Cheveley, Or, The Man of Honour, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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Page 55
... passed under the window . Major Nonplus sat alone at a side - table , with a napkin tuck- ed under his chin , and a dish as large as a boat be- fore him of raw oysters , which he was devouring audibly . Reposing for one moment from his ...
... passed under the window . Major Nonplus sat alone at a side - table , with a napkin tuck- ed under his chin , and a dish as large as a boat be- fore him of raw oysters , which he was devouring audibly . Reposing for one moment from his ...
Page 61
... above sixty , which is proof positive that sixty was the Rubicon that , once passed , left no es- eape from old womanism ; whereas with us , sixty is VOL . II . F. the toga virilis that alone fits a man for public THE MAN OF HONOUR . 61.
... above sixty , which is proof positive that sixty was the Rubicon that , once passed , left no es- eape from old womanism ; whereas with us , sixty is VOL . II . F. the toga virilis that alone fits a man for public THE MAN OF HONOUR . 61.
Page 74
... passed in this manner , and in repeating aloud , in a sort of delirium , " Then he loves me ! " to which the poor little starling that he had given her in the cathedral at Milan invariably answered , E vero , vero , and from that moment ...
... passed in this manner , and in repeating aloud , in a sort of delirium , " Then he loves me ! " to which the poor little starling that he had given her in the cathedral at Milan invariably answered , E vero , vero , and from that moment ...
Page 91
... passed , did not rouse her : the only objects which she seemed to distinguish from others , were when that gorgeous mockery of death , a Neapolitan funeral , passed under her window , and then she looked wistfully at the crim- son ...
... passed , did not rouse her : the only objects which she seemed to distinguish from others , were when that gorgeous mockery of death , a Neapolitan funeral , passed under her window , and then she looked wistfully at the crim- son ...
Page 102
... passed for one of the wisest men in England . When one is in opposition , ' said he , it is very easy indeed to know what to say ; but when one is minister , it is difficult to know what not to say . " DR . JOHNSON has observed , “ that ...
... passed for one of the wisest men in England . When one is in opposition , ' said he , it is very easy indeed to know what to say ; but when one is minister , it is difficult to know what not to say . " DR . JOHNSON has observed , “ that ...
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Page 135 - AH, Ben ! Say how, or when, Shall we thy guests Meet at those lyric feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun...
Page 213 - Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Page 73 - Dar'st thou die ? The sense of death is most in apprehension, And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 189 - No, no, no life : Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? Thou'lt come no more. Never, never, never, never, never ! — Pray you undo this button : thank you, sir.
Page 102 - All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance; it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.
Page 130 - So idly, that rapt fancy deemeth it A metaphor of peace ; all form a scene Where musing Solitude might love to lift Her soul above this sphere of earthliness ; Where Silence undisturbed might watch alone, So cold, so bright, so still.
Page 40 - It is to be all made of fantasy, All made of passion, and all made of wishes ; All adoration, duty, and observance, All humbleness, all patience, and impatience, All purity, all trial, all observance
Page 102 - If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pick-axe, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains are levelled, and oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings.
Page 185 - I am a knave, if I know what to say, What course to take, or which way to resolve. My brain, methinks, is like an hour-glass, ' Wherein my imaginations run like sands, Filling up time; but then are turn'd and turn'd: So that I know not what to stay upon, And less, to put in act.
Page 92 - Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.