The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory ObservationsOliver & Boyd, 1824 - 444 Seiten |
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... taste for litera- ture . Were this really the case , it would indeed be matter of regret to every ingenuous mind . That the most exquisite pleasures of which the mind of man is susceptible , should be incompatible with the proper dis ...
... taste for litera- ture . Were this really the case , it would indeed be matter of regret to every ingenuous mind . That the most exquisite pleasures of which the mind of man is susceptible , should be incompatible with the proper dis ...
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... taste its beauties with such an ex- quisite relish , as after a day passed in useful and mo- derate industry . It is well known also , to all who are accustomed to mental labour , that the faculties of the mind are at no time so ...
... taste its beauties with such an ex- quisite relish , as after a day passed in useful and mo- derate industry . It is well known also , to all who are accustomed to mental labour , that the faculties of the mind are at no time so ...
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... taste for slaves and magnificence is quite oriental ; but they have social and convivial dispositions which do not belong to the Asiatics . The custom among the Muscovite no- bility of keeping dwarfs is peculiar , I fancy , to ...
... taste for slaves and magnificence is quite oriental ; but they have social and convivial dispositions which do not belong to the Asiatics . The custom among the Muscovite no- bility of keeping dwarfs is peculiar , I fancy , to ...
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... taste , or his statements not in unison with the common opinion . It was , how- ever , of great use to him to undergo this trial , painful as it no doubt was ; for it enabled him to see where he failed in producing due effect , and to ...
... taste , or his statements not in unison with the common opinion . It was , how- ever , of great use to him to undergo this trial , painful as it no doubt was ; for it enabled him to see where he failed in producing due effect , and to ...
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... taste and acumen , on the com- parative merits of the ancient and modern poets of England , the nymph remarked , that no improvement had been made in our poetical phraseology since the age of Shakspeare , notwithstanding the manifest ...
... taste and acumen , on the com- parative merits of the ancient and modern poets of England , the nymph remarked , that no improvement had been made in our poetical phraseology since the age of Shakspeare , notwithstanding the manifest ...
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ancient appear Bachelor beauty Benedict breath caboceer called cataract Catiline CHAP character church death Demonax Devil Don Quixote Dr Johnson dreadful Duke of Burgundy earth EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE effect English equal eyes fall FAUST feel fire friends genius Gil Blas give gold Greek hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honour human Hyder Ali imagination Ioannina Jaffa king less live look Lord magnificent manner MARGARET ment Mephistopheles merits mind morning nature never night o'er object observed Odoacer opinion ornaments palaces passages peculiar perhaps persons pleasure poet poetical poetry possess principles racter replied the Nymph respect Roman round scarcely scene sentiments Shirley Sibylline books side song Sotheby's soul spirit steam stood style sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth Warburton whole
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Seite 85 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them ; — VOL.
Seite 324 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Seite 148 - GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Seite 397 - So cruel prison how could betide, alas, As proud Windsor? where I in lust and joy, With a King's son, my childish years did pass, In greater feast than Priam's sons of Troy.
Seite 18 - ... compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Seite 401 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head...
Seite 85 - Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, . Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Seite 234 - Observe how parts with parts unite In one harmonious rule of right ; See countless wheels distinctly tend By various laws to one great end : While mighty Alfred's piercing soul Pervades and regulates the whole.
Seite 149 - The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with thy feet and wings dost hop and fly; And when thy poppy works, thou dost retire To thy carved acorn-bed to lie. Up with the day, the sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams; And all these merry days mak'st merry men, Thyself, and melancholy streams.
Seite 398 - Wherewith, alas ! reviveth in my breast The sweet accord, such sleeps as yet delight ; The pleasant dreams, the quiet bed of rest ; The secret thoughts, imparted with such trust ; The wanton talk, the divers change of play ; The friendship sworn, each promise kept so just, Wherewith we past the winter night away.