The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 27
Page 2
... light jest ; and yet , perhaps , not quite irrelevant in ears that could understand it . Your long and much talkers hated him . The informal habit of his mind , joined to an inveterate impediment of speech , forbade him to be an orator ...
... light jest ; and yet , perhaps , not quite irrelevant in ears that could understand it . Your long and much talkers hated him . The informal habit of his mind , joined to an inveterate impediment of speech , forbade him to be an orator ...
Page 44
... once both good and rare- where the individual is álmost the species , and when that perishes , We know not where is that Promethean torch That can its light relumine- such a book , for instance , as the Life 44 DETACHED THOUGHTS.
... once both good and rare- where the individual is álmost the species , and when that perishes , We know not where is that Promethean torch That can its light relumine- such a book , for instance , as the Life 44 DETACHED THOUGHTS.
Page 50
... light pamphlet . I should not care to be caught in the serious avenues or some cathedral alone and reading Candide . I do not remember a more whimsical surprise than having been once detected - by a familiar damsel - reclin- ing at my ...
... light pamphlet . I should not care to be caught in the serious avenues or some cathedral alone and reading Candide . I do not remember a more whimsical surprise than having been once detected - by a familiar damsel - reclin- ing at my ...
Page 56
... light depredations upon his neighbour's faith . He did not stand shivering upon the brink , but was a hearty , thorough - paced liar , and plunged at once into the depths of your credulity . I partly believe , he made pretty sure of his ...
... light depredations upon his neighbour's faith . He did not stand shivering upon the brink , but was a hearty , thorough - paced liar , and plunged at once into the depths of your credulity . I partly believe , he made pretty sure of his ...
Page 88
... light servitude , I served over again all night in my sleep , and would awake with terrors of imaginary false entries , errors in my accounts , and the like . I was fifty years of age , and no prospect of emancipation presented itself ...
... light servitude , I served over again all night in my sleep , and would awake with terrors of imaginary false entries , errors in my accounts , and the like . I was fifty years of age , and no prospect of emancipation presented itself ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admirable appeared April Fool artist beautiful Belshazzar better bourn Green Brock character chimæra comedy comic confess day's pleasuring dreams Elgin marbles Elliston face faculties fancy father feel Flavius Josephus gallery genius gentleman give guests half hand head Headpiece-The heart Hertfordshire honour hour humour imagination impertinent infirmities knew lady late leave less look Lord magnificent Margate mind mirth morning mortal Nando's nature never night notion occasion old Minster once pain passion person play pleasant pleasure poet poor preter pro bono publico remember ROBERT WILLIAM ELLISTON scarcely seemed seen sense Shakspeare sick sight Sir Philip Sydney sleep Soame Jenyns sort speak spirits strange sweet Tailpiece-The taste thee thing thou thought tion told true truth vanity walk watchet wild wonder young youth