The Picadilly ambulator; or, Old Q, memoirs of the private life of that ever-green votary of Venus'.1808 |
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... circumstance . George , however , was a man of spirit , as well as a bel esprit , and thus doubly armed , the duke , who was vul- nerable on every side , did not seem inclined to encounter him . At length , the Signora's expanded ...
... circumstance . George , however , was a man of spirit , as well as a bel esprit , and thus doubly armed , the duke , who was vul- nerable on every side , did not seem inclined to encounter him . At length , the Signora's expanded ...
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... circumstances , may be denominated a Heaven or a Hell ; but Q would not nibble . Dr. Johnson has remarked ( we quote from memory ) , that " matrimony has many pains , but celibacy no pleasures ; " and this remark has been received by ...
... circumstances , may be denominated a Heaven or a Hell ; but Q would not nibble . Dr. Johnson has remarked ( we quote from memory ) , that " matrimony has many pains , but celibacy no pleasures ; " and this remark has been received by ...
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... eyes were black as sloes , and her locks of circumstances . a corresponding hue which , we understand , in no small degree , tended to turn the beam of his grace's inclinations towards her invitation . It would be 50.
... eyes were black as sloes , and her locks of circumstances . a corresponding hue which , we understand , in no small degree , tended to turn the beam of his grace's inclinations towards her invitation . It would be 50.
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... circumstances , at the time of the union , were not totally unembarrassed . His conduct since has been that of a truly affectionate husband ; and , in every respect , so very exemplary , as to be worthy the imitation of most of his ...
... circumstances , at the time of the union , were not totally unembarrassed . His conduct since has been that of a truly affectionate husband ; and , in every respect , so very exemplary , as to be worthy the imitation of most of his ...
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... obloquy that for some time overshadowed his character . But what has raised him , in an emi- nent degree , in the opinion of many , is the circumstance of his having mi- nistered to the wants , soothed the sor rows , 102.
... obloquy that for some time overshadowed his character . But what has raised him , in an emi- nent degree , in the opinion of many , is the circumstance of his having mi- nistered to the wants , soothed the sor rows , 102.
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Page 108 - Our revels now are ended: these our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind: We are such stuff As dreams are made of, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Page 42 - Let subtle schoolmen teach these friends to fight, More studious to divide than to unite ; And grace and virtue, sense and reason split, With all the rash dexterity of wit. Wits, just like fools, at war about a name, Have full as oft no meaning, or the same.
Page 1 - ... contempt; but want. of feeling excites indignation. You have shocked me, and I leave you. From exalted rank like yours, my lord, men look for exalted virtue ; and when these are coupled, they command respect, and grace each other ; but the coronet which gives and receives splendour when fixed on the brow of merit, glitters on the worthless head, like a mark of disgrace, to render vice, folly, and inhumanity conspicuous.
Page 1 - Ambulator ; or, Old Q. : containing Memoirs of the Private Life of that Ever-green Votary of Venus ! Throughout which are interspersed Anecdotes of the most noted Fashionables, his Contemporaries. In two volumes. By JP HURSTONE, Esq.
Page 106 - ... conforms to the temper of the times, wisely preferring elegance to tawdry finery. The Duke of Queensborough spends a great portion of the year in the metropolis, and indeed the view of...