Charles LambMacmillan, 1895 - 191 pages |
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Page 42
... favour , not without a few pangs , con- fessed by Lamb himself . And when , in the following year , Coleridge was on the eve of his visit to Germany with the Wordsworths , a foolish message of his , " If Lamb requires any knowledge ...
... favour , not without a few pangs , con- fessed by Lamb himself . And when , in the following year , Coleridge was on the eve of his visit to Germany with the Wordsworths , a foolish message of his , " If Lamb requires any knowledge ...
Page 128
... favour of his intended guest . This , however , did not prevent their mutual and high relish of each other's character and con- versation , nor was any allusion made to the performance , till , on rising to go , Talma inquired how he ...
... favour of his intended guest . This , however , did not prevent their mutual and high relish of each other's character and con- versation , nor was any allusion made to the performance , till , on rising to go , Talma inquired how he ...
Page 184
... , rather than unable , to discuss the claims of a new candidate for public favour . He lived mainly in communion with an older literature . It was to him inexhaustible in amount and in excellence , and he 184 [ CHAP . CHARLES LAMB .
... , rather than unable , to discuss the claims of a new candidate for public favour . He lived mainly in communion with an older literature . It was to him inexhaustible in amount and in excellence , and he 184 [ CHAP . CHARLES LAMB .
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... favour of the Presby- terian , and had been with almost equal violence restored . Whole classes of the population had been drawn into opposing camps during the Civil War , and still stood confronting each other with all the harsh ...
... favour of the Presby- terian , and had been with almost equal violence restored . Whole classes of the population had been drawn into opposing camps during the Civil War , and still stood confronting each other with all the harsh ...
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... favour by their sovereign and not at all disagreeable to themselves . An ingenious philosopher elevated Absolutism into an intellectual and moral system , the consequence of which was to encourage the powerful in the indulgence of every ...
... favour by their sovereign and not at all disagreeable to themselves . An ingenious philosopher elevated Absolutism into an intellectual and moral system , the consequence of which was to encourage the powerful in the indulgence of every ...
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Page 158 - Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 41 - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I loved a love once, fairest among women ; Closed are her doors on me, I must not see her—- All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I have a friend, a kinder friend has no man ; Like an ingrate, I left my friend abruptly; Left him, to muse on the old familiar faces.
Page 188 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.
Page 63 - So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, 20 Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Page 124 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Page 173 - I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin, that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.
Page 105 - But what meats? — Him thought he by the brook of Cherith stood, And saw the ravens with their horny beaks Pood to Elijah bringing even and morn; Though ravenous, taught to...
Page 134 - You have just met the most unhappy man on earth ; but on the subject of his wretchedness you must never ask a question.
Page 173 - He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty; keeps a good house both in town and country; a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Page 116 - ... committed to her by the owner, who preferred living in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining county ; but still she lived in it in a manner as if it had been her own, and kept up the dignity of the great house in a sort while she lived, which afterwards...