Autobiography, Letters, and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 |
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... king permitted him to settle where he married in Wales . He built Lewenney Hall , naming it Lew , -the Lion , and an ny , -for us ; and set a brazen one upon its highest tower . Among our popular Cambrian ballads , is one to the honour ...
... king permitted him to settle where he married in Wales . He built Lewenney Hall , naming it Lew , -the Lion , and an ny , -for us ; and set a brazen one upon its highest tower . Among our popular Cambrian ballads , is one to the honour ...
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... kings and princes were but men , and God made them you know , Sir , and they made old baronets . " " Incomparable Fiddle , " exclaimed my uncle— " you will see a Mr. and Mrs. Clough at dinner to - day : do you know how to spell Clough ...
... kings and princes were but men , and God made them you know , Sir , and they made old baronets . " " Incomparable Fiddle , " exclaimed my uncle— " you will see a Mr. and Mrs. Clough at dinner to - day : do you know how to spell Clough ...
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... King was dead , and they were reconciled at the time I am speaking of . At East Hyde I learned to love horses ; and when my mother hoped I was gaining health by the fresh air , I was kicking my heels on a corn binn , and On in reference ...
... King was dead , and they were reconciled at the time I am speaking of . At East Hyde I learned to love horses ; and when my mother hoped I was gaining health by the fresh air , I was kicking my heels on a corn binn , and On in reference ...
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... King , whose blandishments drew him from dear Offley , and made our removal to our London House less painful . The summer before this removal had produced to me a new vexation . Lord Halifax was become lieutenant of Ireland , and my ...
... King , whose blandishments drew him from dear Offley , and made our removal to our London House less painful . The summer before this removal had produced to me a new vexation . Lord Halifax was become lieutenant of Ireland , and my ...
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... King the Sunday following , and begged I would not say a syllable till the next day , when he would come and break the dreadful tidings to my father . My countenance , however , showed , or his acuteness discovered , something he did ...
... King the Sunday following , and begged I would not say a syllable till the next day , when he would come and break the dreadful tidings to my father . My countenance , however , showed , or his acuteness discovered , something he did ...
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Page 453 - How happy is the blameless vestal's lot ? The world forgetting, by the world forgot...
Page 111 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 444 - Before their eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and highth. And time and place are lost...
Page 158 - ... it would be hard to find a man so well entitled to notice by his wit that ever delighted so much in talking of his money.
Page 336 - Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours : Safety consists not in escape From dangers of a frightful shape ; An earthquake may be bid to spare The man that's strangled by a hair. Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread, Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow.
Page 136 - This poem has yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most awful and sacred truths, such as ought never to be polluted with such irreverend combinations.
Page 325 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].
Page 164 - I'll quit my prey, And grant a kind reprieve; In hopes you'll have no more to say But when I call again this way, Well pleased the world will leave.
Page 166 - I know, cries Death, that at the best, I seldom am a welcome guest; But don't be captious, friend, at least; I little thought you'd still be able To stump about your farm and stable; Your years have run to a great length, I wish you joy though of your strength. Hold, says the farmer, not so fast, I have been lame these four years past. And no great wonder...
Page 385 - The ascending pile Stood fixed her stately height, and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds discover, wide Within, her ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky.