The Yankey in London: Being the First Part of a Series of Letters Written by an American Youth, During Nine Months' Residence in the City of London ..., المجلد 1Isaac Riley, 1809 - 180 من الصفحات |
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... vulgar in such conduct I had rather discredit my own ears than impute it to such a venerable body : indeed , there was something so indecorous , and at the same time so ludicrous , in the whole scene , I hesitated whether to laugh or ...
... vulgar in such conduct I had rather discredit my own ears than impute it to such a venerable body : indeed , there was something so indecorous , and at the same time so ludicrous , in the whole scene , I hesitated whether to laugh or ...
الصفحة 34
... vulgar vociferation ; but , then , even an opera is not without its absurdities . It exhibits heroes in recitative , dancing princes , and British lions , who , like Nick Bottom , " can roar you like any sucking " dove . " The noble ...
... vulgar vociferation ; but , then , even an opera is not without its absurdities . It exhibits heroes in recitative , dancing princes , and British lions , who , like Nick Bottom , " can roar you like any sucking " dove . " The noble ...
الصفحة 40
... they are styled here — that is , a lord who has ac- quired a knowledge of the law in the good old , vulgar , democratic way of study and practice ) gave his opinion . He was * 66 followed by several others of the same class . 40.
... they are styled here — that is , a lord who has ac- quired a knowledge of the law in the good old , vulgar , democratic way of study and practice ) gave his opinion . He was * 66 followed by several others of the same class . 40.
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... vulgar accouche- ment . It is difficult to decide whether most injury is done , by these pretended biogra phers , to their readers or to the reputa- tion of the subject of their memoirs . When we peruse an ethical work - for instance ...
... vulgar accouche- ment . It is difficult to decide whether most injury is done , by these pretended biogra phers , to their readers or to the reputa- tion of the subject of their memoirs . When we peruse an ethical work - for instance ...
الصفحة 103
... vulgar origin and illegitimate descent , which disgust an admirer of the writers of their Augustan age , and degrade their finest modern compositions by a grotesque air of pert vivacity . Among these is the adjective clever ; a word not ...
... vulgar origin and illegitimate descent , which disgust an admirer of the writers of their Augustan age , and degrade their finest modern compositions by a grotesque air of pert vivacity . Among these is the adjective clever ; a word not ...
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الصفحة 89 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
الصفحة 58 - Cannae were revenged by a ring. The death of Pope was imputed by some of his friends to a silver sauce-pan, in which it was his delight to heat potted lampreys.
الصفحة 156 - Right against the eastern gate, Where the great sun begins his state, Rob'd in flames, and amber light...
الصفحة 86 - I have of late—but wherefore I know not—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire,—why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
الصفحة 81 - For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, What
الصفحة 103 - Cowper —a word which, if we may judge of adjectives as we do of men, by their associates, shows the baseness of its origin by the company it keeps, being generally coupled with fellow, a term I conceive of no respect except in courts and colleges. Englishmen, from the peer to the peasant, cannot converse ten minutes without introducing this pert adjunct The English do not, however, use it in the same sense we do in New England, where we apply it to personal grace, and call a trim, well-built young...
الصفحة 141 - And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in, must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar, I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them, (LAYING HIS HAND ON HIS SWORD).