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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... present performer in our dramatis personæ ) , it may not be uninterest- ing to psychologists to have an insight into the origin and causes , predisposing , accidental , and proximate , of the eccen- tricities of the family . Some ...
... present performer in our dramatis personæ ) , it may not be uninterest- ing to psychologists to have an insight into the origin and causes , predisposing , accidental , and proximate , of the eccen- tricities of the family . Some ...
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... present position , and his father's disappointment , to the injustice and ingratitude of society ; and , blind to his follies and absurdities , he did not consider that he himself had been the greatest enemy he ever could have had . His ...
... present position , and his father's disappointment , to the injustice and ingratitude of society ; and , blind to his follies and absurdities , he did not consider that he himself had been the greatest enemy he ever could have had . His ...
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... present , who will observe that he is not quite so bad ; whereas , if a person is praised with exorbitant encomiums , the whole party will run him down . For instance , go to an exhibition and remark that a painting is tolerable : " Yes ...
... present , who will observe that he is not quite so bad ; whereas , if a person is praised with exorbitant encomiums , the whole party will run him down . For instance , go to an exhibition and remark that a painting is tolerable : " Yes ...
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... present at the time ; and he would describe time , and place , and weather , - in fine , as our poet says , " he would lie with such volubility , that you would think truth were a fool . " Notwithstanding this propensity , he was a ...
... present at the time ; and he would describe time , and place , and weather , - in fine , as our poet says , " he would lie with such volubility , that you would think truth were a fool . " Notwithstanding this propensity , he was a ...
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... presents : these she did not care much for , although , like Beaumarchais ' Figaro , she was of opinion that " ce qui est bon à prendre , est bon à garder . " He then had recourse to the influence of fashion , vanity , and jealousy ...
... presents : these she did not care much for , although , like Beaumarchais ' Figaro , she was of opinion that " ce qui est bon à prendre , est bon à garder . " He then had recourse to the influence of fashion , vanity , and jealousy ...
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acquainted admiration amongst apothecary appearance asked Barabbas Baronet Barry beauty brother called comfortable considered dancer daughter dear delighted devil dinner doubt dress endeavour exclaimed eyes fancied Fanny Elssler fashionable father feel fellow fools fortune French Gamboge gentle gentleman girl give hand handsome heart honour hors d'œuvre imagined Isinglass Jack Hornet knew Lady Baitem Lady Frankland ladyship Lambert Hornet live London look Lord Frankland Lordship Louisa Hornet Magistrate manager manner means ment mind miserable Miss Ambrosia Miss Baitem Miss Hornet moreover Moses Gumfist mother nature neighbours Nettletop never night observed Opera opinion party person play political poor pretty Probang Ratatouille reform roared ruin Sabina Seraphine Sir Thomas Green sister smile society Somerset Frankland strange theatre thought tion town turn vanity vulgar Welsh widow wife wine wish woman worthy wretched young lady Zoé
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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.