Blue-stocking hall [by W.P. Scargill].

Portada

Dentro del libro

Páginas seleccionadas

Otras ediciones - Ver todas

Términos y frases comunes

Pasajes populares

Página 297 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Página 21 - Hooker not considering that the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light...
Página 135 - My dear departed Douglas possessed the most brilliant talents. Imagine these rising majestically from a solid plinth of boldest structure in religion and morals, while Fancy in her most tasteful mood had wreathed the light acanthus round his brow, and you may form some idea of the man who, in our youthful days, was always called the ' Corinthian pillar' of that little band in whose society he passed his hours of recreation. He was at once the most profound reasoner, the acutest critic, the soundest...
Página 39 - And years of keenest suffering dried the stream That lent her youthful eye its liquid beam. A mild composure to its glance succeeds ; Her gayest look still...
Página 200 - These volumes abound with passages not surpassed for their beauty in our literature. Delicacy and sweetness are mingled with impressive eloquence and energetic truth. The magic of the style simply consists in the emotions of the writer. He is a thinker who makes others think ; and these volumes will be reperused at intervals with the delight of novelty.
Página 107 - I keep my novels, reviews, and magazines ; for you know, that ' all work and no play would make Jack a dull boy...
Página 150 - 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...
Página 199 - Sir Walter Scott must learn to bear a rival near the throne. His contemporaries are already beginning to pay a divided allegiance. They think, and apparently with justice, that Horace Smith is second, and only second, to the once sole monarch."— Monthly Magazine.
Página 10 - ... and manners, as Noah did in the Ark. If this be the case, I shall soon find out all about the matter, and my visit here may be a blessing, as I shall take the very first opportunity that offers of opening aunty's eyes to the impolicy of her conduct, by assuring her that men of the present day dread a blue more than a scorpion...
Página 107 - ... marry, go to Newbury: and from thence break out by degrees, as the matter should be taken. My lady screamed, resisted, and did all that woman could do to get free: and more than once, people who heard her cry out for help were put on a wrong scent : and had we not met with your honour (who would see with your own eyes, and hear with your own ears...

Información bibliográfica