 ... prosperity, — an unwelcome remembrancer, — a perpetually recurring mortification, — a drain on your purse, a more intolerable dun upon your pride, — a drawback upon success, — a rebuke to your rising, — a stain in your blood, — a blot...  Elia. The last essays of Elia - Pàgina 260per Charles Lamb - 1871Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1823 - 450 pàgines
...are matters of the head and heart, and are not to be forgotten. — Land. Mag. POOR RELATIONS. A Poor Relation is — the most irrelevant thing in nature,...an odious approximation, — a haunting conscience — af wn^ ing in the noon-tide of your prosperity,— ват. welcome remembrancer, — a perpetually... | |
 | 1823 - 584 pàgines
...share beyond the lot of common men. \lhid .! lilt --I THE lONBOIf MAGAZINE. POOR RELATIONS. A POOR relation is — the most irrelevant thing in nature,...preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noon-tide of your prosperity, — an unwelcome remembrancer, — a perpetually recurring mortification, — a drain... | |
 | 1823 - 732 pàgines
...Come forth ! West winds for ever, and a groan for the north ! May 1, 1823. EW POOR RELATIONS. A POOB Relation is — the most irrelevant thing in nature,...approximation, — a haunting conscience, — a preposterous shadbV, lengthening in the noon-tide of your prosperity,— an unwelcome remembrancer, — a perpetually... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1833 - 308 pàgines
...extinguished habitations there may be a hope — a germ to be revivified. B 3 POOR RELATIONS. A POOR Relation — is the most irrelevant thing in nature,...preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noontide of your prosperity, — an unwelcome remembrancer, — a perpetually recurring mortification, — a drain... | |
 | 1835 - 432 pàgines
...conspiracy, but in the warm, honest cloak of integrity, and patriotic intention. POOR RELATIONS. A Poor Relation is, the most irrelevant thing in nature,...preposterous shadow — lengthening in the noontide of your prosperity, an unwelcome remembrancer, a perpetually recurring mortification, a drain on your... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pàgines
...conspiracy, but in the warm, honest cloak of integrity, and patriotic intention. POOR RELATIONS. A Poor Relation is, the most irrelevant thing in nature,...preposterous shadow — lengthening in the noontide of your prosperity, an unweleome remembrancer, a perpetually recurring mortification, a drain on your... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 pàgines
...their extinguised habitations there may be a hope — a germ to be revivified. POOR RELATIONS. A POOR Relation — is the most irrelevant thing in nature,— a piece of impertinent correspondency, — and odious approximation, — a haunting conscience, — a preposterous shadow, lengthening in... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1838 - 312 pàgines
...influence. " A poor relation," — says an English writer, satirizing the manners of his countrymen — " is the most irrelevant thing in nature ; a piece of...preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noontide of your prosperity ; an unwelcome remembrancer ; a perpetually recurring mortification ; a drawback upon... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1838 - 310 pàgines
...influence. "A poor relation" — says an English writer, satirizing the manners of his countrymen — " is the most irrelevant thing in nature ; a piece of...preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noontide of your prosperity ; an unwelcome remembrancer ; a perpetually recurring mortification ; a drawback upon... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pàgines
...their extinguished habitations there may be a hope — a germ to be revivified. POOR RELATIONS. A POOR Relation— is the most irrelevant thing in nature,...perpetually recurring mortification, — a drain on your parse, a more intolerable dun upon your pride, — a drawback upon success, — a rebuke to your rising,... | |
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