The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volumen6E. Littell, 1825 |
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... letter from Edinburgh , addressed to Robert Brianton of Ballyma- hon , he closes a sarcastic description of the country and its inhabi- tants , with the good - humoured candour which made so distinguish- ed a part of his character ...
... letter from Edinburgh , addressed to Robert Brianton of Ballyma- hon , he closes a sarcastic description of the country and its inhabi- tants , with the good - humoured candour which made so distinguish- ed a part of his character ...
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... letter to a friend , that he was too poor to be gazed at , but too rich to need assistance ; * and to boast in another , † of the refined conversation which he was sometimes admitted to partake in . He now circulated proposals for ...
... letter to a friend , that he was too poor to be gazed at , but too rich to need assistance ; * and to boast in another , † of the refined conversation which he was sometimes admitted to partake in . He now circulated proposals for ...
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... letter , marking down the passages referred to on a sheet of paper , with remarks . He then rode or walked out with a friend or two , whom he constantly had with him ; returned to dinner , spent the day generally convivially , without ...
... letter , marking down the passages referred to on a sheet of paper , with remarks . He then rode or walked out with a friend or two , whom he constantly had with him ; returned to dinner , spent the day generally convivially , without ...
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... letter to Langton , " I had no thought for or against liberty in my head ; my whole aim being to make up a book of a decent size , and which , as Squire Richard says , would do no harm to nobody . " His celebrated play of She Stoops to ...
... letter to Langton , " I had no thought for or against liberty in my head ; my whole aim being to make up a book of a decent size , and which , as Squire Richard says , would do no harm to nobody . " His celebrated play of She Stoops to ...
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... letter to the Directory . In 1797 , he was with the army of Italy , and partook of the glory of the passage of the Tagliamento . Soon after this he took Palma- Nova , Gradisca , & c . At the epoch which preceded the 18th of Fructidor ...
... letter to the Directory . In 1797 , he was with the army of Italy , and partook of the glory of the passage of the Tagliamento . Soon after this he took Palma- Nova , Gradisca , & c . At the epoch which preceded the 18th of Fructidor ...
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Página 7 - The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade For talking age and whispering lovers made! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from...
Página 171 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting...
Página 93 - FRIEND after friend departs; Who hath not lost a friend * There is no union here of hearts. That finds not here an end! Were this frail world our final rest, Living, or dying, none were blest.
Página 5 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was...
Página 102 - Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal of retreat...
Página 3 - I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late ; I was browbeat by the master, hated for my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys...
Página 295 - He always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy, which fashion had then made almost natural ; chapeau bras between his 'hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm ; knees bent, and feet on tip-toe, as if afraid of a wet floor.
Página 2 - tis certain, handsome women here ; and 'tis as certain, they have handsome men to keep them company. An ugly and a poor man is society only for himself ; and such society the world lets me enjoy in great abundance. Fortune has given you circumstances, and Nature a person to look charming in the eyes of the fair. Nor do I envy, my dear Bob, such blessings, while I may sit down and laugh at the world, and at myself — the most ridiculous object in it.
Página 395 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Página 171 - Of men than beasts ; but oh ! the exceeding grace Of highest God ! that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace. That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.