Tales and Novels, 1-2. kötetHarper & brothers, 1835 |
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Albert alderman appeared Archibald Mackenzie Arthur's Seat asked Augustus aunt better blunder brogue called Campbell's Carat Castle Rackrent Charles coachman Count Laniska cried dancing-master dear door English Englishman exclaimed eyes father favour Flora Forester Forester's geranium give guineas hand hear heard heart Henry Campbell hero Hibernian Holloway honour hope horse hostler Howard instant Ireland Irish bull Irishman Jason jaunting car John Bull Judy kilt king knew Lady Catherine Lady Rackrent laugh learned little Oliver looked Lord Rawson master mean mind morning mulatto mulatto woman never night O'Mooney observed opinion Pasgrave person Phelim poor recollect replied Russell Sawney says Scotch reels semichorus Sir Condy Sir John Sir Murtagh Sir Philip soon speak Supine sure talk tell Thady thing thought tion told took vase Westminster school wish word write young gentleman
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169. oldal - And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
166. oldal - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
20. oldal - ... it was all over with poor Sir Patrick Never did any gentleman live and die more beloved in the country by rich and poor. His funeral was such a one as was never known before or since in the county ! All the gentlemen in the three counties were at it ; far and near, how they flocked ! my...
169. oldal - Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...
142. oldal - ... matter concerning the stopping of Sandwich haven. Among others came in before him an old man with a white head, and one that was thought to be little less than a hundred years old.
102. oldal - If the same Socrates waking and sleeping do not partake of the same consciousness, Socrates waking and sleeping is not the same person; and to punish Socrates waking for what sleeping Socrates thought, and waking Socrates was never conscious of, would be no more of right than to punish one twin for what his brother-twin did, whereof he knew nothing, because their outsides were so like that they could not be distinguished; for such twins have been seen.
22. oldal - English tenants of them, every soul, he was always driving and driving, and pounding and pounding, and canting and canting, and replevying and replevying, and he made a good living of trespassing cattle ; there was always some tenant's pig, or horse, or cow, or calf, or goose, trespassing, which was so great a gain to sir Murtagh, that he did not like to hear me talk of repairing fences.
166. oldal - The ancient critics, therefore, who were acted by a spirit of candour rather than that of cavilling, invented certain figures of speech, on purpose to palliate little errors of this nature in the writings of those authors who had so many greater beauties to atone for them. If clearness and perspicuity were only to be consulted, the poet would have nothing else to do but to clothe his thoughts in the most plain and natural expressions.
22. oldal - Why, he could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil and trouble; but Sir Murtagh took me up short with his old proverb, 'learning is better than house or land.
22. oldal - ... and replevying and replevying, and he made a good living of trespassing cattle; there was always some tenant's pig, or horse, or cow, or calf, or goose trespassing, which was so great a gain to Sir Murtagh that he did not like to hear me talk of repairing fences. Then his...