A Satirical View of London; Or, A Descriptive Sketch of the English Metropolis: With Strictures on Men and MannersR. Ogle, 1804 - 214 pages |
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... opulence and refinement of the nation . The disposition of the people has been gradually me- liorated by the rewards of industry , and the urba- nity of the natives of London renders it a most de- sirable place of residence . Among ...
... opulence and refinement of the nation . The disposition of the people has been gradually me- liorated by the rewards of industry , and the urba- nity of the natives of London renders it a most de- sirable place of residence . Among ...
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... prominent beauties which are worthy the observation of the stranger , beginning with a de- scription of that celebrated river from which Lon don derives its opulence and grandeur . THE RIVER THAMES . THE source of this river is [ 13 ]
... prominent beauties which are worthy the observation of the stranger , beginning with a de- scription of that celebrated river from which Lon don derives its opulence and grandeur . THE RIVER THAMES . THE source of this river is [ 13 ]
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... opulence of our ancestors ; a Temple worthy to be erected by the hands of freemen , to that all - gra- cious Being whose providence has blessed the happy inhabitants of Britain with protection . The internal decorations of this ...
... opulence of our ancestors ; a Temple worthy to be erected by the hands of freemen , to that all - gra- cious Being whose providence has blessed the happy inhabitants of Britain with protection . The internal decorations of this ...
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... opulent , and the connivance of men in power at gaming and inebri- ation , that the most polished nations of Europe languish under a variety of wretchedness , nor can the eye of the philanthropist perceive one ray of hope in the whole ...
... opulent , and the connivance of men in power at gaming and inebri- ation , that the most polished nations of Europe languish under a variety of wretchedness , nor can the eye of the philanthropist perceive one ray of hope in the whole ...
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... opulence , and hold every foreigner in contempt . Their pride , however , seldom originates in a con- sciousness of personal merit ; in that respect it must be acknowledged they are unassuming . They form a much more judicious estimate ...
... opulence , and hold every foreigner in contempt . Their pride , however , seldom originates in a con- sciousness of personal merit ; in that respect it must be acknowledged they are unassuming . They form a much more judicious estimate ...
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Page 45 - Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Page 60 - I cannot help venturing to disoblige them for their service, by telling them, that the utmost of a woman's character is contained in domestic life ; she is blameable or praise-worthy according as her carriage affects the house of her father, or her husband. All she has to do in this world, is contained within the duties of a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a mother.
Page 74 - Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false or true.
Page 200 - ... in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked; he carries his persons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the close dismisses them without further care, and leaves their examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate ; for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time or place.
Page 36 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
Page 126 - What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to Fate! Steel could the labour of the Gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.
Page 153 - Sam Ervin President Bush has demonstrated these attributes! ;-) Bush, Laura - First Lady "How goodness heightens beauty!" Hannah Mare "There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
Page 126 - And strike to dust th' imperial powers of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ? CANTO IV.
Page 114 - Behold the picture! Is it like ? Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ; and reading what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene...
Page 160 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God.