Letters from a citizen of the world, to his friends in the EastF.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English literature |
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Academy at Pekin acquaintance Adieu admiration amusement appeared beauty become Brentford Ceremonial Academy cern China Chinese Circassia companion continued cried curiosity dæmon Daures desire distress dress emperor endeavour England English epigram Europe expected eyes face fancy favour fond fortune Fum Hoam genius gentleman give happiness heart heaven honour inhabitants Kentish Town king lady laugh laws learning LETTER Lien Chi Altangi live look luxury mandarine mankind manner marriage Mencius ment merit mind misery Moscow nation nature never obliged occasion once passion perceive Persia philosopher pity pleased pleasure poet polite poor possessed praise present prince proper rapture reason regard replied republic of letters resolved says scarcely seemed seraglio serve shew smile soon stranger sure surprise Tartars thing thought thousand guineas Tibbs tion traveller virtue whole wife wisdom write
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Page 217 - Fire and fury, no more of thy stupid explanations!' cried he; 'go and inform her we have got company. Were that Scotch hag', continued he, turning to me, 'to be for ever in my family, she would never learn politeness, nor forget that absurd poisonous accent of hers, or testify the smallest specimen of breeding or high life ; and yet it is very surprising, too, as I had her from a parliament man, a friend of mine from the Highlands, one of the politest men in the world ; but that's a secret.
Page 218 - By this time my curiosity began to abate, and my appetite to increase : the company of fools may at first make us smile, but at last never fails of rendering us melancholy ; I therefore pretended to recollect a prior engagement, and, after having...
Page 452 - ... and, with short-sighted presumption, promised themselves immortality! Posterity can hardly trace the situation of some; the sorrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins of others ; and, as he beholds, he learns wisdom, and feels the transience of every sublunary possession.
Page 463 - ... a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life ; but that was not my chance : one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle.
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Page 460 - When my time was expired, I worked my passage home, and glad I was to see old England again, because I loved my country. I was afraid, however, that I should...
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Page 55 - The harmless savages made no opposition ; and, could the intruders have agreed together, they might peaceably have shared this desolate country between them. But they quarrelled about the boundaries of their settlements, about grounds and rivers to which neither side could shew any other right than that of power, and which neither could occupy but by usurpation.