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... never yet encountered a miniature . Nero , or Caligula ; and that I hope shortly to be able to show , that I can " keep my head above water " in more senses than one . But in my present undertaking , there is one gulph in which I fear ...
... never yet encountered a miniature . Nero , or Caligula ; and that I hope shortly to be able to show , that I can " keep my head above water " in more senses than one . But in my present undertaking , there is one gulph in which I fear ...
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... who attempts a closer examination - surely , I say , I may venture forth , in a moderate size and a humble dress , pledging myself , if I meet with a discouraging reception from the public , never again to intrude myself INTRODUCTION .
... who attempts a closer examination - surely , I say , I may venture forth , in a moderate size and a humble dress , pledging myself , if I meet with a discouraging reception from the public , never again to intrude myself INTRODUCTION .
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Eton miscellany William Ewart Gladstone. reception from the public , never again to intrude myself on their attention . I will retire to my humble cell - I will indulge my visionary fancies in privacy alone - and show at least that I ...
Eton miscellany William Ewart Gladstone. reception from the public , never again to intrude myself on their attention . I will retire to my humble cell - I will indulge my visionary fancies in privacy alone - and show at least that I ...
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... in affirming there is nothing in a name , I , Bartholomew Bouverie , who , thank heaven , was never yet ashamed of any one of the seven liquid syllables that set me together , throw you the gage 22 [ NO . I. THE ETON MISCELLANY .
... in affirming there is nothing in a name , I , Bartholomew Bouverie , who , thank heaven , was never yet ashamed of any one of the seven liquid syllables that set me together , throw you the gage 22 [ NO . I. THE ETON MISCELLANY .
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... never seen the inside of Bedlam , that such a man as Napoleon Buonaparte won the fields of Austerlitz and Marengo ? not , assuredly , by his sharp sword , or his sharper wit - these would be . the conjectures of weak minds - but by his ...
... never seen the inside of Bedlam , that such a man as Napoleon Buonaparte won the fields of Austerlitz and Marengo ? not , assuredly , by his sharp sword , or his sharper wit - these would be . the conjectures of weak minds - but by his ...
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Page 64 - tis most certain, Iras. Saucy lictors Will catch at us, like strumpets ; and scald rhymers Ballad us out o' tune : the quick comedians Extemporally will stage us, and present Our Alexandrian revels : Antony Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I
Page 189 - Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny ; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 43 - It may be observed, that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When he found himself near the end of his work, and in view of his reward, he shortened the labour to snatch the profit. He therefore remits his efforts where he should most vigorously exert them, and his catastrophe is improbably produced or imperfectly represented...
Page 146 - For Witherington needs must I wail As one in doleful dumps ; For when his legs were smitten off, He fought upon his stumps.
Page 189 - And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. And thus it chanced, as I divine, With Roland and Sir Leoline. Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother: They parted - ne'er to meet again!
Page 126 - t be possible — of blood : Beg Heaven to cleanse the leprosy of lust That rots thy soul ; acknowledge what thou art, A wretch, a worm, a nothing ; weep, sigh, pray Three times a day, and three times every night ; For seven days...
Page 125 - No, father; in your eyes I see the change Of pity and compassion; from your age, As from a sacred oracle, distils The life of counsel: tell me, holy man, What cure shall give me ease in these extremes ? Friar.
Page 188 - But yester-night I prayed aloud In anguish and in agony, Up-starting from the fiendish crowd Of shapes and thoughts that tortured me: A lurid light, a trampling throng, Sense of intolerable wrong, And whom I scorned, those only strong!
Page 104 - Every quarter of the city was illuminated ; the great temple shone with such peculiar splendour, that the Spaniards could plainly see the people in motion, and the priests busy in hastening the preparations for the death of the prisoners.
Page 157 - tis but a sound ; a name of air ; A minute's storm ; or not so much : to tumble From bed to bed, be massacred alive By some physicians for a month or two, In hope of freedom from a fever's torments, Might stagger manhood ; here, the pain is past 1 [Half a page omitted.] * [Two lines omitted.] Ere sensibly 'tis felt.