The letters of Peter Plymley, essays, and speechesHenry Vizetelly, 1852 - 226 pages |
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... greater degree of antiquity or good fortune . His father , whose family were originally from Devonshire , resided at Lydiard near Taunton ; but the subject of our memoir was born in the year 1768 at Woodford in Essex . It was at ...
... greater degree of antiquity or good fortune . His father , whose family were originally from Devonshire , resided at Lydiard near Taunton ; but the subject of our memoir was born in the year 1768 at Woodford in Essex . It was at ...
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... greater gusto than the arch - wit himself ; and here accordingly the miso - punster will find a homily to his heart's content on Dr. Johnson's famous dictum , that a man who makes a pun will pick your pocket . Sydney Smith was now in ...
... greater gusto than the arch - wit himself ; and here accordingly the miso - punster will find a homily to his heart's content on Dr. Johnson's famous dictum , that a man who makes a pun will pick your pocket . Sydney Smith was now in ...
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... greater use than I now can do of a poor country full of men ; I want to render the military ser- vice popular among the Irish ; to check the power of France ; to make every possible exertion for the safety of Europe , which in twenty ...
... greater use than I now can do of a poor country full of men ; I want to render the military ser- vice popular among the Irish ; to check the power of France ; to make every possible exertion for the safety of Europe , which in twenty ...
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... greater timidity , because the blockhead thinks he can eat angels in muffins , and chew a spiritual nature in the erumpet which he buys from the baker's shop ? I am sorry there should be such folly in the world ; but I should be ten ...
... greater timidity , because the blockhead thinks he can eat angels in muffins , and chew a spiritual nature in the erumpet which he buys from the baker's shop ? I am sorry there should be such folly in the world ; but I should be ten ...
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... greater national blessing : but it carries with it this evil in its train , that any villain who will bawl out " The Church is in danger " " may get a place , and a good pension ; and that any administration who will do the same thing ...
... greater national blessing : but it carries with it this evil in its train , that any villain who will bawl out " The Church is in danger " " may get a place , and a good pension ; and that any administration who will do the same thing ...
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Page 223 - I do not mean to be disrespectful ; but the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion.
Page 223 - In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and...
Page x - Metropolis, and at ease in my circumstances ; in tolerable health, a mild Whig, a tolerating Churchman, and much given to talking, laughing, and noise. I dine with the rich in London, and physic the poor in the country ; passing from the sauces of Dives to the sores of Lazarus. I am, upon the whole, a happy man ; have found the world an entertaining world, and am thankful to Providence for the part allotted to me in it.
Page 21 - I have before said, the moment the very name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots.
Page 222 - As for the possibility of the House of Lords preventing ere long a reform of Parliament, I hold it to be the most absurd notion that ever entered into human imagination. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs.
Page 57 - ... understanding; call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation, and it seems to me as absurd as if a butterfly were to teach bees to make honey.
Page 223 - The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at your ease — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington.
Page 206 - The matter of fact is, that a classical scholar of twenty-three or twenty-four is a man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents for speculation and original inquiry he has none, nor has he formed the invaluable habit of pushing things up to their first principles, or of collecting dry and unamusing facts as the materials for reasoning.
Page 43 - I am so enchanted with the ordinary English behaviour of these invaluable persons, that I earnestly pray no opportunity may be given them for Roman valour, and for those very un-Roman pensions, which they would all, of course, take especial care to claim in consequence.
Page 196 - My grandmother sent for the minister next day, and, upon pretence of a mad dog, got him to hang all his dogs. There was also difficulty of getting victuals to carry him without the servants suspecting; the only way it was done, was by stealing it off her plate at dinner into her lap. Many a diverting story she has told about this, and other things of the like nature.