The Picadilly ambulator; or, Old Q, memoirs of the private life of that ever-green votary of Venus'.1808 |
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... onwards , leaving the young pair to make the most of their time ; and we must do them the justice to say , that , in this point , they were by no means deficient . Lord Marchmont quickly made known his quality to Sarah , 6.
... onwards , leaving the young pair to make the most of their time ; and we must do them the justice to say , that , in this point , they were by no means deficient . Lord Marchmont quickly made known his quality to Sarah , 6.
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J P. Hurstone. Lord Marchmont quickly made known his quality to Sarah , professed himself her ardent admirer , exhausted his rhetorical stores in placing the blessings of liberty , and the pleasures to which he would lead her , in the ...
J P. Hurstone. Lord Marchmont quickly made known his quality to Sarah , professed himself her ardent admirer , exhausted his rhetorical stores in placing the blessings of liberty , and the pleasures to which he would lead her , in the ...
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... have the desired effect than the following , which was successfully put in exe- cution : Monsieur , without being under the necessity of over - exerting his persua- sive abilities , quickly tickled the " ava- ricious appetite 26.
... have the desired effect than the following , which was successfully put in exe- cution : Monsieur , without being under the necessity of over - exerting his persua- sive abilities , quickly tickled the " ava- ricious appetite 26.
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J P. Hurstone. sive abilities , quickly tickled the " ava- ricious appetite of an old infirmarian , who was in the habit of attending such of the young ladies as chanced to be indisposed at the boarding school in which Miss C was . To ...
J P. Hurstone. sive abilities , quickly tickled the " ava- ricious appetite of an old infirmarian , who was in the habit of attending such of the young ladies as chanced to be indisposed at the boarding school in which Miss C was . To ...
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... quickly diversified by the marchioness informing the bewildered nobleman , that she had taken the liberty of mak- ing the marquis acquainted with the honour which his grace intended her , and that he ( the marquis ) considered himself ...
... quickly diversified by the marchioness informing the bewildered nobleman , that she had taken the liberty of mak- ing the marquis acquainted with the honour which his grace intended her , and that he ( the marquis ) considered himself ...
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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...