The Brotherhood of LettersE. Stock, 1889 - 271 էջ |
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... dinner speech , Mr. George Augustus Sala , in replying for Literature , said he once knew a very worthy old citizen of Edinburgh who settled his quarterly accounts with unfailing punctuality , but always deducted 15 per cent . , on the ...
... dinner speech , Mr. George Augustus Sala , in replying for Literature , said he once knew a very worthy old citizen of Edinburgh who settled his quarterly accounts with unfailing punctuality , but always deducted 15 per cent . , on the ...
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... dinner to the ' Cider Cellar ' — -a very plainly - furnished but comfortable parlour on the first - floor - Thackeray said to the company : By the way , have you seen the last number of The Newcomes ? ' " The company said they had not ...
... dinner to the ' Cider Cellar ' — -a very plainly - furnished but comfortable parlour on the first - floor - Thackeray said to the company : By the way , have you seen the last number of The Newcomes ? ' " The company said they had not ...
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... dinner . Dickens left the table to see him , expecting naturally to find him broken and cast down . But the old man's thoughts were far away ; he seemed as though no ugly or infuriating realities had any existence for him , and sat ...
... dinner . Dickens left the table to see him , expecting naturally to find him broken and cast down . But the old man's thoughts were far away ; he seemed as though no ugly or infuriating realities had any existence for him , and sat ...
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... dinner , a small select company of persons , to whom it was pleasant to talk , used to meet , having Tennyson as one of the number , and James Spedding for secre- tary ] , is that of once escorting Sterling , after a certain meeting ...
... dinner , a small select company of persons , to whom it was pleasant to talk , used to meet , having Tennyson as one of the number , and James Spedding for secre- tary ] , is that of once escorting Sterling , after a certain meeting ...
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... dinner at the house of Barry Cornwall , at which Kinglake and Haw- thorne , amongst others , were present , when the gentlemen rose to join the ladies in the drawing . room , " the two dear old poets , Leigh Hunt and Barry Cornwall ...
... dinner at the house of Barry Cornwall , at which Kinglake and Haw- thorne , amongst others , were present , when the gentlemen rose to join the ladies in the drawing . room , " the two dear old poets , Leigh Hunt and Barry Cornwall ...
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Էջ 161 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Էջ 196 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Էջ 224 - I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong.
Էջ 90 - AH, Ben ! Say how or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyric feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun ; Where we such clusters had As made us nobly wild, not mad ? And yet each verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.
Էջ 78 - The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy ; but there is a space of life between, in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted...
Էջ 91 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Էջ 21 - Garden of Trinity, on an evening of rainy May; and* she, stirred somewhat beyond her wont, and taking as her text the three words which have been used so often as the inspiring trumpet-calls of men, — the words God, Immortality, Duty, — pronounced, with terrible earnestness, how inconceivable was the first, how unbelievable the second, and yet how peremptory and absolute the third.
Էջ 24 - A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
Էջ 83 - The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius ; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy or of youth which was waiting to be closed, breaks up a wonted occupation, or a household, or style of living, and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character.
Էջ 89 - Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare...