London Society, Volume 11James Hogg, Florence Marryat William Clowes and Sons, 1867 |
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... never contradicted them ; and , together with the rest of the Tal- bots , concurred in forgetting the little outcast down at Stoke Basing -who had , meanwhile , developed from the baby Bee into a beautiful girl , known as Miss Talbot ...
... never contradicted them ; and , together with the rest of the Tal- bots , concurred in forgetting the little outcast down at Stoke Basing -who had , meanwhile , developed from the baby Bee into a beautiful girl , known as Miss Talbot ...
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... never felt the obligation upon her to obey this natural instinct so strongly as she did to - night . ' I should like him to think me nice at once , ' she thought , as she moved along to the meeting , alternately depressed by the fear ...
... never felt the obligation upon her to obey this natural instinct so strongly as she did to - night . ' I should like him to think me nice at once , ' she thought , as she moved along to the meeting , alternately depressed by the fear ...
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... never sought a mean or low reward for the works of the pencil that was as dear to him as his soul , since it was the deft exponent of the latter . All his life had been spent in the exercise of the art he loved ; and the labour had never ...
... never sought a mean or low reward for the works of the pencil that was as dear to him as his soul , since it was the deft exponent of the latter . All his life had been spent in the exercise of the art he loved ; and the labour had never ...
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... never had been and never would be a gentleman . 6 Indeed , at the first glance , all the conditions which must be fulfilled before a man has a right to that proudest word of all , gentleman , ' stamped upon him , were wanting in Mark ...
... never had been and never would be a gentleman . 6 Indeed , at the first glance , all the conditions which must be fulfilled before a man has a right to that proudest word of all , gentleman , ' stamped upon him , were wanting in Mark ...
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... never to lower for any consideration . We think that , taking all things into account , the disposition which exists to trample out of sight all the finer lines which until lately regulated the social intercourse of the upper classes ...
... never to lower for any consideration . We think that , taking all things into account , the disposition which exists to trample out of sight all the finer lines which until lately regulated the social intercourse of the upper classes ...
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Page 105 - Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances.
Page 105 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was...
Page 110 - than I can say. I never remember any weather that was not too hot or too cold, too wet or too dry; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
Page 245 - The particular talents by which these misanthropes are distinguished from one another, consist in the various kinds of barbarities which they execute upon their prisoners. Some are celebrated for a happy dexterity in tipping the lion upon them ; which is performed by squeezing the nose flat to the face, and boring out the eyes with their fingers.
Page 546 - THIS is the place. Stand still, my steed, Let me review the scene, And summon from the shadowy Past The forms that once have been.
Page 244 - An outrageous ambition of doing all possible hurt to, their fellow-creatures is the great cement of their assembly, and the only qualification required in the members. In order to exert this principle in its full strength and perfection, they take care to drink themselves to a pitch that is beyond the possibility of attending to any motions of reason or humanity...
Page 107 - He is passionately kind and angry, careless either to ' gain or keep; vindictive, but— if he be well answered— at himself.
Page 106 - He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him, (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth...
Page 238 - It's no great matter whether I see them to-night, or not, for nine of them have such bad constitutions that all the physicians in the world can't save them ; and the other six have such good constitutions that all the physicians in the world can't kill them.
Page 203 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.