Stanley: Or, The Recollections of a Man of the World, Volume 1Lea & Blanchard, 1838 |
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... father re- sided alone with myself , who was his only son , in a small house which stood by itself at a short distance from the neighbouring village . He had inherited a large fortune , and had formerly lived in one of the cities , with ...
... father re- sided alone with myself , who was his only son , in a small house which stood by itself at a short distance from the neighbouring village . He had inherited a large fortune , and had formerly lived in one of the cities , with ...
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... father was exceedingly reserved in his temper , and generally left my conduct to my own control , and my in- clinations and feelings to their natural course . Though not particularly literary in his taste , he had a fine library which ...
... father was exceedingly reserved in his temper , and generally left my conduct to my own control , and my in- clinations and feelings to their natural course . Though not particularly literary in his taste , he had a fine library which ...
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... father received , through the influence of some of his friends , an appointment from the government , which pro- mised him a handsome annual income , but required him to fix his residence in the south . In communicating to me ...
... father received , through the influence of some of his friends , an appointment from the government , which pro- mised him a handsome annual income , but required him to fix his residence in the south . In communicating to me ...
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... father's house , which stood at no great distance from my own . The moon had been long risen , * and was looking down through the marble ruins of its temple of the clouds , as I entered the door . It was a noble old mansion , flanked by ...
... father's house , which stood at no great distance from my own . The moon had been long risen , * and was looking down through the marble ruins of its temple of the clouds , as I entered the door . It was a noble old mansion , flanked by ...
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... father ! -I have had those earthly visions , And noble aspirations in my youth , To make my mind the mind of other men , The enlightener of nations ; and to rise I know not whither , —it might be to fall . MANFRED . THE College to which ...
... father ! -I have had those earthly visions , And noble aspirations in my youth , To make my mind the mind of other men , The enlightener of nations ; and to rise I know not whither , —it might be to fall . MANFRED . THE College to which ...
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Page 55 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 109 - ... motions, and regular paces, though they give no sound unto the ear, yet to the understanding they strike a note most full of harmony.
Page 15 - Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Page 203 - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Page 258 - I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow Strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me.
Page 22 - Tis strange — even those who do despair above, Yet shape themselves some fantasy on earth, To which frail twig they cling, like drowning men. Man. Ay — father ! I have had those earthly visions And noble aspirations in my youth, To make my own the mind of other men, The enlightener of nations ; and to rise I knew not whither — it might be to fall ; But fall, even as the mountain-cataract, Which having leapt from its more dazzling height, Even in the foaming strength of its abyss, (Which casts...
Page 121 - Let Phidias have rude and obstinate stuff to carve, though his art do that it should, his work will lack that beauty which otherwise in fitter matter it might have had. He that striketh an instrument with skill may cause notwithstanding a very unpleasant sound, if the string whereon he striketh chance to be uncapable of harmony. In the matter whereof things...
Page 258 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with.
Page 238 - And wear, and lose them: yet remains an ear-ring To purchase them again, and this whole state. A gem but worth a private patrimony Is nothing: we will eat such at a meal. The heads of parrots, tongues of nightingales. The brains of peacocks and of...
Page 258 - Among some other talk, in returning, he spoke with praise of Miss Ferrier as a novelist, and then with still higher praise of Miss Austen. Of the latter he said — ' I find myself every now and then with one of her books in my hand. There's a finishing-off in some of her scenes that is really quite above everybody else. And there's that Irish lady, too — but I forget everybody's name now' * Miss Edgeworth,' I said — ' Ay, Miss Edgeworth — she's very clever, and best in the little touches too.