Husband hunting; or, The mother and daughters [by S-l J-n].G.B. Whittaker, Ave Maria Lane, 1825 |
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Page 52 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Page 78 - Nothing exceeds in ridicule, no doubt, A fool in fashion, but a fool that's out, His passion for absurdity's so strong, He cannot bear a rival in the wrong ; Though wrong the mode, comply ; more sense is shown In wearing others
Page 90 - In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.
Page 90 - ... the gloss of art Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play. The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined.
Page 24 - You see these characters with indignation : I contemplate them with pity. I have a fellow-feeling for poor Sheva : he is as much in poverty as I am, only it is poverty of another species : He wants what he has, I have nothing, and want every thing. Misers are not unuseful members of the community ; they act like dams to rivers, hold up the stream that else would run to waste, and make deep water where there would be shallows.
Page 44 - Some lords it bids resign; and turn their wands, Like MOSES', into serpents in their hands. These sink, as divers, for renown ; and boast, With pride inverted, of their honours lost. But against reason sure 'tis equal sin, To boast of merely being out or in. What numbers here, through odd ambition strive, To seem the most transported things alive ! As if by joy, desert was understood; And all the fortunate were wise and good.
Page 138 - They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful, and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims; soon offended by contradiction or negligence; and impatient of any association, but with those that will watch their nod, and submit themselves to unlimited authority. Such is the effect of having lived without the necessity of consulting...
Page 7 - What, tears ? ah, I suppose you have seen hard days with that fool of a husband." The blood mounted into Mrs. Vaughan's cheek. "Fool! sir." "Well, well, say no more about it," he murmured, as he started away and paced the room. " Why, in the name of common sense, did you not tell me your situation long ago ? I inquired for you when the first burst of that silly quarrel was over: but you were not to be heard of. So you had rather bury yourself in some obscure corner of the earth, where you might as...
Page iii - IT grows late, your honour," said old Peter, the white-headed valet de chambre of the master of Halston-Hall, as he advanced to the bed-side. No answer was returned, but a low murmur evidently meant to express reluctance to be disturbed. To this Peter was accustomed...