The Picadilly ambulator; or, Old Q, memoirs of the private life of that ever-green votary of Venus'.1808 |
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... sufficiently strong to break through the web of the law , in case he took any harsh proceedings . By what means this was effected , we know not ; but Lord Marchmont at length found himself in a situation to gratify his 12.
... sufficiently strong to break through the web of the law , in case he took any harsh proceedings . By what means this was effected , we know not ; but Lord Marchmont at length found himself in a situation to gratify his 12.
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J P. Hurstone. at length found himself in a situation to gratify his own vanity , and the cu- riosity of the world of gallantry , by exhibiting his lovely Quaker , who had parted with her sober habiliments , and put on the gaudy ...
J P. Hurstone. at length found himself in a situation to gratify his own vanity , and the cu- riosity of the world of gallantry , by exhibiting his lovely Quaker , who had parted with her sober habiliments , and put on the gaudy ...
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... duke , who was vul- nerable on every side , did not seem inclined to encounter him . At length , the Signora's expanded disposition led her beyond the bounds of prudencé . It is well known that Q- has al- ways taken 40.
... duke , who was vul- nerable on every side , did not seem inclined to encounter him . At length , the Signora's expanded disposition led her beyond the bounds of prudencé . It is well known that Q- has al- ways taken 40.
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... marchioness , he pushed his suit with still greater . warmth ; and , at length , wrung from the lovely foreigner a promise that she would be at home on a certain evening .. That wished for evening arrived , and Quiz , in 64.
... marchioness , he pushed his suit with still greater . warmth ; and , at length , wrung from the lovely foreigner a promise that she would be at home on a certain evening .. That wished for evening arrived , and Quiz , in 64.
Page 91
... , tend to draw upon him the ridicule of the hotel's inmates ; he therefore made another effort to rouse the apparently lethargic intruder , but in vain . At length he endeavoured to get into one of the neighbouring cham- bers ; but all 91.
... , tend to draw upon him the ridicule of the hotel's inmates ; he therefore made another effort to rouse the apparently lethargic intruder , but in vain . At length he endeavoured to get into one of the neighbouring cham- bers ; but all 91.
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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...