The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous ... : Drawn from the Life, Volumen2Methuen, 1826 |
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... perhaps we may discover a few more of the terrestrial planets , and observe the stars that move around their frail orbits . " “ I must first make you acquainted with the signs of the Paphian zodiac , " said Crony ; " for every one of ...
... perhaps we may discover a few more of the terrestrial planets , and observe the stars that move around their frail orbits . " “ I must first make you acquainted with the signs of the Paphian zodiac , " said Crony ; " for every one of ...
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... perhaps painfully necessary by the political tempera- ture of the times or the unforgiving suspicions of the past . But I am becoming sentimental when I ought to be humorous , contemplative when I should be characteristic , and ...
... perhaps painfully necessary by the political tempera- ture of the times or the unforgiving suspicions of the past . But I am becoming sentimental when I ought to be humorous , contemplative when I should be characteristic , and ...
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... perhaps a little too much of the crature inside o ' it . ' Shout , Teddy , to the honour of the saint , ' said the foreman of the works ( for they had just completed the job ) . Poor Teddy's religion got the better of his understanding ...
... perhaps a little too much of the crature inside o ' it . ' Shout , Teddy , to the honour of the saint , ' said the foreman of the works ( for they had just completed the job ) . Poor Teddy's religion got the better of his understanding ...
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... perhaps to the most absurd degree ; their catacombs and splendid tombs far outrivalling the habitations of their princes , together with their expensive mode of embalming , are with us matters of curiosity , and often induce a ...
... perhaps to the most absurd degree ; their catacombs and splendid tombs far outrivalling the habitations of their princes , together with their expensive mode of embalming , are with us matters of curiosity , and often induce a ...
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... perhaps is the reason why Mrs. Rochford , alias Harriette Wilson , so liberally eulogises , in her Memoirs , a parent whose purity of principle is so much in accordance with the exquisite delicacy of her accomplished daughter . As the ...
... perhaps is the reason why Mrs. Rochford , alias Harriette Wilson , so liberally eulogises , in her Memoirs , a parent whose purity of principle is so much in accordance with the exquisite delicacy of her accomplished daughter . As the ...
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Abernethy admirable alderman amuse John Bull anecdote appearance attractive Bath beautiful belle Berkeley Hunt BERNARD BLACKMANTLE Blackstrap Bladud Bob Transit broker bubbles that amuse called Captain Castle character Cheltenham Chelts Club cognomen colonel Coloured Plates countenance court Cowes Crony Cutter Cytherea delightful dinner drink Earl eccentric Eglantine elegant ENGLISH SPY fair fame fashion fellow fortune friend Transit gentleman give good-humour Harriette Harriette Wilson head heart honour humour jobbers John Abernethy John Bull John Ebers John Liston joke jolly lady Lame Duck laugh London Lord Marigold merry morning neighbours never night o'er party person PIERCE EGAN pleasant pleasure Portsmouth present Principal Punch round Royal sailing satire scene sell Sir Godfrey Webster sketches society speculators spirit sport Stock Exchange Street thing thou tion wine worthy Yacht Yawl young
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Página 270 - All hail, great master! grave sir, hail ! I come To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds ; to thy strong bidding, task Ariel, and all his quality.
Página 278 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Página 277 - Not to a rage: patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once: her smiles and tears Were like a better way: those happy smilets That play'd on her ripe lip seem'd not to know What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence As pearls from diamonds dropp'd.