Letters of John Randolph, to a Young Relative: Embracing a Series of Years, from Early Youth, to Mature ManhoodCarey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834 - 254 páginas |
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Adieu arrived Baltimore believe best regards Beverley Bizarre bless Bouldin Brockenbrough Buona Charlotte Court House Clay cold day week dear boy DEAR THEODORE Dido dined Doctor enclosed expect Farewell Farmville fear feel French Friday friend and kinsman George Georgetown give glad hand hear heard heart hope horses JOHN RANDOLPH Jupiter last letter last night late Latin let me know mention mind Monday Morning mother never obliged perhaps Philadelphia pleasure poor Pray present Quashia reached received Remember respects Richmond Roanoke Sally Saturday sent sister situation soon spirits Sunday T. B. DUDLEY tell thank THEODORICK BLAND DUDLEY thing Thursday tion tism to-day to-morrow Tom Murray truly trust Tudor Tuesday uneasiness Virginia wagon Walsh Washington weather William Gerard Hamilton wish woodcocks write written wrote yesterday young
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Página 214 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Página 23 - Be assured, whatever you take from pleasure, amusements, or indolence, for these first few years of your life, will repay you a hundred fold, in the pleasures, honours, and advantages of all the remainder of your days.
Página 226 - One of the best and wisest men I ever knew, has often said to me that a decayed family could never recover its loss of rank in the world, until the members of it left off talking and dwelling upon its former opulence. This remark, founded in a long and close observation of mankind, I have seen verified, in numerous instances, in my own connexions— who, to use the words of my oracle, "will never thrive, until they can become 'poor folks...
Página 64 - On parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled ; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.
Página 15 - ... is three times as great a gentleman as he who drives a post-chaise and pair. Lay down this as a principle, that Truth is to the other virtues what vital air is to the human system. They cannot exist at all without it; and, as the body may live under many diseases, if supplied with pure air for its consumption, so may the character survive many defects, where there is a rigid attachment to Truth. All equivocation and subterfuge belong to falsehood, which consists, not in using false words only,...
Página 187 - Clinker also, that is Win's and Tabby's letters, with great delight ; for I could spell at that age pretty correctly. Reynard the Fox, came next, I think ; then Tales of the Genii and Arabian Nights.
Página 201 - My apathy is not natural, but superinduced. There was a volcano under my ice, but it is burnt out, and a face of desolation has come on, not to be rectified in ages, could my life be prolonged to a patriarchal longevity.
Página 187 - ... Arabian Nights. This last, and Shakespeare, were my idols. I had read them with Don Quixote, Gil Bias, Quintus Curtius, Plutarch, Pope's Homer, Robinson Crusoe. Gulliver, Tom Jones, Orlando Furioso, and Thomson's Seasons, before I was eleven years of age; also, Goldsmith's Roman History, 2 vols. 8vo., and an old history of Braddock's war. When not eight years old, I used to sing an old ballad of his defeat : On the 6th day of July, in the year sixty-five, At two in the evening, did our forces...
Página 241 - ... he had a great wit, did argue no great wisdom : it being one of the essential properties of a wise man to provide for the main chance.
Página 214 - We have all two educations ; one we have given to us — the other we give ourselves ; and, after a certain time of life, when the character has taken its ply, it is idle to attempt to change it. " If I did not think it would aggravate your symptoms, I would press you to come here. In the sedulous study and practice of your profession I hope you will find a palliative, if not a complete cure, for your moral disease.