Jack Hornet; or, The march of intellect, by the author of 'The adventures of an Irish gentleman'. 3 vols. [in 1].R. Bentley, 1845 |
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... character and temper , we may be a little more communicative ; and although ideas of happiness and comfort may vary prodigiously , yet one might venture to pre- dict that Louisa's disposition was such as to insure happiness and comfort ...
... character and temper , we may be a little more communicative ; and although ideas of happiness and comfort may vary prodigiously , yet one might venture to pre- dict that Louisa's disposition was such as to insure happiness and comfort ...
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... characters were much better out of church than in it , where they would only disturb and annoy a godly congregation , or produce a sympathetic drowsiness by yawning , gaping , or falling fast asleep . Then he had a tender feeling for ...
... characters were much better out of church than in it , where they would only disturb and annoy a godly congregation , or produce a sympathetic drowsiness by yawning , gaping , or falling fast asleep . Then he had a tender feeling for ...
第 36 頁
... character totally opposite to his , as merry as he was grave , and as jocose as he was stupid ; so much so , that it was generally reported that she married for fun . His bombastic manner was , to her , the source of constant hilarity ...
... character totally opposite to his , as merry as he was grave , and as jocose as he was stupid ; so much so , that it was generally reported that she married for fun . His bombastic manner was , to her , the source of constant hilarity ...
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... character generally made him feverish and thirsty . Now , as Bob Acres had discovered a novel mode of swear- ing , Jack Hornet might have claimed the invention of a new method of expressing contempt , which might have been called a mi ...
... character generally made him feverish and thirsty . Now , as Bob Acres had discovered a novel mode of swear- ing , Jack Hornet might have claimed the invention of a new method of expressing contempt , which might have been called a mi ...
第 50 頁
... character that we have given . He was simple , candid , and easy ; his chief fault being a little vanity , seasoned with a spice of pride . He bore a title ( such as it was ) ; he had unexpectedly come into a handsome fortune ; and if ...
... character that we have given . He was simple , candid , and easy ; his chief fault being a little vanity , seasoned with a spice of pride . He bore a title ( such as it was ) ; he had unexpectedly come into a handsome fortune ; and if ...
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第 198 頁 - Ha, you gods ! why this / what this, you gods / Why, this Will lug your priests and servants from your sides, Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads: This yellow slave Will knit and break religions ; bless the accurs'd ; Make the hoar leprosy ador'd ; place thieves, And give them title, knee, and approbation With senators on the bench...
第 7 頁 - The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Such tricks hath strong imagination, That, if it would but apprehend some joy, It comprehends some bringer of that joy; •• Or in the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear?
第 131 頁 - That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster...
第 217 頁 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
第 92 頁 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
第 46 頁 - Castalio, you must go along with me. And see Monimia. Cast. Sure, my lord but mocks me : Go see Monimia ! Pray, my lord, excuse me ; And...
第 250 頁 - tis a busy, talking world, That with licentious breath blows like the wind, As freely on the palace as the cottage.
第 115 頁 - Tis plain enough he was no such; We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it; As being loth to wear it out. And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do.
第 133 頁 - Nora's gown for me, That floats as wild as mountain breezes, Leaving every beauty free To sink or swell as Heaven pleases. Yes, my Nora Creina, dear, My simple, graceful Nora Creina, Nature's dress Is loveliness — The dress you wear, my Nora Creina.
第 286 頁 - I'm ne'er so blest as when I hear thy vows, And listen to the language of thy heart.