The Wits and Beaux of Society, 2. kötetHarper, 1861 - 481 oldal |
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viii. oldal
... Honor . - Neighbor George's Orange - chest . Mary Lepel , Lady Hervey . - Rivalry . - Hervey's Intimacy with Lady Mary . - Relaxations of the royal Household . - Bacon's Opinion of Twickenham . - A Visit to Pope's Villa . - The little ...
... Honor . - Neighbor George's Orange - chest . Mary Lepel , Lady Hervey . - Rivalry . - Hervey's Intimacy with Lady Mary . - Relaxations of the royal Household . - Bacon's Opinion of Twickenham . - A Visit to Pope's Villa . - The little ...
15. oldal
... honor on board , that we were exceeding full . Dined in great deal of state , the royalle company by themselves in the coache , which was a blessed sight to see . This royal company consisted of Charles , the Dukes of York and ...
... honor on board , that we were exceeding full . Dined in great deal of state , the royalle company by themselves in the coache , which was a blessed sight to see . This royal company consisted of Charles , the Dukes of York and ...
31. oldal
... honor at the bar of this House , and upon the engagement of Lord Fairfax in £ 20,000 , that the said duke shall peaceably demean himself for the future , and shall not join with , or abet , or have any correspondence with , any of the ...
... honor at the bar of this House , and upon the engagement of Lord Fairfax in £ 20,000 , that the said duke shall peaceably demean himself for the future , and shall not join with , or abet , or have any correspondence with , any of the ...
57. oldal
... honor of Anne of Austria was a young lady named Anne Lucie de la Mothe Houdancourt . Louis , though not long married , showed some symptoms of admira- tion for this débutante in the wicked ways of the court . Gay , radiant in the bloom ...
... honor of Anne of Austria was a young lady named Anne Lucie de la Mothe Houdancourt . Louis , though not long married , showed some symptoms of admira- tion for this débutante in the wicked ways of the court . Gay , radiant in the bloom ...
58. oldal
... honor with his attentions those whom the king pursued . The once gay girl was thus beset with snares : on one side was the king , whose disgusting pref- erence was shown when in her presence by sighs and senti- ment ; on the other , De ...
... honor with his attentions those whom the king pursued . The once gay girl was thus beset with snares : on one side was the king , whose disgusting pref- erence was shown when in her presence by sighs and senti- ment ; on the other , De ...
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admired afterward amusing anecdote Anne of Austria Bath Beau beauty beaux brother Brummell Buckingham called character Charles Charles II charming chevalier club Congreve Countess court daughter death died dinner Dodington dress Duchess Duke Earl England English Evremond fame famous fashion father fool fortune genius gentleman George George II George Selwyn give grace Grammont Ham House heart honor Hook Horace Walpole king king's Kit-kat Lady Mary laugh letters lived London look Lord Chesterfield Lord Hervey Lord Rochester Madame manner married mind mother Nash never night once Pepys perhaps play pleasure poet political poor Pope prince Princess queen Rochester royal Selwyn sent Sheridan Sir Robert Sir Robert Walpole society soon Strawberry Hill Street Sydney Smith talk thing thought tion told took Twickenham Villiers Walpole's Whitehall wife woman wrote York House young youth
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218. oldal - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
16. oldal - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
217. oldal - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending, but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed...
91. oldal - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
25. oldal - Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
25. oldal - Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
351. oldal - All that he had ever heard, all that he had ever read, when compared with it, dwindled into nothing, and vanished like vapour before the sun;
217. oldal - 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 over-powered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
106. oldal - To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you.
330. oldal - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair; None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserve the fair.