The Picadilly ambulator; or, Old Q, memoirs of the private life of that ever-green votary of Venus'.1808 |
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... hero soon came to an under- standing with the Signora who had charmed him by her notes ; and , in return , only desired to be charmed by a few of his .. On the same night that the delicate bargain was closed , an event occurred that ...
... hero soon came to an under- standing with the Signora who had charmed him by her notes ; and , in return , only desired to be charmed by a few of his .. On the same night that the delicate bargain was closed , an event occurred that ...
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... confirmation of the validity of our opinion , that the number of married men discontented with their situation , far exceeds that of bachelors of the same disposition . Our hero , we be- lieve , opines with us ; for neither beau- ty 44.
... confirmation of the validity of our opinion , that the number of married men discontented with their situation , far exceeds that of bachelors of the same disposition . Our hero , we be- lieve , opines with us ; for neither beau- ty 44.
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... hero at a splendid masquerade , given at the residence of the Duke of K , so far acknow ledged the power of his seductive abi- lities , as to inform him that her spouse , " good easy man , " being engaged on a certain night to plead the ...
... hero at a splendid masquerade , given at the residence of the Duke of K , so far acknow ledged the power of his seductive abi- lities , as to inform him that her spouse , " good easy man , " being engaged on a certain night to plead the ...
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... hero's well - known character for gal- lantry , to assert that he was not punc- tual to the appointed hour , and injns- tice towards the lady's veracity , to say that her promise was forgotten . On Q's arrival , he found his charmer ...
... hero's well - known character for gal- lantry , to assert that he was not punc- tual to the appointed hour , and injns- tice towards the lady's veracity , to say that her promise was forgotten . On Q's arrival , he found his charmer ...
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... hero in the light of a youthful , volatile sprig of nobility , - furrows had already begun to disfigure his once well - braced visage ; maugre cosmetics , and all the arts of Parisian charlatans . His locks assumed that hue which ...
... hero in the light of a youthful , volatile sprig of nobility , - furrows had already begun to disfigure his once well - braced visage ; maugre cosmetics , and all the arts of Parisian charlatans . His locks assumed that hue which ...
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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...