The Englishman: A Novel : in Six VolumesPrinted at the Minerva-Press, for A.K. Newman and Company, Leadenhall-Street, 1812 |
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Pàgina 31
... appeared to me to deduce from the interest of the novel ; and so anxious am I to avoid this error , that I would , if possible , crush the vanity of every specu- lator who should dare to anticipate my plans ; and here , lest a few words ...
... appeared to me to deduce from the interest of the novel ; and so anxious am I to avoid this error , that I would , if possible , crush the vanity of every specu- lator who should dare to anticipate my plans ; and here , lest a few words ...
Pàgina 32
... appearance , he had paused , and the suspension saved him from endless remorse . He made a disco- very which is seldom made until repent- ance > ance awakens the slumbering faculties- namely , that infatuation 32 THE ENGLISHMAN .
... appearance , he had paused , and the suspension saved him from endless remorse . He made a disco- very which is seldom made until repent- ance > ance awakens the slumbering faculties- namely , that infatuation 32 THE ENGLISHMAN .
Pàgina 35
... so secure , that it had never entered his imagination any other person could cont sider it as a matter of any consequence ; besides , Mr. Marnley always appeared so well C 6 well pleased to see him , and in fact rather- THE ENGLISHMAN . 35.
... so secure , that it had never entered his imagination any other person could cont sider it as a matter of any consequence ; besides , Mr. Marnley always appeared so well C 6 well pleased to see him , and in fact rather- THE ENGLISHMAN . 35.
Pàgina 36
... appeared with cheeks of lily white ; she was no longer an eques- trian ; and the papers , with affected sym- pathy , began by lamenting that the fashion able world were unanimous in their regrets . occasioned by the indisposition of the ...
... appeared with cheeks of lily white ; she was no longer an eques- trian ; and the papers , with affected sym- pathy , began by lamenting that the fashion able world were unanimous in their regrets . occasioned by the indisposition of the ...
Pàgina 44
... appearance of reality ; but in all pre - arranged expression , there is a correct- ness , not to say an hyperbole , which , upon examination , owns less of nature than suits with domestic scenery . Thus when Mrs. Marnley turned from the ...
... appearance of reality ; but in all pre - arranged expression , there is a correct- ness , not to say an hyperbole , which , upon examination , owns less of nature than suits with domestic scenery . Thus when Mrs. Marnley turned from the ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 110 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Pàgina 167 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Pàgina 109 - Aye, who know you, For one, that courses up and down on errands, A stale retainer at Lord Timon's table ; A man grown great by making legs and cringes, By winding round a wanton spendthrift's heart, And gulling him at...
Pàgina 230 - Mortimer Hall, or the Labourer's Hire, by Mrs. Bridget Bluemantle, Author of the Three Old Maids, 4 vols..
Pàgina 213 - Neptune had produced, he observed that his blows might have been surer if his eyes had been placed near his horns. Venus herself was exposed to his satire ; and when the sneering god had found no fault in the body of the naked goddess, he observed, as she retired, that the noise of her feet was too loud, and greatly improper in the goddess of beauty. These illiberal reflections upon the gods were the cause that Momus was driven from heaven.
Pàgina 213 - Minerva had made, because the goddess had not made it movable, by which means a bad neighbourhood might be avoided. In the bull which Neptune had produced, he observed that his blows might have been, surer if his eyes had been placed near his horns. Venus herself was exposed to his satire ; and when the sneering god had found no fault in the body of the...
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