Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 18Richard Bentley, 1845 - English literature |
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... lived in Piccadilly , in the house now inhabited by Miss Burdett Coutts . In this house the poem of " Lochiel " was written ; the frame - work of that noble poem was also seen by my friend . The rhymes were written first , and the lines ...
... lived in Piccadilly , in the house now inhabited by Miss Burdett Coutts . In this house the poem of " Lochiel " was written ; the frame - work of that noble poem was also seen by my friend . The rhymes were written first , and the lines ...
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... lived in a house at the end . Mr. and Mrs. Weiss , or Wiss , Mrs. Campbell's brother - in - law and sister , were sometimes seen ; Mrs. Campbell and her husband never . Mrs. Wiss had been , and indeed then was , beautiful . I speak from ...
... lived in a house at the end . Mr. and Mrs. Weiss , or Wiss , Mrs. Campbell's brother - in - law and sister , were sometimes seen ; Mrs. Campbell and her husband never . Mrs. Wiss had been , and indeed then was , beautiful . I speak from ...
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... lived . I remember , when I last visited it , and found the house closed , the poet gone , I augured that he would return no more to his native land . Perhaps no British poet has ever writ- ten , ( I do not mean to expatiate on his ...
... lived . I remember , when I last visited it , and found the house closed , the poet gone , I augured that he would return no more to his native land . Perhaps no British poet has ever writ- ten , ( I do not mean to expatiate on his ...
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... lived not sufficiently in his day to hear the little gossiping stories which were , I doubt not , spread about of his coldness and his avarice , but which " are interred with his bones . " I am glad I never had the bloom of my adoration ...
... lived not sufficiently in his day to hear the little gossiping stories which were , I doubt not , spread about of his coldness and his avarice , but which " are interred with his bones . " I am glad I never had the bloom of my adoration ...
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... lived near Dorking , that his butcher absolutely galloped over , and seized a leg of mutton in the pot , because it had not been paid for on delivery . Like Man- chester , his " School for Scandal " is " a great exploit . " There is a ...
... lived near Dorking , that his butcher absolutely galloped over , and seized a leg of mutton in the pot , because it had not been paid for on delivery . Like Man- chester , his " School for Scandal " is " a great exploit . " There is a ...
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Page 388 - To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height; To hear each other's whisper'd speech; Eating the Lotos day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender curving lines of creamy spray; To lend our hearts and spirits wholly To the influence of mild-minded melancholy...
Page 387 - All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful past. Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with evil? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave? All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave In silence — ripen, fall, and cease: Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease.
Page 233 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Page 550 - At our feast we had a play called Twelve Night, or What you Will, much like the Comedy of Errors, or Menechmi in Plautus, but most like and neere to that in Italian called Inganni.
Page 69 - Lay not too much upon the back of a poor gentleman, who desires, without much noise, to lay down his life, and bleed the last drop to serve the Cause and you. I ask not your money for myself: if that were my end and hope, — viz. the pay of my place, — I would not open my mouth at this time. I desire to deny myself; but others will not be satisfied. I beseech you hasten supplies. Forget not your prayers. Gentlemen, I am Yours, OLIVER CROMWELL.* ' Lay not too much upon a poor gentleman...
Page 198 - Birde as it perch'd upon a bier ; That joyous smile was gone. And the face was white and wan As the downe upon the swan Doth appear, As I laye a-thynkynge — oh ! bitter flow'd the tear ! 7.
Page 60 - Hold, Lady Sneerwell — before you go, let me thank you for the trouble you and that gentleman have taken, in writing letters from me to Charles, and answering them yourself; and let me also request you to make my respects to the scandalous college, of which you are president, and inform them, that Lady Teazle, licentiate, begs leave to return the diploma they granted her, as she leaves off practice, and kills characters no longer.
Page 465 - Refined policy ever has been the parent of confusion ; and ever will be so, as long as the world endures. Plain good intention, which is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last, is, let me say, of no mean force in the government of mankind. Genuine simplicity of heart is an healing and cementing principle.
Page 331 - But then my study was to cog the dice, And dexterously to throw the lucky sice ; To shun ames-ace, that swept my stakes away, •) And watch the box, for fear they should convey > False bones, and put upon me in the play ; 3 Careful, besides, the whirling top to whip, And drive her giddy, till she fell asleep.
Page 198 - As I laye a-thynkynge, a-thynkynge, a-thynkynge, Sweetly sang the Birde as she sat upon the briar; There came a lovely Childe, And his face was meek and mild, Yet joyously he smiled On his sire; As I laye a-thynkynge, a Cherub mote admire.