A POOR Relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature — a piece of impertinent correspondency — an odious approximation — a haunting conscience — a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noon-tide of our prosperity — an unwelcome remembrancer... The Quarterly Review - Page 294edited by - 1912Full view - About this book
| 1824 - 494 pages
...seeing it correspondency, — an od,ous approztma- now „ He rev;Teth pll5t situations, to intion, — a haunting conscience, — a preposterous shadow,...unwelcome remembrancer, — a perpetually recurring mortif,cation, — a drain on your purse,— a more stitute what he ealleth — favourable comparisons.... | |
| 1823 - 450 pages
...elephant, are matters of the head and heart, and are not to be forgotten. — Land. Mag. POOR RELATIONS. A Poor Relation is — the most irrelevant thing in...an odious approximation, — a haunting conscience — af wn^ ing in the noon-tide of your prosperity,— ват. welcome remembrancer, — a perpetually... | |
| 1823 - 732 pages
...Come forth ! West winds for ever, and a groan for the north ! May 1, 1823. EW POOR RELATIONS. A POOB Relation is — the most irrelevant thing in nature,...approximation, — a haunting conscience, — a preposterous shadbV, lengthening in the noon-tide of your prosperity,— an unwelcome remembrancer, — a perpetually... | |
| 1835 - 430 pages
...of conspiracy, but in the warm, honest cloak of integrity, and patriotic intention. POOR RELATIONS. A Poor Relation is, the most irrelevant thing in nature,...lengthening in the noontide of your prosperity, an unweleome remembrancer, a perpetually recurring mortification, a drain on your purse, a more intolerable... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 pages
...so of their extinguised habitations there may be a hope — a germ to be revivified. POOR RELATIONS. A POOR Relation — is the most irrelevant thing in...nature,— a piece of impertinent correspondency, — and odious approximation, — a haunting conscience, — a preposterous shadow, lengthening in... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1836 - 324 pages
...their extinguished habitations there may be a hope — a germ to be revivified. B 3 POOR RELATIONS. A POOR Relation — is the most irrelevant thing in...preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noontide of our prosperity, — an unwelcome remembrancer, — a perpetually recurring mortification, — a drain... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1836 - 326 pages
...their extinguished habitations there may be a hope — a germ to be revivified. 10 POOR RELATIONS. A POOR Relation — is the most irrelevant thing in...preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noontide of our prosperity, — an unwelcome remembrancer, — a perpetually recurring mortification, — a drain... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1836 - 326 pages
...extinguished habitations there may be a hope — a germ to be revivified. B 3 POOR RELATIONS. A POOK Relation — is the most irrelevant thing in nature,...preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noontide of our prosperity, — an unwelcome remembrancer, — a perpetually recurring mortification, — a drain... | |
| Orville Dewey - 1838 - 310 pages
...influence. "A poor relation" — says an English writer, satirizing the manners of his countrymen — " is the most irrelevant thing in nature ; a piece of...remembrancer ; a perpetually recurring mortification ; a drawback upon success ; a rebuke to your rising ; a mote in your eye ; a triumph to your enemy ; an... | |
| Orville Dewey - 1838 - 312 pages
...influence. " A poor relation," — says an English writer, satirizing the manners of his countrymen — " is the most irrelevant thing in nature ; a piece of...remembrancer ; a perpetually recurring mortification ; a drawback upon success ; a rebuke to your rising ; a mote in your eye ; a triumph to your enemy; an... | |
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