Memoirs of the Political and Literary Life of Robert Plumer Ward, Esq: Author of "The Law of Nations", "Tremaine", "De Vere", Etc., Etc. : with Selections from His Correspondence, Diaries, and Unpublished Literary Remains, Band 2J. Murray, 1850 |
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... thing like ridicule was attempted to be thrown on those who felt jealous on the subject , because he felt considerable jealousy himself ; acting on a maxim of ancient prudence he wished to withstand be- ginnings ; " Mr. Western ...
... thing like ridicule was attempted to be thrown on those who felt jealous on the subject , because he felt considerable jealousy himself ; acting on a maxim of ancient prudence he wished to withstand be- ginnings ; " Mr. Western ...
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... thing to make up for a cold blowing wind is wanting ; when I add that the water is brackish , the butter salt , and the donkies bad , you will not wonder that I sometimes agree with Captain Morris's song on the delights of the country ...
... thing to make up for a cold blowing wind is wanting ; when I add that the water is brackish , the butter salt , and the donkies bad , you will not wonder that I sometimes agree with Captain Morris's song on the delights of the country ...
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... thing of which the course of time may not render an alteration necessary . - The Duke's brother , the Right Hon . W. W. Pole , spoke still more warmly as an old friend , adding — " Your conduct has been upon the present occasion what I ...
... thing of which the course of time may not render an alteration necessary . - The Duke's brother , the Right Hon . W. W. Pole , spoke still more warmly as an old friend , adding — " Your conduct has been upon the present occasion what I ...
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... thing con- cerning you here or at Mulgrave . At the latter I hear with pleasure that you have enjoyed yourself with amended health . Here I have often heard your name and the late transaction mentioned in various quarters , and always ...
... thing con- cerning you here or at Mulgrave . At the latter I hear with pleasure that you have enjoyed yourself with amended health . Here I have often heard your name and the late transaction mentioned in various quarters , and always ...
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... thing , that the Regent was full of admiration and full of regret . It was he who told me too , that you were invited not to quit the council ( as I understood him ) at the Prince's express desire . This last arrangement I think must be ...
... thing , that the Regent was full of admiration and full of regret . It was he who told me too , that you were invited not to quit the council ( as I understood him ) at the Prince's express desire . This last arrangement I think must be ...
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Seite 451 - With .skirmish and capricious passagings, And murmurs musical and swift jug jug, And one low piping sound more sweet than all...
Seite 419 - Vaga echoes through her winding bounds, And rapid Severn hoarse applause resounds. Who hung with woods yon mountain's sultry brow ? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow ? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
Seite 337 - My choicest hours of life are lost; Yet always wishing to retreat, Oh, could I see my country seat ! There leaning near a gentle brook, Sleep, or peruse some ancient book, And there in sweet oblivion drown Those cares that haunt the court and town.
Seite 426 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Seite 354 - Lady Suffolk, in the spleen, Runs laughing up to tell the queen: The queen so gracious, mild, and good, Cries, ' Is he gone? 'tis time he should.
Seite 439 - Then welcome business, welcome strife Welcome the cares, the thorns of life. The visage wan, the purblind sight, The toil by day, the lamp at night, The tedious forms, the solemn prate, The pert dispute, the dull debate, The drowsy bench, the babbling Hall, — • For thee, fair Justice, welcome all...
Seite 346 - I design to pass the greatest part of the time I stay in Ireland here in the cabin where I am now writing, neither will I leave the Kingdom till I am sent for ; and if they have no further service for me I will never see England again. At my first coming I thought I should have died with discontent, and was horribly melancholy while they were installing me ; but it begins to wear off, and change to dulness.
Seite 323 - Love thyself last. Cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's...
Seite 401 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Seite 410 - The measure of choosing well is whether a man likes what he has chosen, which I thank God has befallen me ; and though among the follies of my life, building and planting have not been the least, and have cost me more than I have the confidence to own ; yet they have been fully recompensed by the sweetness and satisfaction of this retreat, where, since my resolution taken of never entering again into...