Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq, المجلد 1R. Hunter, 1820 - 498 من الصفحات |
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
acquainted afterwards agreeable amusement appeared attention Avignon beauty became believe Black-Bourton Bradstone carriage character circumstances common companions conversation Corpus Christi College daugh daughter Day's Doctor Darwin Duke of York early Edgeworth Elers England English father feel felt fortune Francis Edgeworth French gave gentleman habits happiness Hare Hatch heard horses Hungerford husband invited Ireland kind lady lence letter Lichfield lived London Lord Longford Lord March Lydiat Lyons manner marriage married means ment mind Miss Elizabeth Sneyd Miss Honora Sneyd Miss Seward morning mother never Northchurch occasion pains Pakenham Hall passed perceived person pleasure present racter resided Rhone Sabrina sailing carriage sentiments shewed Sir Francis Delaval sister society soon talents taste temper thing thought tion told took trifling uncommon wheel wife woman young
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 18 - Edgeworth, after this incident, and gaining other suits, became rich in a few years; and, "in 1732, he married Jane Lovell, daughter of Samuel Lovell, a Welsh judge, who was son of Sir Salathiel Lovell, that recorder of London who, at the trial of the seven bishops, in the reign of James II., proved himself to be a good man, though he was but an indifferent lawyer.
الصفحة 156 - I should have distinguished myself in the senate or in the army, I should have become a useful member of society, and an honour to my family. Remember my advice, young man ! Pursue what is useful to mankind, you will satisfy them, and, what is better, you will satisfy yourself.
الصفحة 152 - ... broken into a thousand pieces. I could not at that time afford to construct another wheel of this sort, and I cannot therefore determine what might have been the success of my scheme. As I am on the subject of carriages, I shall mention a sailing carriage, that I tried on this common. The carriage was light, steady, and ran with amazing velocity. One day, when I was preparing for a sail in it, with my friend and school-fellow, Mr. William Foster, my wheel-boat escaped from its moorings, just...
الصفحة 261 - I have seen him stand between two boards, which reached from the ground higher than his knees : these boards were adjusted with screws, so as barely to permit him to bend his knees, and to rise up and sink down. By these means M. Huise proposed to force Mr. Day's knees outward ; but his screwing was in vain. He succeeded in torturing his patient; but original formation, and inveterate habit, resisted all his endeavours at personal improvement. I could not help pitying my philosophic friend, pent...
الصفحة 225 - I may perhaps say without vanity, you have never seen at (he same age. They have never given me a moment's trouble throughout the voyage, are always contented, and think nothing so agreeable as waiting upon me...
الصفحة 128 - This seemed to have been his favorite relaxation. After many attempts, Sir Francis at last discovered, that this odd mortal had never seen a fireeater, and that he did not believe the wonderful stories he had heard of fireeaters ; nor could it, he said, be imagined, that any man could vomit smoke, and flame, and fire from his mouth like a volcano. Sir Francis proposed to carry him immediately to town, and to shew him the most accomplished eater of fire that had ever appeared.
الصفحة 192 - that you are considered to be the least punctual of any man in England ; you have brought home this instrument on the very day that was appointed. You have only mistaken the year /
الصفحة 179 - Of mechanics he had a clearer conception, and in the application of what he knew, more invention, than any child I had then seen. He was bold, free, fearless, generous ; he had a ready and keen use of all his senses, and of his judgment.
الصفحة 185 - Day, and myself together — men of very different characters, but all devoted to literature and science. This mutual intimacy has never been broken but by death, nor have any of the number failed to distinguish themselves in science or literature. Some may think that I ought with due modesty to except myself. Mr. Keir, with his knowledge of the world and good sense; Dr. Small, with his benevolence and profound sagacity...
الصفحة 95 - Instead of being more exasperated by my answer, the anger of the good old man fell immediately. He recollected and instantly acknowledged, that he had not been in chapel on that day. It was the only Thursday on which he had been absent for three years. Turning to me with great suavity, he invited me to drink tea that evening with him and his daughter. This indulgent president's good humor made more salutary impression on the young men he governed, than has been ever effected by the morose manners...