Pictures of the world at home and abroad, by the author of 'Tremaine'.H. Colburn, 1839 |
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... Tylney and the Honourable Mr. Selwyn , sons of peers . Their names and titles gave him a feeling of discontent , when he thought of his inferiority in family and station , which was perfectly ridicu- lous . Yet , tyro as he was , he ...
... Tylney and the Honourable Mr. Selwyn , sons of peers . Their names and titles gave him a feeling of discontent , when he thought of his inferiority in family and station , which was perfectly ridicu- lous . Yet , tyro as he was , he ...
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... Tylney to Mr. Selwyn , while they were walking before him , not knowing he was be- hind ; while another gownsman asked his com- panion , what sort of thing was the hackney coach just arrived ? Though awed by the novelty of his situation ...
... Tylney to Mr. Selwyn , while they were walking before him , not knowing he was be- hind ; while another gownsman asked his com- panion , what sort of thing was the hackney coach just arrived ? Though awed by the novelty of his situation ...
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... Tylney or Mr. Selwyn , for example , whom on the first day of your arri- val you saluted without knowing them , nay asked them how they did , with a bonhommie for which , I assure you , they gave you credit . " Robert was still more ...
... Tylney or Mr. Selwyn , for example , whom on the first day of your arri- val you saluted without knowing them , nay asked them how they did , with a bonhommie for which , I assure you , they gave you credit . " Robert was still more ...
Page 72
... felt that the frequent visits of a Merchant Tailor's schoolman did little honour to the polite inmate of College ; and in particular , that the honourable Mr. Tylney , whose rooms were opposite to his , 72 STERLING .
... felt that the frequent visits of a Merchant Tailor's schoolman did little honour to the polite inmate of College ; and in particular , that the honourable Mr. Tylney , whose rooms were opposite to his , 72 STERLING .
Page 73
Robert Plumer Ward. Mr. Tylney , whose rooms were opposite to his , took quizzing notice of the scholar of St. John's , whenever he called . He had , therefore , even given hints to his friend , that their meetings should be more ...
Robert Plumer Ward. Mr. Tylney , whose rooms were opposite to his , took quizzing notice of the scholar of St. John's , whenever he called . He had , therefore , even given hints to his friend , that their meetings should be more ...
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Page 299 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Page 73 - And posts like the commandment of a king, Sans check to good and bad: but when the planets In evil mixture to disorder wander, What plagues and what portents, what mutiny, What raging of the sea, shaking of earth, Commotion in the winds, frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture!
Page 53 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there"; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
Page 238 - When forced the fair nymph to forego. What anguish I felt at my heart: Yet I thought — but it might not be so — Twas with pain that she saw me depart. She gazed as I slowly withdrew, My path I could hardly discern; So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.
Page 128 - O NIGHTINGALE that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.
Page 4 - NOT to admire, is all the art I know, To make men happy, and to keep them so.
Page 48 - Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me; for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him : 14 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend.
Page 32 - Athenae non tam operibus magnificis exquisitisque antiquorum artibus delectant, quam recordatione summorum virorum, ubi quisque habitare, ubi sedere, ubi disputare sit solitus, studioseque eorum etiam sepulcra contemplor.
Page 73 - Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark! what discord follows; each thing meets In mere oppugnancy: the bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe...
Page 72 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre, Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...