De Clifford; or, The constant man, by the author of 'Tremaine'. |
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... questions , he would have singled me out as a pri- vate friend . Well , he changed his party , though there was no change of measures ; I refused to fol- low him ; and he never spoke to me afterwards . " There was another great man - a ...
... questions , he would have singled me out as a pri- vate friend . Well , he changed his party , though there was no change of measures ; I refused to fol- low him ; and he never spoke to me afterwards . " There was another great man - a ...
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... question , but whether grace , even the most exquisite , will alone raise a person into fashion who has no other pre- tension to it . Not only it will not ( for how many very graceful persons do we not see neglected though looked at ) ...
... question , but whether grace , even the most exquisite , will alone raise a person into fashion who has no other pre- tension to it . Not only it will not ( for how many very graceful persons do we not see neglected though looked at ) ...
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... question is most apposite to that we have been treating ; certainly , much connected with it ; and it seems to me that it is not quite so difficult ; for though we cannot easily manage to say more than what fashion is not , we can ...
... question is most apposite to that we have been treating ; certainly , much connected with it ; and it seems to me that it is not quite so difficult ; for though we cannot easily manage to say more than what fashion is not , we can ...
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... word ; and hence what the common people generally are , the uneducated — the gens de la halle - the mob . " " In my view of the question , " answered Lady Hungerford , " this definition will not do ; though 82 DE CLIFFORD ; or ,
... word ; and hence what the common people generally are , the uneducated — the gens de la halle - the mob . " " In my view of the question , " answered Lady Hungerford , " this definition will not do ; though 82 DE CLIFFORD ; or ,
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... Finding him thus disposed to unbend upon a subject so delicate , I ventured to ask why , if such were his feelings , he persisted in a pursuit he found so little happy . 6 " An important question , " said he , 102 DE CLIFFORD ; OR ,
... Finding him thus disposed to unbend upon a subject so delicate , I ventured to ask why , if such were his feelings , he persisted in a pursuit he found so little happy . 6 " An important question , " said he , 102 DE CLIFFORD ; OR ,
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Page 62 - Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, still perfumed: Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face; That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
Page 145 - This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward : nothing she does or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble for this place.
Page 301 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 292 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 298 - Tell them that brave it most They beg for more by spending Who in their greatest cost Seek nothing but commending ; And if they make reply, Then give them all the lie.
Page 281 - George's banner, broad and gay Now faded, as the fading ray Less bright, and less, was flung ; The evening gale had scarce the power To wave it on the Donjon Tower, So heavily it hung.
Page 196 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
Page 245 - While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee.
Page 200 - Not hear me ! by my sufferings, but you shall! My lord, my lord, I'm not that abject wretch You think me : patience ! where's the distance throws Me back so far, but I may boldly speak In right, though proud oppression will not hear me ! Pri.
Page 200 - Who could not win the mistress, woo'd the maid; Against the poets their own arms they turn'd, Sure to hate most the men from whom they learn'd. So modern 'pothecaries taught the art By doctors...