Then and NowHutchinson, 1901 - 333 páginas |
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... received as their guests ; and he who had influence at an election , rode well to hounds , or was reliable at whist , was occasionally invited to emerge from his obscurity and to pass from dark- ness to light . But the real bonâ fide ...
... received as their guests ; and he who had influence at an election , rode well to hounds , or was reliable at whist , was occasionally invited to emerge from his obscurity and to pass from dark- ness to light . But the real bonâ fide ...
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... score of estates which had been sold to strangers , or had been encumbered , because they who had inherited them from their forefathers and should have transmitted them to their children as they received them 46 Then and Now.
... score of estates which had been sold to strangers , or had been encumbered , because they who had inherited them from their forefathers and should have transmitted them to their children as they received them 46 Then and Now.
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Samuel Reynolds Hole. have transmitted them to their children as they received them wasted the income and mortgaged the land . Would he have revered the memory of those men who have impoverished others to gratify their own covetous greed ...
Samuel Reynolds Hole. have transmitted them to their children as they received them wasted the income and mortgaged the land . Would he have revered the memory of those men who have impoverished others to gratify their own covetous greed ...
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... received as a welcome guest if he has a fair income , dresses in the fashion , rides in the Park , and gives good dinners ; we must dismiss this candidate as ineligible , and continue our search for examples more refined and reliable ...
... received as a welcome guest if he has a fair income , dresses in the fashion , rides in the Park , and gives good dinners ; we must dismiss this candidate as ineligible , and continue our search for examples more refined and reliable ...
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... find among the poorer a prompt and reliable dis- crimination between the genuine and the spurious in others who claim to be gentlemen . An old man living in a tiny cottage and receiving relief from the parish The True Gentleman 55.
... find among the poorer a prompt and reliable dis- crimination between the genuine and the spurious in others who claim to be gentlemen . An old man living in a tiny cottage and receiving relief from the parish The True Gentleman 55.
Términos y frases comunes
admiration amusements apostle spoons asked Audi alteram partem ball beautiful Belgravia believe Bicester biretta bishop boys Caunton cheerful Christian Church clergy congregation cricket delight desire dinner drink drunkenness duty England evil excellent father Florence Nightingale football garden gentleman George Stephenson give golf happy hear heard hearers heart honour horse hospitals hounds ignorance impression Joe Guy John Leech knew labourer lady laity live Lord master mind neighbours never noble occasion parish persons played poor port wine prayer preach preacher present Queen regarded remarked remember replied seemed seen sermons servants solitary snipe sometimes sorrow speak spirit squire star of freedom suggested sweet sympathy teetotal teetotaller tell temperance things thought told village voice wine women words worship young Zachary Macaulay
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Página 54 - I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants, his parishioners. There has not been a lawsuit in the parish since he has lived among them; if any dispute arises they apply themselves to him for the decision; if they do- not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once, or twice at most, they appeal to me.
Página 283 - For the love of God is broader Than the measures of man's mind, And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind...
Página 220 - And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Página 111 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Página 77 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Página 85 - But go to ! thy love Shall chant itself its own beatitudes, After its own life-working. A child's kiss, Set on thy sighing lips, shall make thee glad: A poor man, served by thee, shall make thee rich ; An old man, helped by thee, shall make thee strong; Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense Of service which thou renderest.
Página 59 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Página 3 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
Página 58 - It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise, and, possessing all these qualities, to exercise them in the most graceful outward manner.