The Parlour Portfolio, Or, Post-chaise Companion: Being a Selection of the Most Amusing and Interesting Articles and Anecdotes that Have Appeared in the Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Daily and Periodical Journals, from the Year 1700, to the Present Time, Volume 2Matthew Iley, and sold, 1820 - Anecdotes |
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... King Henry VII . , of little value , called a dandy pratt ; and hence Bishop Fleetwood observes , the term is applied to worthless and contemptible persons . On Tuesday , at Paignton fair , near Torbay , a plum - pudding , of an ...
... King Henry VII . , of little value , called a dandy pratt ; and hence Bishop Fleetwood observes , the term is applied to worthless and contemptible persons . On Tuesday , at Paignton fair , near Torbay , a plum - pudding , of an ...
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... King of Saxony had made a present to the Duke of Wellington . On the plates , nine do- zen in number , are painted the victories and triumphant processions of his Grace , as well as beautiful Saxon , Spanish , and other scenery ; the ...
... King of Saxony had made a present to the Duke of Wellington . On the plates , nine do- zen in number , are painted the victories and triumphant processions of his Grace , as well as beautiful Saxon , Spanish , and other scenery ; the ...
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... King without red stockings . This is an indispensable formality for all other persons who are presented to his Majesty . I personally deli- vered the letter I had for the King , a distinction usually granted to ambassadors only . His ...
... King without red stockings . This is an indispensable formality for all other persons who are presented to his Majesty . I personally deli- vered the letter I had for the King , a distinction usually granted to ambassadors only . His ...
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... King held a long conversation with me respecting the Congress of Aix - la Chapelle , and the journies of his Majesty the Emperor . On terminating the audience , he said he expected me and all my suite at the Nuvruz , ( New Year . ) We ...
... King held a long conversation with me respecting the Congress of Aix - la Chapelle , and the journies of his Majesty the Emperor . On terminating the audience , he said he expected me and all my suite at the Nuvruz , ( New Year . ) We ...
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... King and Queen , and for this purpose a palm was chosen , that tree in heraldry being ever considered as the peculiar and appropriate symbol of these virtues - a point on which , should any doubt occur , it will be com- pletely done ...
... King and Queen , and for this purpose a palm was chosen , that tree in heraldry being ever considered as the peculiar and appropriate symbol of these virtues - a point on which , should any doubt occur , it will be com- pletely done ...
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Page 132 - And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now. And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart...
Page 132 - Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Page 350 - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his...
Page 359 - O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !' This was followed by a general laugh.
Page 266 - The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence, Set with their Sun, but still have left behind The enduring produce of immortal Mind ; Fruits of a genial morn, and glorious noon, A deathless part of him who died too soon.
Page 133 - Here is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath : But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue that haunts it to the tomb, Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away, Spark of that flame perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth.
Page 51 - Is it a fiend that to a stake Of fire his desperate self is tethering ? Or stubborn spirit doomed to yell In solitary ward or cell, Ten thousand miles from all his brethren.
Page 265 - WHEN the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away, Who hath not felt the softness of the hour Sink on the heart, as dew along the flower? With a pure feeling which absorbs and awes While nature makes that melancholy pause, Her breathing moment on the bridge where Time Of light and darkness forms an arch sublime.
Page 352 - Love in my bosom like a bee Doth suck his sweet: Now with his wings he plays with me, Now with his feet. Within mine eyes he makes his nest, His bed amidst my tender breast; My kisses are his daily feast, And yet he robs me of my rest. Ah, wanton, will ye?
Page 349 - ... that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...