Mephistophiles [!] in England, Or, The Confessions of a Prime Minister, Band 2Harper, 1835 |
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... felt assured , as I gazed around me , that if the audience were not then transported , some of them very shortly would be . A few volunteer instrumental performers , and a con- certo on the jews - harp ; an obligato on the salt - box ...
... felt assured , as I gazed around me , that if the audience were not then transported , some of them very shortly would be . A few volunteer instrumental performers , and a con- certo on the jews - harp ; an obligato on the salt - box ...
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... felt certain of my cousin's love ; but this conviction , such is the perversity of human nature , took away much of the interest with which I regarded the subject . Where there is doubt there will be anxiety to succeed ; but when ...
... felt certain of my cousin's love ; but this conviction , such is the perversity of human nature , took away much of the interest with which I regarded the subject . Where there is doubt there will be anxiety to succeed ; but when ...
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... felt a most praiseworthy desire to become a bishop . The uncle of his late pupil was then at the head of the administration , so he wrote a long pamphlet to prove the perfection of the constitution , and the excellence of his lordship's ...
... felt a most praiseworthy desire to become a bishop . The uncle of his late pupil was then at the head of the administration , so he wrote a long pamphlet to prove the perfection of the constitution , and the excellence of his lordship's ...
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... felt degraded , but did not de- spair . I determined to wait and take advantage of circum- stances . It was not impossible for an attorney's clerk to become lord chancellor . A man of the world ' should never be cast down by ...
... felt degraded , but did not de- spair . I determined to wait and take advantage of circum- stances . It was not impossible for an attorney's clerk to become lord chancellor . A man of the world ' should never be cast down by ...
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... felt I could risk anything , trample on established usage , and crush all natural prejudices that lay in my way . -as a Mephistophiles and myself accompanied Dora and the marchioness in her carriage for the purpose of visiting some of ...
... felt I could risk anything , trample on established usage , and crush all natural prejudices that lay in my way . -as a Mephistophiles and myself accompanied Dora and the marchioness in her carriage for the purpose of visiting some of ...
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Seite 192 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From, joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith...
Seite 192 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Seite 66 - Turkey carpets, to have been expressly designed not to resemble anything in the heavens above, in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth.
Seite 74 - I could see them established more generally, and I hope the time is not far distant when I shall...
Seite 124 - ... Deserts of Arabia, being male and female/' Fawkes, the conjuror, was now dead, but Pinchbeck carried on the show, in conjunction with his late partner's son, and issued the following announcement:— " This is to give notice, that Mr. Pinchbeck and Fawkes, who have had the honour to perform before the Royal Family, and most of the Nobility and Gentry in the Kingdom with great applause, during the time of Southwark Fair, will divert the Publick with the following surprising Entertainments, at...
Seite 50 - If I might be allowed to make a suggestion, I should say it would do you service at the present moment were you to exhibit the great talents you undoubtedly possess.
Seite 133 - The pride of the world and the queen of the sea! Spring adorneth thy limbs with bright emerald studs, Summer bathes thy proud head with her fresh falling floods; Thy rich flowing tresses doth autumn caress, And winter flings o'er thee his frost-spangled dress.
Seite 76 - Rutherford's critical judgement and intuitive power have called forth a revolution in science by inducing him to throw himself with his unique energy into the study of a phenomenon, the importance of which would probably escape other investigators on account of the smallness and apparently spurious...
Seite 121 - With hunger more than human zest; Though bringing poison to the blood And anguish to the breast. Like vultures upon carrion fare Whene'er their own was gone.
Seite 121 - Spread there their unresisted lure, For baits to prove the proud man's curse, And keep the miser poor. In his palsied hand the monarch gave That knelt his throne before; Gorging the food like worms i...