Gleanings of wit, interspersed with many original pieces, from the works of an old military officer [J. Rawstorne, compiled by himself].1805 |
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... play , after which , he went to a harpsi- chord ( on which he played tolerably well ) and made a confused noise , no ways resem- bling music ; at length , after an exercise of two hours , he ascended to his apartment , threw himself ...
... play , after which , he went to a harpsi- chord ( on which he played tolerably well ) and made a confused noise , no ways resem- bling music ; at length , after an exercise of two hours , he ascended to his apartment , threw himself ...
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... play ; Far off it seems a friendly taper , To guide the trav'ller on his way . XVIII . " But should some hopeless wretch pur- suing , Tread where the treach'rous meteors glow , He'd find too late , his rashness ruing , That fatal ...
... play ; Far off it seems a friendly taper , To guide the trav'ller on his way . XVIII . " But should some hopeless wretch pur- suing , Tread where the treach'rous meteors glow , He'd find too late , his rashness ruing , That fatal ...
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... play . own . As he was one day praising Hallar , in the presence of a flatterer of that celebrated naturalist . Ah ! sir , said Hallar's deceit- ful friend , how much is it to be wished that he would speak thus of the works written by ...
... play . own . As he was one day praising Hallar , in the presence of a flatterer of that celebrated naturalist . Ah ! sir , said Hallar's deceit- ful friend , how much is it to be wished that he would speak thus of the works written by ...
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... play shall not go on , until those three drunken gentlemen in women's clothes leave the stage box . This address was universally applauded , and being fol- lowed by a shower of oranges and apples from both galleries ; the amazonians ...
... play shall not go on , until those three drunken gentlemen in women's clothes leave the stage box . This address was universally applauded , and being fol- lowed by a shower of oranges and apples from both galleries ; the amazonians ...
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... play as an excellent subject for his theatre : this circumstance he men- tioned to a nobleman , who happened that evening to be behind the scenes , adding that he should be particularly happy to know the author , as it was incomparably ...
... play as an excellent subject for his theatre : this circumstance he men- tioned to a nobleman , who happened that evening to be behind the scenes , adding that he should be particularly happy to know the author , as it was incomparably ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Anecdote asked attend became begged behold bishop Bishop of Lincoln bless church Cinna clergyman Curious dear death dine distress Doctor Doctor Johnson Duddleston duke Duke of Newcastle earl ev'ry fortune French gave gentleman give Halif hand happened happy heart Heav'n Herault Holben honour hope hour human immediately King King of Prussia lady late lived Lord Effingham lordship Louis d'ors Majesty manner master ment mind mother never nobleman o'er officer Oliver Cromwell passion Philip of Macedon pow'r praise the Lord preach present Prince Queen Elizabeth reign replied rest returned Santieul sent shew silent Sir George Sir George Saville smiling soldier soon soul Spanish Armada sweet tear thee thing thought tion told tomb took virtue waited walk Waller wish young zechins
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 114 - Tis folly to be wise. T. GRAY CLII HYMN TO ADVERSITY Daughter of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When first thy Sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling child, design'd, To thee he gave the heavenly birth And bade to form her infant mind.
Seite 6 - Tell me, thou soul of her I love, Ah ! tell me, whither art thou fled ; To what delightful world above, Appointed for the happy dead? Or dost thou, free, at pleasure, roam And sometimes share thy lover's woe...
Seite 190 - During the session the first in and the last out of the House of Commons, he passes from the senate to the camp ; and seldom seeing the seat of his ancestors, he is always in Parliament to serve his country or in the field to defend it.
Seite 211 - It was customary with Frederick the Great, whenever a new soldier appeared in his guards, to ask him three questions ; viz., " How old are you ? How long have you been in my service ? Are you satisfied with your pay and treatment...
Seite 189 - I hope that few things which have a tendency to bless or to adorn life have wholly escaped my observation in my passage through it. I have sought the acquaintance of that gentleman, and have seen him in all situations. He is a true genius ; with an understanding vigorous, and acute, and refined, and distinguishing even to excess ; and illuminated with a most unbounded, peculiar, and original cast of imagination. With these he possesses many external and instrumental advantages ; and he makes use...
Seite 19 - No wise man will be contented to die, if he thinks he is to go into a state of punishment. Nay, no wise man. will be contented to die, if he thinks he is to fall into annihilation : for however unhappy any man's existence may be, he yet would rather have it, than not exist at all.
Seite 115 - Thy form benign, oh goddess! wear, Thy milder influence impart, Thy philosophic train be there, To soften, not to wound, my heart.
Seite 90 - VIRTUE is of intrinsic value and good desert, and of indispensable obligation; not the creature of will, but necessary and immutable ; not local or temporary, but of equal extent and antiquity with the DIVINE MIND ; not a mode of sensation, but everlasting TRUTH; not dependent on power, but the guide of all power.
Seite 51 - Behold a proof of Irish sense : Here Irish wit is seen ; When nothing's left that's worth defence, They build a magazine ! * Besides these famous books of Scott's and Johnson's, there is a copious " Life
Seite 91 - Many of the endowments and talents we now possess, and of which we are too apt to be proud, will cease entirely with the present state; but this will be our ornament and dignity in every future state to which we ;/ may be removed.