Pelham, Or, Adventures of a GentlemanEstes and Lauriat, 1891 - 481 Seiten |
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Seite 400 - I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the Heavens reject not, — The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow?
Seite 17 - Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.
Seite 479 - The tree will wither long before it fall; The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn; The roof-tree sinks, but moulders on the hall In massy hoariness; the...
Seite 445 - The nasal feature was broad and fungous, and, as well as the whole of her capacious physiognomy, blushed with the deepest scarlet: it was evident to see that many a full bottle of " British compounds " had contributed to the feeding of that burning and phosphoric illumination which was, indeed, " the outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
Seite 71 - tis virtue, for he thinks them knaves: When universal homage Umbra pays, All see 'tis vice, and itch of vulgar praise.
Seite 340 - Common sense !" repeated my companion, with a singular and meaning smile, and a twinkle with his left eye. " Common sense ! Ah, that is not my forte, sir. You, I dare say, are one of those gentlemen whom it is very difficult to take in, either passively or actively, by appearance, or in act ? For my part, I have been a dupe all my life — a child might cheat me ! I am the most unsuspicious person in the world.
Seite 336 - You are candid, my friend,' said I, 'and your frankness, alone, would be inestimable in this age of deceit, and country of hypocrisy." ' Ah, sir !' said my new acquaintance, ' I see already that you are one of those persons who look to the dark side of things ; for my part I think the present age the best that ever existed, and our country the most virtuous in Europe.
Seite 236 - Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, Ere human statute purged the gentle weal ; Ay, and since too, murders have been performed Too terrible for the ear : the times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end...
Seite 87 - In this manufactory of a beauty i remained for a quarter of an hour; at the end of that time, the...
Seite 342 - I have often heard," answered I, "that there is honour among thieves ; I am happy to learn from you that there is also religion : your baptismal sponsors must be proud of so diligent a godson." " They ought to be, sir," replied Mr. Jonson, " for I gave them the first specimens of my address : the story is long, but, if you ever give me an opportunity, I will relate it.