jokes ! Now with respect to jokes - and the present company of course excepted - many people , perhaps most people ...
... Better the block itself , and the lictors , with their fasces of birch - twigs , than the maddening torture of those jokes ! Now with respect to jokes - and the present company of course excepted - many people , perhaps most people ...
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... better English than authors . " You either know nothing of the subject in question , or you assert a wilful falsehood . " I am happy to say that the characters of the corps de ballet , as also those of actors and actresses , are ...
... better English than authors . " You either know nothing of the subject in question , or you assert a wilful falsehood . " I am happy to say that the characters of the corps de ballet , as also those of actors and actresses , are ...
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... better English than authors . " It is a mistake , to be sure . I have never said what my corre- spondents say I say . There is the text under their noses , but what if they choose to read it their own way ? Hurroo , lads ! Here's for a ...
... better English than authors . " It is a mistake , to be sure . I have never said what my corre- spondents say I say . There is the text under their noses , but what if they choose to read it their own way ? Hurroo , lads ! Here's for a ...
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... better employed ? Here , in my Saturday Re- view , and in an American paper subsequently sent to me , I light , astonished , on an account of the dinners of my friend and publisher , which are described as " tremendously heavy , " of ...
... better employed ? Here , in my Saturday Re- view , and in an American paper subsequently sent to me , I light , astonished , on an account of the dinners of my friend and publisher , which are described as " tremendously heavy , " of ...
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Seite 164 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Seite 226 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Seite 292 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs, — and God has given my share, — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose...
Seite 57 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no...
Seite 191 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Seite 219 - I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is towards individuals; for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one and Judge Such-a-one; so with physicians — I will not speak of my own trade — soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
Seite 95 - When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek attentive ear. But when...
Seite 121 - A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish...
Seite 191 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Seite 158 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son.