The Clubs of London: With Anecdotes of Their Members, Sketches of Character, and Conversations, Volumen1H. Colburn, 1828 |
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... body has remarked , that profess- ed literary men are not pleasant or instructive com- panions when they meet together . A little sprinkling of them infuses an agreeable variety in a party , but , like some families , they should never ...
... body has remarked , that profess- ed literary men are not pleasant or instructive com- panions when they meet together . A little sprinkling of them infuses an agreeable variety in a party , but , like some families , they should never ...
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... body , who preserved as dead and dread a silence as the urchins at a parish school do on a Sa- turday , when the pedagogue orders half a score of them to be horsed for neglecting their catechism , which they have to repeat to the parson ...
... body , who preserved as dead and dread a silence as the urchins at a parish school do on a Sa- turday , when the pedagogue orders half a score of them to be horsed for neglecting their catechism , which they have to repeat to the parson ...
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... body shook with an universal tremor ; but no tear flowed to his relief . At length , be coming calm by degrees , he turned towards the East , where the sun was just rising , and said : " Behold ! young man , the beauty of that sky which ...
... body shook with an universal tremor ; but no tear flowed to his relief . At length , be coming calm by degrees , he turned towards the East , where the sun was just rising , and said : " Behold ! young man , the beauty of that sky which ...
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... body ; but this partiality was not so much the consequence of their high rank as of their great good- nature and affability , their convivial habits , and their uniformly genteel deportment . They shared largely , likewise , in the ...
... body ; but this partiality was not so much the consequence of their high rank as of their great good- nature and affability , their convivial habits , and their uniformly genteel deportment . They shared largely , likewise , in the ...
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... body , piqued for the honour of the corps , whom he considered to be insult- ed by such an observation , said , " I don't understand what your Royal Highness means by likening an emp- ty bottle to a marine . " The Duke immediately repli ...
... body , piqued for the honour of the corps , whom he considered to be insult- ed by such an observation , said , " I don't understand what your Royal Highness means by likening an emp- ty bottle to a marine . " The Duke immediately repli ...
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Página 50 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 54 - And Paul said; I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Página 50 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 50 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have...
Página 136 - So, this is the way they have rewarded you at last ; they have given you a little bit of red ribbon for your services, Sir Philip, have they ? A pretty bit of red ribbon to hang about your neck ; and that satisfies you, does it ? Now, I wonder what I shall have. What do you think they will give me, Sir Philip...
Página 97 - Broojtes's, and having stated the particulars, begged his assistance to get out of the scrape, " which," said he, "may end in bloodshed. — I acknowledge," he continued, " that I was the first aggressor ; but it was too bad to threaten to pull my nose. What had I better do?" "Soap it well," replied George, "and then it will easily slip through his fingers." George, however, accommodated the affair to the satisfaction of all parties, by explaining to the stranger, that his brother had resided so...
Página 53 - ... distress thy days ; may no grief disturb thy nights. May the pillow of peace kiss thy cheek, and the pleasures of imagination attend thy dreams ; and when length of years makes thee tired of...
Página 42 - ... by immediate direction) presume even to mention privileges and freedom who till of late received directions from the throne with implicit humility ; when this is considered, I cannot help fancying that the genius of freedom has entered that kingdom in disguise. If they have but three weak monarchs more successively on the throne, the mask will be laid aside, and the country will certainly once more be free.