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... conversation . They had no sooner retired , than Mr. Melf raising himself in his chair , announced a bumper the ladies who had left us ; an order which readily complied with , and seemed to spread an of satisfaction around the table ...
... conversation . They had no sooner retired , than Mr. Melf raising himself in his chair , announced a bumper the ladies who had left us ; an order which readily complied with , and seemed to spread an of satisfaction around the table ...
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... conversation in proportion to the number of bumpers they swal- lowed : they vied with each other in the number of their stories and their jokes ; all of which seemed to be equally relished ; and not the less so , that they now became ...
... conversation in proportion to the number of bumpers they swal- lowed : they vied with each other in the number of their stories and their jokes ; all of which seemed to be equally relished ; and not the less so , that they now became ...
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... conversation which succeeded was suppo in an easy agreeable manner , by Mr. Melville the ladies , with that mixture of serious remark wh made it not unpleasing to Mr. Umphraville ; did he suffer in their opinion by the part he occ ...
... conversation which succeeded was suppo in an easy agreeable manner , by Mr. Melville the ladies , with that mixture of serious remark wh made it not unpleasing to Mr. Umphraville ; did he suffer in their opinion by the part he occ ...
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... conversation . As to the appear- ance of Melfort and his friends in the drawing room , I observed , that a little habit made the occasional intrusion of a drunken company be considered as a sort of interlude , which ladies could bear ...
... conversation . As to the appear- ance of Melfort and his friends in the drawing room , I observed , that a little habit made the occasional intrusion of a drunken company be considered as a sort of interlude , which ladies could bear ...
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... conversation and viour which they must afterwards be oblige endure . Ay , ' says he , Charles , this is your way . follies of mankind are familiar to you , and yo always ready to find an apology for them ; b who , for many years , have ...
... conversation and viour which they must afterwards be oblige endure . Ay , ' says he , Charles , this is your way . follies of mankind are familiar to you , and yo always ready to find an apology for them ; b who , for many years , have ...
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Page 73 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendant world; or to be worse than worst Of those that lawless and incertain thoughts Imagine howling: 'tis too horrible!
Page 156 - The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 39 - That care, however, which watched his health was not repaid with success ; he was always more delicate, and more subject to little disorders than I; and at last, after completing his seventh year, was seized with a fever, which, in a few days, put an end to his life, and transferred to me the inheritance of my ancestors.
Page 73 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 159 - And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead; Go to thy death-bed, He never will come again. His beard was as white as snow All flaxen was his poll, He is gone, he is gone, And we cast away moan: God ha
Page 70 - Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination, which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in years.
Page 222 - The idea of publishing a periodical paper in Edinburgh, took its rise in a company of gentlemen, whom particular circumstances of connection brought frequently together. Their discourse often turned upon subjects of manners, of taste, and of literature. By one of those accidental resolutions, of which the origin cannot easily be traced, it was determined to put their thoughts into writing, and to read them for the entertainment...
Page 217 - Edward's whole tenderness and attention were called forth to mitigate her grief; and, after its first transports had subsided, he carried her to London, in hopes that objects new to her, and commonly attractive to all, might contribute to remove it. With a man possessed of feelings like Sir Edward's, the affliction of Louisa gave a certain respect to his attentions.
Page 212 - He could not help expressing some surprise at the appearance of refinement in the conversation of the latter, much beyond what her situation seemed likely to confer. Her father accounted for it. She had received her education in the...
Page 154 - Expectancy and Rose of the fair State, ' The Glass of Fashion, and the Mold of Form, 4 Th' observ'd of all Observers,' placed in a situation in which even the amiable qualities of his mind serve but to aggravate his distress, and to perplex his conduct.