The Wits and Beaux of Society, 2. kötetHarper, 1861 - 481 oldal |
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14. oldal
... thought himself possessed of that bore it . " Next , orders come for " my lord " to sail forthwith to the king ; and the painters and tailors set to work , Pepys super- intending , " cutting out some pieces of yellow cloth in the fash ...
... thought himself possessed of that bore it . " Next , orders come for " my lord " to sail forthwith to the king ; and the painters and tailors set to work , Pepys super- intending , " cutting out some pieces of yellow cloth in the fash ...
16. oldal
... thought Pepys ) , and a pair of country shoes that made his feet sore ; and how , at one place , he was made to drink by the servants , to show he was not a Round- head ; and how , at another place - and Charles , the best teller of a ...
... thought Pepys ) , and a pair of country shoes that made his feet sore ; and how , at one place , he was made to drink by the servants , to show he was not a Round- head ; and how , at another place - and Charles , the best teller of a ...
18. oldal
... thought himself much more so than he really was ; although he had a great deal of discernment , yet his vanities made him mistake some civilities as intended for his person which were only bestowed on his wit and drollery . " But this ...
... thought himself much more so than he really was ; although he had a great deal of discernment , yet his vanities made him mistake some civilities as intended for his person which were only bestowed on his wit and drollery . " But this ...
27. oldal
... thought it best forthwith to set off for the Downs . fore he departed he wrote , however , to Mistress Ireton , on the plea that she might wish to know to what tribe of Jews he belonged . So he sent her a note written with all his ...
... thought it best forthwith to set off for the Downs . fore he departed he wrote , however , to Mistress Ireton , on the plea that she might wish to know to what tribe of Jews he belonged . So he sent her a note written with all his ...
29. oldal
... thought of the absent . The intelligence which he had soon to communicate was all- important . York House was to be occupied again ; and Crom- well and his coadjutors had bestowed it on Fairfax . The blow was perhaps softened by the ...
... thought of the absent . The intelligence which he had soon to communicate was all- important . York House was to be occupied again ; and Crom- well and his coadjutors had bestowed it on Fairfax . The blow was perhaps softened by the ...
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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.