Literature in Letters; Or, Manners, Art, Criticism, Biography, History, and Morals, Illustrated in the Correspondence of Eminent PersonsD. Appleton, 1866 - 520 Seiten |
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... favor , which he has by this means preserved , is likewise great ; so that , upon the whole , his condition does not seem so very deplorable . Mademoiselle , too , has behaved ex- She has wept much and bitterly ; but yesterday , for the ...
... favor , which he has by this means preserved , is likewise great ; so that , upon the whole , his condition does not seem so very deplorable . Mademoiselle , too , has behaved ex- She has wept much and bitterly ; but yesterday , for the ...
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... favor , and beg a place . In truth I can do neither , yet I could not be shocking ; I determined to go to Leicester House , and comforted myself that it was not much less meritorious to go there for nothing than to stay quite away ; yet ...
... favor , and beg a place . In truth I can do neither , yet I could not be shocking ; I determined to go to Leicester House , and comforted myself that it was not much less meritorious to go there for nothing than to stay quite away ; yet ...
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... favor , tried the powers of oratory , and made a long ora- tion , in which she cited the protection of her late mistress . Her counsel would have curtailed this harangue , but she told them they might be good lawyers , but did not ...
... favor , tried the powers of oratory , and made a long ora- tion , in which she cited the protection of her late mistress . Her counsel would have curtailed this harangue , but she told them they might be good lawyers , but did not ...
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... favor , he took us under each arm , carried us safely through the crowd , and put us in a little gallery directly over the grave , where we could see and hear every thing as distinctly as if the abbey had been a parlor . Little things ...
... favor , he took us under each arm , carried us safely through the crowd , and put us in a little gallery directly over the grave , where we could see and hear every thing as distinctly as if the abbey had been a parlor . Little things ...
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... favor of Scotch authors . We have had a numerous party to dinner ; among others , Mr. and Mrs. Swinburne , the travellers , with whom I am lately become much acquainted ; they are people who have been a good deal distinguished in ...
... favor of Scotch authors . We have had a numerous party to dinner ; among others , Mr. and Mrs. Swinburne , the travellers , with whom I am lately become much acquainted ; they are people who have been a good deal distinguished in ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adieu admired affectionate Alexander Pope Alloway Kirk Amusements attended beautiful believe Bishop Bishop of Rochester Burke called Charles Lamb Court dear delight dined dinner Duchess Duke ell-ell-deed England English eyes favor feel Franklin French George Crabbe give hand Hannah happy head hear heard heart honor hope Horace Walpole horse hour Ignatius Sancho John kind King Lady M. W. Montagu Lady Mayoress Lady Morgan letter live London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke Madame mind Miss morning nature never night passed person pleased pleasure poor Pray present Prince Queen received Robert Burns Robert Southey Samuel Crisp Scotch seen sent servant Sir Horace soon spirits Sydney Smith tell thing thought tion told town walk Walpole to George Walpole to Sir Walter Walter Savage Landor William wish woman write yesterday
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 398 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Seite 398 - Dictionary is recommended to the public were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When upon some slight encouragement I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le...
Seite 354 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Seite 399 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble Most obedient servant, Sam Johnson.
Seite 298 - ... of mine enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me ; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain, of a disloyal heart towards your good grace ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter. Try me, good king...
Seite 397 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by...
Seite 224 - I do not remember to have gone ten paces without an exclamation, that there was no restraining. Not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion and poetry.
Seite 297 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command.
Seite 399 - ... should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any...
Seite 77 - Mr. Grenville squeezed me by the hand again, kissed the ladies, and withdrew. He kissed likewise the maid in the kitchen, and seemed upon the whole a most loving, kissing, kindhearted gentleman. He is very young, genteel, and handsome. He has a pair of very good eyes in his head, which not being sufficient as it should seem for the many nice and difficult purposes of a senator, he has a third also, which he wore suspended by a riband from his buttonhole.