Characters of the Court: A Poem with NotesMunday and Slatter, 1816 - 24 頁 |
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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 8 筆
第 8 頁
... noble Lord's collection ; where the dullest works of the dullest Authors ( provided they are scarce ) are to be found ; not " cased in congenial calf , " as Lord Byron recommends , but in the most gorgeous morocco coverings . - It is ...
... noble Lord's collection ; where the dullest works of the dullest Authors ( provided they are scarce ) are to be found ; not " cased in congenial calf , " as Lord Byron recommends , but in the most gorgeous morocco coverings . - It is ...
第 9 頁
... noble Lord was seen , on a certain occasion , divested of his usual accompaniment of the Star and Ribbon of the Thistle . - From the noble Diplomat's known attachment to his order , this anecdote may be doubted ; and indeed I should be ...
... noble Lord was seen , on a certain occasion , divested of his usual accompaniment of the Star and Ribbon of the Thistle . - From the noble Diplomat's known attachment to his order , this anecdote may be doubted ; and indeed I should be ...
第 13 頁
... place and wealth , if possible with grace ; " If not - by any means get wealth and place , " Says Pope , and most religiously has this noble Lord followed the maxim . Money he seeks , however mean the task , And [ 13 ]
... place and wealth , if possible with grace ; " If not - by any means get wealth and place , " Says Pope , and most religiously has this noble Lord followed the maxim . Money he seeks , however mean the task , And [ 13 ]
第 14 頁
... Lord Orf - rd , on which he has grounded his claim to Lord Clinton's estate , from a wretch , who came to him in a mask ; and who , for this piece of villainy , is to receive a certain portion of the noble Lord's gains . + Lord ...
... Lord Orf - rd , on which he has grounded his claim to Lord Clinton's estate , from a wretch , who came to him in a mask ; and who , for this piece of villainy , is to receive a certain portion of the noble Lord's gains . + Lord ...
第 15 頁
... noble E ― rl has been as disgraceful as that of the other plaintiff has been honourable , is so well known to the ... Lord is so insignificant in every way , that he would not have been mentioned here , had not the intention of this poem been ...
... noble E ― rl has been as disgraceful as that of the other plaintiff has been honourable , is so well known to the ... Lord is so insignificant in every way , that he would not have been mentioned here , had not the intention of this poem been ...
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Adorned alike arts bend bestowed blest breast BYRON catalogue Catholics character congenial contempt COURT Courtiers crimes dare Descends devoid disgrace Duke dullest e'er Earl early promise Fain fame fate faults fear flatterer folly fool forgot former days fortune fraught gain gentle grace greet Grove H-se Hail happier heaven heir honour hoped House humble injured knave known Laureat Lord master maxim mighty mind morocco MUNDAY AND SLATTER muse's nation's neglected Newmarket noble Lord's noble Personage numbers obsequious friend offend Peer perhaps petty pledge plunder poem Poet Pope Princes prize profligate rank reader reason to complain reign Ribbon ruined satire satire's bard scape scorn seeks shame sing slave soul spleen stain street succeeds taste throne titled transaction tread trembling truly truth turf Unmoved vainly varied various means verse vice Vicious Vide villain villainies virtue void wealth wish worn-out wretch youth
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第 19 頁 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
第 11 頁 - Who counsels best? who whispers, "Be but great, With praise or infamy leave that to fate; Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace; If not, by any means get wealth and place~
第 19 頁 - Sydney Smith is to the tribes of Noodledom, with his irony, his jeering, and his felicitous illustrations. It is his pre-eminently to abash those who are case-hardened against grave argument, and to wring the withers of the very numerous and respectable class, who " Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Are touched and shamed by ridicule alone.