The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed. [really written?] by Peter Quince, the younger |
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... delight that my fête and my lion inspired , Has been with an Eastern phraseology fired ; And hence you will own , with emotions ecstatic , That my Muse and myself are now both asi - atic . LETTER II . FROM ACERBUS SKETCH , ESQ . TO 8.
... delight that my fête and my lion inspired , Has been with an Eastern phraseology fired ; And hence you will own , with emotions ecstatic , That my Muse and myself are now both asi - atic . LETTER II . FROM ACERBUS SKETCH , ESQ . TO 8.
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... romance so , my child , What a feast of delight for poor Dolly you've spoiled ! So my fate was decided , and here I remain , Like a sorrowful turtle to brood o'er my chain . 1 Well , it's mighty provoking , I vow and protest 22.
... romance so , my child , What a feast of delight for poor Dolly you've spoiled ! So my fate was decided , and here I remain , Like a sorrowful turtle to brood o'er my chain . 1 Well , it's mighty provoking , I vow and protest 22.
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... delight , When the angel of death bore the cherub away To its place in the realms of eternity's ray ! -We've persuaded my aunt for a time to remove- Change of scene may do much , you know , Biddy , my love ! And thus we're kept busy the ...
... delight , When the angel of death bore the cherub away To its place in the realms of eternity's ray ! -We've persuaded my aunt for a time to remove- Change of scene may do much , you know , Biddy , my love ! And thus we're kept busy the ...
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... feeling trace each fond impression- Each new sensation of delight , Each germ of newly born expression ; And be this precept on your breast In golden characters impressed- " To Nature and yourself appeal , " Nor learn 36.
... feeling trace each fond impression- Each new sensation of delight , Each germ of newly born expression ; And be this precept on your breast In golden characters impressed- " To Nature and yourself appeal , " Nor learn 36.
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... guess the chief things I delight in , Are writing and reading — and reading and writing— " Je redemandois LAURE a l'echo du vallon , " Et l'echo n'avoit point oublié ce doux nom.- " And my F -- RA declares that my turn for 42.
... guess the chief things I delight in , Are writing and reading — and reading and writing— " Je redemandois LAURE a l'echo du vallon , " Et l'echo n'avoit point oublié ce doux nom.- " And my F -- RA declares that my turn for 42.
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The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed ... William Henry Halpin Visualização integral - 1826 |
The Cheltenham Mail Bag; Or, Letters from Gloucestershire [In Verse] Ed ... William Henry Halpin Pré-visualização indisponível - 2016 |
The Cheltenham Mail Bag; Or, Letters from Gloucestershire [In Verse] Ed ... William Henry Halpin Pré-visualização indisponível - 2016 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
ACERBUS SKETCH Adieu April 23 bard beam beauty beauty's blest bloom blushing Boarding House bosom BOTTOM'S DREAM breath bright bright eyes brow C-BB-TT called charm Charon Cheltenham COMMODUS dear Lord delight divine DOLLY SKETCH dream dull e'er EARL OF P-F-T earth earthly entre nous exquisite eyes fair Falstaff fancy Fancy's fashion feeling flame flowers forget FR-NKS friendship genius gentle girl glow gold gout grace heart Heaven humour Jove kind King LALLA ROOKH LETTER lisping looks lover mind mirth MISS DOLLY MORPHEUS Muse nature ne'er never nought o'er OLD BOND STREET once peruke PETER QUINCE play Poems rapture rhyme round royalty's scene scorn SHAKESPERE shed shew shine sighs slumber smile song soul sparkling spirit spleen springs strain swear sweet tears thee There's thine thou thought thro true truth Twas vulgar Whilst young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 57 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Página 100 - This is a gift that I have, simple, simple; a foolish extravagant spirit, full of forms, figures, shapes, objects, ideas, apprehensions, motions, revolutions : these are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion : But the gilt is good in those in whom it is acute, and I am thankful for it.
Página 108 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was.
Página 112 - Sunt geminae Somni portae; quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, 895 sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Página 30 - twere vain to tell, But gaze on that of the Gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well, As large, as languishingly dark, But Soul beam'd forth in every spark...
Página 55 - Monarchies,'' it is laid down that " a Free monarchy is one in which the monarch is perfectly free to do as he pleases.
Página 52 - I have, not without a little envy, observed of late the style of some great ministers very much to exceed that of any other productions.
Página 94 - And as plump, aye as any Princess of the blood, Carved in stone, but a good imitation of wood ; — With her vest all in plaits — like some ancient costume Either Roman or Grecian, I fairly presume ; Tho...
Página 10 - Here let me careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying With all their wanton boughs dispute, And the more tuneful birds to both replying, Nor be myself too mute.