The New Monthly Magazine, Volumen106Chapman and Hall (Adams and Francis; E.W. Allen), 1856 |
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... respect of Butler's constitution and character . From all that we can gather of his temperament and personal habits , he was by no means the man to push his way onwards and up- wards ; reckless of , and robustly breasting , the hustling ...
... respect of Butler's constitution and character . From all that we can gather of his temperament and personal habits , he was by no means the man to push his way onwards and up- wards ; reckless of , and robustly breasting , the hustling ...
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... respect of their prac- tical value ) of your powers , which as yet have not been cared for . Here is a large , ugly , not over - clean , ill - lighted , cold room , lying outside a gloomy , overgrown manufacturing town . It is crowded ...
... respect of their prac- tical value ) of your powers , which as yet have not been cared for . Here is a large , ugly , not over - clean , ill - lighted , cold room , lying outside a gloomy , overgrown manufacturing town . It is crowded ...
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... respect which should be entertained by the latter for the former . We doubt very much the wisdom of the nobleman playing at cricket with his labourers . We doubt any gratification to the labourers , and we are sure that , constituted as ...
... respect which should be entertained by the latter for the former . We doubt very much the wisdom of the nobleman playing at cricket with his labourers . We doubt any gratification to the labourers , and we are sure that , constituted as ...
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... respecting it , unanimously testify to the great abundance of fish , of all descriptions , which may with ease be captured on the western shores of Ireland , and particularly off the coast of Mayo and Galway . To enu- merate the ...
... respecting it , unanimously testify to the great abundance of fish , of all descriptions , which may with ease be captured on the western shores of Ireland , and particularly off the coast of Mayo and Galway . To enu- merate the ...
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... respecting the quantities of cod and ling , which fishery may be continued during ten months of the year , being ... respect to the quantity of ling , that he has often known one canoe to bring in three or four tons of this fish in ...
... respecting the quantities of cod and ling , which fishery may be continued during ten months of the year , being ... respect to the quantity of ling , that he has often known one canoe to bring in three or four tons of this fish in ...
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Página 75 - As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteemst the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i
Página 192 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Página 248 - As I was walking with him last night, he asked me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned ? and without staying for my answer told me. that he was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon.
Página 247 - It is said, he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him. Before this disappointment, Sir Roger was what you call a fine gentleman, had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etherege, fought a duel upon his first coming to town, and kicked Bully Dawson in a public coffee-house for calling him youngster.
Página 247 - The first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley". His great-grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance" which is called after him. All who know ' that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world only as he thinks the world is in the...
Página 247 - ... youngster. But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse, which, in his merry humours, he tells us has been in and out twelve times since he first wore it.
Página 249 - ... behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a lawsuit in the parish since he has lived among them; if any dispute arises, they apply themselves to him for the decision; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me. At his first settling with me...
Página 248 - I am the more at ease in Sir ROGER'S family, because it consists of sober and staid persons; for as the knight is the best master in the world, he seldom changes his servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his servants never care for leaving him. By this means his domestics are all in years, and grown old with their master. You would take his valet...
Página 366 - Shalum, just finished for the next day's Spectator, in his hand. Such a mark of national respect was due to the unsullied statesman, to the accomplished scholar, to the master of pure English eloquence, to the consummate painter of life and manners. It was due, above all, to the great satirist, who alone knew how to use ridicule without abusing it, who, without inflicting a wound, effected a great social reform, and who reconciled wit and virtue, after a long and disastrous separation, during which...
Página 32 - For loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon.