The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 3Cadell and Company, 1834 |
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... seems to have resented an admo- nitory letter , in which the future teacher of morals contrasted her pretensions to religion with her ha- bitual indulgence in slander and backbiting ; but with the young and sentimental his reception was ...
... seems to have resented an admo- nitory letter , in which the future teacher of morals contrasted her pretensions to religion with her ha- bitual indulgence in slander and backbiting ; but with the young and sentimental his reception was ...
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... seems to have added considerably to his revenue . He was now a man in very easy circumstances ; and , besides his premises in Salis- 1 Life of Richardson , vol . i . , p . 41 , 42 . bury Court , he enjoyed the luxury of a villa 8 ...
... seems to have added considerably to his revenue . He was now a man in very easy circumstances ; and , besides his premises in Salis- 1 Life of Richardson , vol . i . , p . 41 , 42 . bury Court , he enjoyed the luxury of a villa 8 ...
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... seems to have been , on one occasion at least , bailed out of a spunging - house by Richardson , and to have been in the habit of applying to him for small loans of money , when his immediate employers were out of the way . See the ...
... seems to have been , on one occasion at least , bailed out of a spunging - house by Richardson , and to have been in the habit of applying to him for small loans of money , when his immediate employers were out of the way . See the ...
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... seem , they are pleasing proofs that the author of Clarissa was , in private life , the mild good man which we wish to suppose him . The predominant failing of Richardson seems certainly to have been vanity ; vanity naturally excited by ...
... seem , they are pleasing proofs that the author of Clarissa was , in private life , the mild good man which we wish to suppose him . The predominant failing of Richardson seems certainly to have been vanity ; vanity naturally excited by ...
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... seems to have been a want of masculine firmness in Richardson's habits of thinking , which combined with his natural ten- derness of heart in inducing him to prefer the society of women ; and women , from the quickness of their feelings ...
... seems to have been a want of masculine firmness in Richardson's habits of thinking , which combined with his natural ten- derness of heart in inducing him to prefer the society of women ; and women , from the quickness of their feelings ...
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Page 246 - How often have I paused on every charm, The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade For talking age and whispering lovers made!
Page 240 - Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Page 226 - Here Cumberland lies, having acted his parts, The Terence of England, the mender of hearts ; A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
Page 269 - Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned...
Page 109 - H. Fielding has given a true picture of himself and his first wife in the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Booth, some compliments to his own figure excepted ; and I am persuaded, several of the incidents he mentions are real matters of fact.
Page 308 - ... room in that style of affected delicacy which fashion had then made almost natural; chapeau bras between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm; knees bent; and feet on tip-toe, as if afraid of a wet floor. His dress in visiting was most usually (in summer when I most saw him) a lavender suit; the waistcoat embroidered with a little silver, or of white silk worked in the tambour; partridge silk stockings ; and gold buckles ; ruffles and frill generally lace. I remember, when...
Page 385 - Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights, Wherein you spend your folly : There's nought in this life sweet If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy...
Page 155 - He wrote an account of them, but 'twas nothing but the account of his miserable feelings. I met Smelfungus in the grand portico of the pantheon he was just coming out of it 'Tis nothing but a huge cockpit,* said he I wish you had said nothing worse of the Venus of Medicis...
Page 65 - Why, Sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment, and consider the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment.
Page 256 - Vicar of Wakefield ' in youth and in age — we return to it again and again, and bless the memory of an author who contrives so well to reconcile us to human nature.