Sketches from Life, 3. kötetHenry Colburn, 1849 |
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13. oldal
... honour of being presented to little Miss Symebody , from the country , who seems shy ; and he takes the same pains to show his pleasure in the introduction , and to tempt the timid stranger to talk , that he would have exerted in an ...
... honour of being presented to little Miss Symebody , from the country , who seems shy ; and he takes the same pains to show his pleasure in the introduction , and to tempt the timid stranger to talk , that he would have exerted in an ...
32. oldal
... honour itself , " remarks Julia ; " sensitive to a fault about the sanctity of his word . He would forfeit life in one instant , rather than fail to redeem any trifling pledge that he had given . " " Really , " cries Joseph , once a day ...
... honour itself , " remarks Julia ; " sensitive to a fault about the sanctity of his word . He would forfeit life in one instant , rather than fail to redeem any trifling pledge that he had given . " " Really , " cries Joseph , once a day ...
45. oldal
... honour . Damon could do no less for Pythias , and Pythias was obliged to do what he did for Damon . There is nothing in it as evidence of character . Neither of them , perhaps , were men of their words . Damon would have kept his friend ...
... honour . Damon could do no less for Pythias , and Pythias was obliged to do what he did for Damon . There is nothing in it as evidence of character . Neither of them , perhaps , were men of their words . Damon would have kept his friend ...
46. oldal
... honoured and happy memory of Phil . Harper , late of London , philosopher Phil . , the pliantest , and yet the stubbornest of mortals ; the surest to attract , and the stoutest to resist ; all inflexibility , all suavity ; who never ...
... honoured and happy memory of Phil . Harper , late of London , philosopher Phil . , the pliantest , and yet the stubbornest of mortals ; the surest to attract , and the stoutest to resist ; all inflexibility , all suavity ; who never ...
49. oldal
... honour threatens to horsewhip somebody , there is every prospect that the outrage will not be perpetrated , for the chances are that the threatener habitually lies ; but in a community where truth prevails always , breaches of the peace ...
... honour threatens to horsewhip somebody , there is every prospect that the outrage will not be perpetrated , for the chances are that the threatener habitually lies ; but in a community where truth prevails always , breaches of the peace ...
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334. oldal - My tables, — meet it is, I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark : [ Writing. So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word ; It is, Adieu, adieu ! remember me.
336. oldal - The spirit, that I have seen, May be a devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and, perhaps, Out of my weakness, and my melancholy, (As he is very potent with such spirits,) Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
161. oldal - He was a man, take him for all in all, We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
334. oldal - How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god ! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though, by your smiling, you seem to say so.
211. oldal - Or her, who laughs at Hell, but (like her Grace) Cries, 'Ah! how charming, if there's no such place!
156. oldal - What more felicity can fall to creature Than to enjoy delight with liberty, And to be lord of all the works of nature! To...
336. oldal - A murderer and a villain ; A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe Of your precedent lord ; a vice of kings ; A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, That from a shelf the precious diadem stole, And put it in his pocket ! Queen. No more ! Ham. A king of shreds and patches, — Enter Ghost.
354. oldal - Ham. Do you see yonder cloud, that's almost in shape of a camel? Pol. By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Ham. Methinks, it is like a weasel. Put. It is backed like a weasel. Ham. Or, like a whale ? Pol. Very like a whale.
59. oldal - So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyulies, and the Grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top; and they all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.
332. oldal - Thrift, thrift, Horatio; the funeral baked meats Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.