Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of Novels by the Author of Waverley, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Browne, and Green, 1824 |
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... English writers , afford us many minute accounts of these gorgeous but tasteless exhibitions , during the sixteenth century ; and our novelist has well detailed their quaintnesses in his descrip- tion of the out - of - door sports at ...
... English writers , afford us many minute accounts of these gorgeous but tasteless exhibitions , during the sixteenth century ; and our novelist has well detailed their quaintnesses in his descrip- tion of the out - of - door sports at ...
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... English nobles ; for those whom I could never get to taste good liquor , now follow the fashion , and wallow in beastly delights . The ladies aban- don their sobriety , and are seen to roll about in intoxication . In good sooth , the ...
... English nobles ; for those whom I could never get to taste good liquor , now follow the fashion , and wallow in beastly delights . The ladies aban- don their sobriety , and are seen to roll about in intoxication . In good sooth , the ...
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... English bull - dogs ; but not without great risk to the dogs , from the horns of the one , and the teeth of the other ; and it sometimes happens that they are killed on the spot : fresh ones are immedi- ately supplied in the place of ...
... English bull - dogs ; but not without great risk to the dogs , from the horns of the one , and the teeth of the other ; and it sometimes happens that they are killed on the spot : fresh ones are immedi- ately supplied in the place of ...
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... reign of Ethelred , on the 13th of November , 1002 ; whilst by others , the deliverance of the English from the tyranny of the Danes , by the death of Stowe , book iv . p . 6 . The Hardicanute , on Tuesday the 8th of June , 45.
... reign of Ethelred , on the 13th of November , 1002 ; whilst by others , the deliverance of the English from the tyranny of the Danes , by the death of Stowe , book iv . p . 6 . The Hardicanute , on Tuesday the 8th of June , 45.
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... massacre of the Danes , ex- pressed in actions and rhymes , and acted annually in the town of Coventry , till its suppression , shortly after the Reformation . It consisted of fierce sham contests between the English and 46.
... massacre of the Danes , ex- pressed in actions and rhymes , and acted annually in the town of Coventry , till its suppression , shortly after the Reformation . It consisted of fierce sham contests between the English and 46.
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Page 173 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently.
Page 375 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and...
Page 333 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Page 333 - In the first rank of these did Zimri ' stand, A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was...
Page 333 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 223 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 334 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Page 284 - It is the market of young lecturers, whom you may cheapen here at all rates and sizes. It is the general mint of all famous lies, which are here like the legends of popery, first coined and stamped in the church. All inventions are emptied here, and not few pockets. The best sign of a temple in it is, that it is the thieves...
Page 128 - I am slain !" seconding his speech with all the force he had to cast me. But being too weak, after I had defended his assault, I easily became master of him, laying him on his back ; when being upon him, I re-demanded if he would request his life, but it seemed he prized it not at so dear a rate to be beholden for it; bravely replying "he scorned * Levelling.
Page 5 - My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells, Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels...