Anecdotes and Reminiscences of Illustrious Men and Women of Modern TimesReeves and Turner, 1872 - 357 páginas |
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... speak to you . Painting , in point of resemblance , can go no further . — Maloniana . 9 . THE origin of venison being sold by fishmongers was this : -Many noblemen , having more bucks than they had occasion for , wished to dispose of ...
... speak to you . Painting , in point of resemblance , can go no further . — Maloniana . 9 . THE origin of venison being sold by fishmongers was this : -Many noblemen , having more bucks than they had occasion for , wished to dispose of ...
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... speaking of Crom- well , says " The first time that ever I took notice of him was in the very beginning of the Par- liament held in November 1640 , when I vainly thought myself a courtly young gentleman , for we courtiers valued ...
... speaking of Crom- well , says " The first time that ever I took notice of him was in the very beginning of the Par- liament held in November 1640 , when I vainly thought myself a courtly young gentleman , for we courtiers valued ...
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... speak , the little they do say is more just than on any other theme , except that of impressing on the minds of parents the benefits of giving their daughters a taste for literature ; yet if we were to trust their tasteless criticisms ...
... speak , the little they do say is more just than on any other theme , except that of impressing on the minds of parents the benefits of giving their daughters a taste for literature ; yet if we were to trust their tasteless criticisms ...
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... speaking of the system of fees to servants , so common in his day , " a Lord Poor [ De la Poer ] , a Roman Catholic peer of Ireland , who lived upon a small pension which Queen Anne had granted him . He was a man of honour , and well ...
... speaking of the system of fees to servants , so common in his day , " a Lord Poor [ De la Poer ] , a Roman Catholic peer of Ireland , who lived upon a small pension which Queen Anne had granted him . He was a man of honour , and well ...
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... speaking English , " If you do give , give it to me ; for it was I that did buy the dinner . " A 45 . PIOUS lady had sent up her petition and made her offerings to St Rabboni , supplicat- ing the conversion of her husband . A few days ...
... speaking English , " If you do give , give it to me ; for it was I that did buy the dinner . " A 45 . PIOUS lady had sent up her petition and made her offerings to St Rabboni , supplicat- ing the conversion of her husband . A few days ...
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Página 290 - We were all, at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, ' It will do — it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them.
Página 3 - Does he not feel that it is as honorable to owe it to these, as to being the accident of an accident ? — To all these noble lords, the language of the noble duke is as applicable and as insulting as it is to myself. But I don't fear to meet it single and alone.
Página 3 - No one venerates the peerage more than I do ; but, my lords, I must say that the peerage solicited me, — not I the peerage.
Página 22 - The proverbs of several nations were much studied by Bishop Andrews, and the reason he gave was, because by them he knew the minds of several nations, which is a brave thing ; as we count him a wise man that knows the minds and insides of men, which is done by knowing what is habitual to them.
Página 289 - He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift, the Doctor did not much like the project. As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing. When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve ; who, after reading it over, said, it would either take greatly, or be damned confoundedly.
Página 168 - I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but, as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 281 - DEAR Sir Walter Scott and myself were exact, but harmonious, opposites in this : — that every old ruin, hill, river, or tree called up in his mind a host of historical or biographical associations, — just as a bright pan of brass, when beaten, is said to attract the swarming bees ; — whereas, for myself, notwithstanding Dr.
Página 205 - Let us sing to the praise and glory of God a hymn of my own composing.
Página 45 - In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much; With equal advantage the French are content: So we'll clap on Dutch bottoms a twenty per cent. Twenty per cent, Twenty per cent, Nous frapperons Falck with twenty per cent.
Página 168 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.