Herbert LacyHenry Colburn, New Burlington Street., 1828 - 285 pages |
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... lively , and pleasant , and full of chit - chat , and knew what was going on , and told one all the accidents , and gamblings , and elopements , and marriages that were to be , or were not to be . " 66 vern . Scandal , in short ...
... lively , and pleasant , and full of chit - chat , and knew what was going on , and told one all the accidents , and gamblings , and elopements , and marriages that were to be , or were not to be . " 66 vern . Scandal , in short ...
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... lively , and enterprising , somewhat fickle in his pursuits , but ardent in the further . ance of them . He was perhaps rather too much dazzled with the specious lustre of ver- satile accomplishments , and ambitious of the reputation of ...
... lively , and enterprising , somewhat fickle in his pursuits , but ardent in the further . ance of them . He was perhaps rather too much dazzled with the specious lustre of ver- satile accomplishments , and ambitious of the reputation of ...
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... lively interest to Agnes . It was greatly in her favour that Lady Malvern was not of the party , for her presence would infallibly have preserved Lacy in that haughty system of circumspection which he had prescribed to himself . At ...
... lively interest to Agnes . It was greatly in her favour that Lady Malvern was not of the party , for her presence would infallibly have preserved Lacy in that haughty system of circumspection which he had prescribed to himself . At ...
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... lively and agreeable , sometimes produced results , which closely verged upon the ludicrous . In the present instance , after the first greetings , mutual inquiries took their usual precedence of other conversation . " Thank you ...
... lively and agreeable , sometimes produced results , which closely verged upon the ludicrous . In the present instance , after the first greetings , mutual inquiries took their usual precedence of other conversation . " Thank you ...
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... lively , sen- sible , and observant . To her disposition he was hitherto a stranger , and he easily allowed himself to think , that she might be deficient in VOL . I. E liberality and good nature . Though he had been amused HERBERT LACY ...
... lively , sen- sible , and observant . To her disposition he was hitherto a stranger , and he easily allowed himself to think , that she might be deficient in VOL . I. E liberality and good nature . Though he had been amused HERBERT LACY ...
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Page 206 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not...
Page 274 - That which gilded over his imperfections, Is wasted and consumed, even like ice, Which by the vehemence of heat dissolves, And glides to many rivers ; so his wealth, That felt a prodigal hand, hot in expense, Melted within his gripe, and from his coffers Ran like a violent stream to other men's.
Page 52 - I'll build all inward : not a light shall ope The common out-way; no expense, no art, No ornament, no door, will I use there; But raise all plain and rudely like a...
Page 113 - In a word, generosity sanctifies every passion, and adds grace to every acquisition of the soul ; and if it does not necessarily include, at least it reflects a lustre upon the whole circle of moral and intellectual qualities.
Page 2 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Page 16 - There are but three ways for a man to revenge himself of the censure of the world ; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it : the first of these is usually pretended, the last is almost impossible, the universal practice is for the second.
Page 152 - I love you, dear morsel of modesty, I love ; and so truly, that I'll make you mistress of my thoughts, lady of my revenues, and commit all my moveahles into your hands; that is, I'll give you an earnest kiss in the highway of matrimony.
Page 113 - True generosity rises above the ordinary rules of social conduct, and flows with much too full a stream to be comprehended within the precise marks of formal precepts. It is a vigorous principle in the soul, which opens and expands all her virtues far beyond those which are only the forced and unnatural productions of a timid obedience.
Page 75 - Nothing drives a party at a house in the country more completely to their resources than rain. To kill time soon became an important object, and various were the means devised. Music and billiards had their turn ; some went to play at battledore and shuttlecock in the hall ; others beguiled the hours in ransacking albums and portfolios. Mr. Tyrwhitt, in despair, proposed...