The Wits and Beaus of Society, Volume 2Worthington Company, 1890 - Great Britain |
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... soon resigned that post to be Usher of the Ex- chequer . And as soon , ' he writes , ' as I became of age I took possession of two other little patent places in the Exchequer , called Comptroller of the Pipe , and Clerk of the Estreats ...
... soon resigned that post to be Usher of the Ex- chequer . And as soon , ' he writes , ' as I became of age I took possession of two other little patent places in the Exchequer , called Comptroller of the Pipe , and Clerk of the Estreats ...
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... soon after that the ' Pomfrets ' are coming back . Horace had known them in Italy . The Earl and Countess and their daughters were just then the very pink of fashion ; and even the leaders of all that was exclusive in the court . Half ...
... soon after that the ' Pomfrets ' are coming back . Horace had known them in Italy . The Earl and Countess and their daughters were just then the very pink of fashion ; and even the leaders of all that was exclusive in the court . Half ...
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... soon per- ceived , by the attentions of each man to the woman he did not dance with , and the emulation of either lady ; it was an admir- able scene . ' All , however , was not country dancing : the young man , ' too old and too young ...
... soon per- ceived , by the attentions of each man to the woman he did not dance with , and the emulation of either lady ; it was an admir- able scene . ' All , however , was not country dancing : the young man , ' too old and too young ...
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... soon noised about . His religious tenets may or may not have been sound ; but at all events the tone of his mind assumed at this time a very different character to that reverent strain in which , when a youth at college , he had ...
... soon noised about . His religious tenets may or may not have been sound ; but at all events the tone of his mind assumed at this time a very different character to that reverent strain in which , when a youth at college , he had ...
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... soon as the pressure of party feeling was withdrawn . He was fast declining in health when the insurrection of 1745 was impend- ing . He had warned the country of its danger in his last speech , one of the finest ever made in the House ...
... soon as the pressure of party feeling was withdrawn . He was fast declining in health when the insurrection of 1745 was impend- ing . He had warned the country of its danger in his last speech , one of the finest ever made in the House ...
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Page 64 - The next time Mr. Selwyn calls, show him up. If I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him ; and if I am dead, he will be glad to see me.
Page 3 - I can't say I am sorry I was never quite a schoolboy : an expedition against bargemen, or a match at cricket, may be very pretty things to recollect ; but thank my stars, I can remember things that are very near as pretty.
Page 233 - Sir, it is not a talent; it is a vice; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is a farce which exhibits individuals.
Page 89 - I allowed him all his own merit." He now added, "Sheridan cannot bear me. I bring his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his narrow exertions? Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to show light at Calais.
Page 224 - it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.
Page 7 - Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings with mottoes ; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle and agreeable. — Alexander, at the head of the world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes, and policies engage their thoughts ; and, at the same time that they are laying the foundation for their middle age of life, the mimic republic they live in furnishes...
Page 100 - ... and if they were reserved for the proper stage, they would, no doubt, receive what the Honourable Gentleman's abilities always did receive, the plaudits of the audience ; and it would be his. fortune 'sui plausu gaudere theatri.' But this was not the proper scene for the exhibition of those elegancies.
Page 7 - No old maid's gown, though it had been tormented into all the fashions from King James to King George, ever underwent so many transformations as those poor plains have in my idea. At first I was contented with tending a visionary flock, and sighing some pastoral name to the echo of the cascade under the bridge.
Page 117 - If the thought (he would say) is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and, when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.