Literature in Letters; Or, Manners, Art, Criticism, Biography, History, and Morals, Illustrated in the Correspondence of Eminent PersonsD. Appleton, 1866 - 520 Seiten |
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... tell you how often you were asked after , how many questions were put to me without waiting for answers , how often I neglected to answer , how little they cared , and how much less I did , you would see the iniqua corte ( wicked Court ) ...
... tell you how often you were asked after , how many questions were put to me without waiting for answers , how often I neglected to answer , how little they cared , and how much less I did , you would see the iniqua corte ( wicked Court ) ...
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... tell me walk pensively by , without a shilling , I mean a good one , in their pockets to buy . One thing there is , indeed , that comes in my way as a governor to hear of , which carries a little mirth with it , and indeed is very odd ...
... tell me walk pensively by , without a shilling , I mean a good one , in their pockets to buy . One thing there is , indeed , that comes in my way as a governor to hear of , which carries a little mirth with it , and indeed is very odd ...
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... tell it you ; guess what it is . I give you three times to do it in . What , not a word to throw at a dog ? Well , then , I find I must tell you . Monsieur de Lauzun † is to be married next Sunday at the Louvre , to - , pray guess to ...
... tell it you ; guess what it is . I give you three times to do it in . What , not a word to throw at a dog ? Well , then , I find I must tell you . Monsieur de Lauzun † is to be married next Sunday at the Louvre , to - , pray guess to ...
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... tell you at last . He is to be married next Sunday , at the Louvre , with the King's leave , to Mademoiselle , Mademoiselle de , Mademoiselle - guess , pray guess her name ; he is to be married to Mademoiselle , the great Mad- emoiselle ...
... tell you at last . He is to be married next Sunday , at the Louvre , with the King's leave , to Mademoiselle , Mademoiselle de , Mademoiselle - guess , pray guess her name ; he is to be married to Mademoiselle , the great Mad- emoiselle ...
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... tell you ; for it was so obvious to those that said it , that it cannot be less so to those that deserve it . Amoretto went upon Lansdowne to evaporate his grief for the loss of his Parthenissa ( Mrs. Blount ) , in memory of whom ( and ...
... tell you ; for it was so obvious to those that said it , that it cannot be less so to those that deserve it . Amoretto went upon Lansdowne to evaporate his grief for the loss of his Parthenissa ( Mrs. Blount ) , in memory of whom ( and ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 398 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Seite 398 - Dictionary is recommended to the public were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When upon some slight encouragement I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le...
Seite 354 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Seite 399 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble Most obedient servant, Sam Johnson.
Seite 298 - ... of mine enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me ; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain, of a disloyal heart towards your good grace ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter. Try me, good king...
Seite 397 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by...
Seite 224 - I do not remember to have gone ten paces without an exclamation, that there was no restraining. Not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion and poetry.
Seite 297 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command.
Seite 399 - ... should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any...
Seite 77 - Mr. Grenville squeezed me by the hand again, kissed the ladies, and withdrew. He kissed likewise the maid in the kitchen, and seemed upon the whole a most loving, kissing, kindhearted gentleman. He is very young, genteel, and handsome. He has a pair of very good eyes in his head, which not being sufficient as it should seem for the many nice and difficult purposes of a senator, he has a third also, which he wore suspended by a riband from his buttonhole.