Blue-stocking Hall, Հատոր 2Henry Colburn, 1827 - 258 էջ |
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... talk at Burley Hall is so entirely of fashion , and supposes such a sympathy of pursuit , as well as conversancy with topics of which Julia is ig- norant , that I question the honesty of permit- ting her to associate amongst those whose ...
... talk at Burley Hall is so entirely of fashion , and supposes such a sympathy of pursuit , as well as conversancy with topics of which Julia is ig- norant , that I question the honesty of permit- ting her to associate amongst those whose ...
Էջ 60
... talk to an ignorant savage that he sees on the high road for goading a jaded bullock to market , or be- labouring an overloaded ass up the hill ? or what right has any man who encourages the wicked amusement of prize fighting , which ...
... talk to an ignorant savage that he sees on the high road for goading a jaded bullock to market , or be- labouring an overloaded ass up the hill ? or what right has any man who encourages the wicked amusement of prize fighting , which ...
Էջ 61
... talk well , and I love him better for one thing that he said the other day , than if he had given me a hundred pounds in hand . Do you remem- ber , sir , when he defied the house to shew him any act of liberality , any treaty upon a ...
... talk well , and I love him better for one thing that he said the other day , than if he had given me a hundred pounds in hand . Do you remem- ber , sir , when he defied the house to shew him any act of liberality , any treaty upon a ...
Էջ 64
... talking about the length and the breadth of it ; I would not go security for their being satisfied with ther bargain . Sir , when people are set on wish- ing , without knowing what they are wishing for , it is well for them if it ends ...
... talking about the length and the breadth of it ; I would not go security for their being satisfied with ther bargain . Sir , when people are set on wish- ing , without knowing what they are wishing for , it is well for them if it ends ...
Էջ 65
... talking landlords spend their breath and spare their purses ; and the people , who are not such fools now - a - days as to be caught in springes , know the difference between saying and doing ; they understand the decoy ducks much ...
... talking landlords spend their breath and spare their purses ; and the people , who are not such fools now - a - days as to be caught in springes , know the difference between saying and doing ; they understand the decoy ducks much ...
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Էջ 319 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf; And that which should accompany old age, As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honor, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Էջ 174 - On polish'd stone before his palace gate : With unguents smooth the lucid marble shone, Where ancient Neleus sat, a rustic throne ; But he descending to the' infernal shade, Sage Nestor fill'd it, and the sceptre sway'd. His sons around him mild obeisance pay, And duteous take the orders of the day. first Echephron and...
Էջ 175 - Or fate's deceived, and heaven decrees in vain, Or where they find this stone the Scots shall reign," This stone, indeed, was regarded as the palladium of Scotland.