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... head , I am con- scious how unworthy it is to be graced with the name of an artist whose works exhibit so eminent an excellence ; but the merit we cannot approach we may surely be permitted to honour , and there- DEDICATION .
... head , I am con- scious how unworthy it is to be graced with the name of an artist whose works exhibit so eminent an excellence ; but the merit we cannot approach we may surely be permitted to honour , and there- DEDICATION .
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... head and shoulders bore a tre- mendous white periwig ; a sword was at his side ; the breeches were of the same material as the coat ; and below were blue silk stockings with silver clocks , velvet garters , and high shoes with red heels ...
... head and shoulders bore a tre- mendous white periwig ; a sword was at his side ; the breeches were of the same material as the coat ; and below were blue silk stockings with silver clocks , velvet garters , and high shoes with red heels ...
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... head of my table ; and expect that you will consider yourself as the mistress of my house , to whom both my guests and my servants are bound to shew the most marked respect . " This pause received no more interruption than the others ...
... head of my table ; and expect that you will consider yourself as the mistress of my house , to whom both my guests and my servants are bound to shew the most marked respect . " This pause received no more interruption than the others ...
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... the ceiling , over a long deal table , threw a lurid light upon the heads of the group below , who differed as much in their positions as in their dispositions . At the head of the table was always conspi- cuous 42 MAIDS OF HONOUR .
... the ceiling , over a long deal table , threw a lurid light upon the heads of the group below , who differed as much in their positions as in their dispositions . At the head of the table was always conspi- cuous 42 MAIDS OF HONOUR .
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Robert Folkestone Williams. At the head of the table was always conspi- cuous the white head , displaying its peculiar cauliflower luxuriance , and almost endless curls , of the sedate and sententious Rackstraw , the highly respectable ...
Robert Folkestone Williams. At the head of the table was always conspi- cuous the white head , displaying its peculiar cauliflower luxuriance , and almost endless curls , of the sedate and sententious Rackstraw , the highly respectable ...
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acquaintance admiration agreeable amongst amused Anthony Lowther appeared astonishment attention beau beauty Bishop Brigadier Brigadier's daughter Buckingham chair chariot Colonel Argyle companion countenance Court creature cried dear delighted door dress Duchess Duchess of Bolton Duchess of Marlborough Duke of Somerset Duke of Wharton entertained evidently excited exclaimed expression extraordinary extremely eyes fair Fanny Meadows favour favourite feeling felt gallantry gentleman glance Grace hand Handsome Hervey Hanoverian heard heart heroine Jacob Tonson John Coachman Kielmansegge King King's Kitty knew laugh looked Lord Hervey Madam Lepel Maid of Honour Majesty manner Marlborough Mary Bellenden Mary Lepel ment Minister mistress Mohocks Molly never observed person Petersham Manor Philip Dormer Pompey possessed pretty Princess Princess of Wales proceeded replied respect rival Royal Highness scarcely Schulenburg seemed shewed Sir Robert soon Sophy sovereign thing thought tion took visitor voice Wales whilst young lady
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Seite 164 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 300 - tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens: Joy lives not here ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes.
Seite 118 - What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
Seite 115 - Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains: And grant the bad what happiness they would, One they must want, which is, to pass for good. Oh blind to truth, and God's whole scheme below, Who fancy bliss to vice, to virtue woe! Who sees and follows that great scheme the best, Best knows the blessing, and will most be blest.
Seite 219 - May you enjoy a state of repose in this life, not unlike that sleep of the soul which some have believed is to succeed it, where we lie utterly forgetful of that world from which we are gone, and...
Seite 129 - ... and are ornamental even to a chimney. One would, by the bulk they appear in and the value that is set upon them, think they might be very useful ; but look into a thousand of them, and you will find nothing in them but dust and cobwebs.
Seite 93 - O wonderful creature, a woman of reason ! Never grave out of pride, never gay out of season ! When so easy to guess who this angel should be, Who would think Mrs. Howard ne'er dreamt it was she ?
Seite 75 - ... the idea of gaining some instruction, he never scrupled to go over a passage two or three times, or to take any liberties, or to make any blunders that seemed good to him, without consulting, or in any way warning, the rest of the orchestra ; it was therefore necessary for every member of it, while giving...
Seite 41 - From hence it arises, that they are but in a lower degree what their masters themselves are ; and usually affect an imitation of their manners : and you have in liveries, beaux, fops, and coxcombs, in as high perfection as among people that keep equipages. It is a common humour among the retinue of people of quality, when they are in their revels, that is when they are out of their masters' sight, to assume in a humorous way the names and titles of those whose liveries they wear.
Seite 246 - This sword I think I was telling you of, Mr. Sharper. This sword I'll maintain to be the best divine, anatomist, lawyer, or casuist in Europe; it shall decide a controversy or split a cause SIR JO.