 Oh ! it is great to shake off the trammels of the world and of public opinion — to lose our importunate, tormenting, everlasting personal identity in the elements of nature, and become the creature of the moment, clear of all ties — to hold to the...  The New Mirror - Page 272edited by - 1844Full view - About this book
 | England - 1822 - 780 pages
...to lose our.imjKirtunatc, tormenting, everlasting personal identity in the elements of nature, tnd become the creature of the moment, clear of all ties — to hold to the universe only ky a dish of sweet-breads, and to owe nothing but the score of the evening— and no longer seeking... | |
 | 1822 - 600 pages
...privileges -•-" lord of one's-self, uncumber'd with a name." Oh Г it is great to shake off the trammels of the world and of public opinion — to lose our...the evening — and, no longer seeking for applause and meeting with contempt, to be known by no other title than the Gentleman in the parlour ! One may... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pages
...with a name." Oh ! it is great to shake off the trammels of the world and of public opinion — in lose our importunate, tormenting, everlasting personal...the evening — and, no longer seeking for applause and meeting with contempt, to be known by no other title than the Gentleman in the parlour ! One may... | |
 | Scotland - 1822 - 828 pages
...privileges — ' lord of one's-self, uncumber'd with a name. ' Oh ! it is great to sliake off the trammels of the world and of public opinion — to lose our...clear of all ties — to hold to the universe only Ay a dish of sweet-breads, and to owe nothing but the score of the evening — and no longer seeking... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 pages
...uncumber'd with a name." Oh ! it is great to shake off the trammels of the world and of public opinion—to lose our importunate, tormenting, everlasting personal...and become the creature of the moment, clear of all ties—to hold to the universe only by a dish of sweet-breads, and to owe nothing but the score of... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pages
...privileges — " lord of one's-self, uncumber'd with a name." Oh ! it is great to shake off the trammels of the world and of public opinion — to lose our...the evening — and no longer seeking for applause and meeting with contempt, to be known by no other title than the Gentleman in the parlour! One may... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pages
...privileges —" lord of one's-self, uncumber'd with a name." Oh ! it is great to shake off the trammels of the world and of public opinion— to lose our...and become the creature of the moment, clear of all ties—to hold to the universe only by a dish of sweet-breads, and to owe nothing but the score of... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - Conduct of life - 1856 - 418 pages
...one's self, uncumber'd with a name." "Oh," exclaims Hazlitt, "it is great to shake off the trammels of the world, and of public opinion ; to lose our...importunate, tormenting, everlasting personal identity, and become the creature of the moment, clear of all ties ;" to hold to the universe only by an apple-stall,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English essays - 1889 - 586 pages
...privileges — " lord of one's self, uncumbered with a name." Oh ! it is great to shake off the trammels of the world and of public opinion ; to lose our importunate,...of the evening ; and no longer seeking for applause and meeting with contempt, to be known by no other title than the Gentleman in the parlour! One may... | |
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