The Roué, Volume 1J. and J. Harper, 1828 |
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... ceremony for these bursts of genuine feelings . We are taught to repress our generosity , to steel our hearts against the influence of beauty , and to admit friendship and love only where they are compatible with our interest . Interest ...
... ceremony for these bursts of genuine feelings . We are taught to repress our generosity , to steel our hearts against the influence of beauty , and to admit friendship and love only where they are compatible with our interest . Interest ...
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... as they become more capable of bestowing and of receiving enjoyment from their natural feelings , that these feelings should , like their flowing tresses . be subjected to the curling - irons of ceremony ! INTRODUCTION .
... as they become more capable of bestowing and of receiving enjoyment from their natural feelings , that these feelings should , like their flowing tresses . be subjected to the curling - irons of ceremony ! INTRODUCTION .
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Samuel Beazley. be subjected to the curling - irons of ceremony ! What a pity that love should be taught to be considered as a crime ; that enthusiasm should be proscribed as folly ; and that conven- tional ceremony , and les choses ...
Samuel Beazley. be subjected to the curling - irons of ceremony ! What a pity that love should be taught to be considered as a crime ; that enthusiasm should be proscribed as folly ; and that conven- tional ceremony , and les choses ...
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... ceremony of dress- ing out her sister , and of her father's methodical movements , which to the imagination of poor Agnes , seemed to proceed in doubly slow time this evening , they arrived at the theatre just as the curtain was rising ...
... ceremony of dress- ing out her sister , and of her father's methodical movements , which to the imagination of poor Agnes , seemed to proceed in doubly slow time this evening , they arrived at the theatre just as the curtain was rising ...
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... ceremony which characterized Mr. Fleming , was not adapted to the education and guidance of such a heart and mind as those of Agnes were , in their germs , and promised to be in their ma- turity . She determined , therefore , to ...
... ceremony which characterized Mr. Fleming , was not adapted to the education and guidance of such a heart and mind as those of Agnes were , in their germs , and promised to be in their ma- turity . She determined , therefore , to ...
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Page 199 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence ; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart ; Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange ; Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Page 238 - And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Page 55 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Page 88 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 74 - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will cling 'round it still.
Page 160 - Only, this one : — lord Angelo is precise ; Stands at a guard ' with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.
Page 88 - Her serious sayings darken'd to sublimity ; In short, in all things she was fairly what I call A prodigy — her morning dress was dimity, Her evening silk, or, in the summer, muslin, And other stuffs, with which I won't stay puzzling. XIII. She knew the Latin— that is,
Page 10 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 245 - I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please...
Page 227 - ... on this head have almost been given up, and the subject generally thought to be a matter of too high and too delicate a nature to admit of any true or intelligible discussion.