Gleanings in England, Volume 2 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 48
Página xx
... hall , and its present proprietor - Difficulty of acquiring on travel a know- ledge of personal character - The Gleaner courteously offers the use of his key to the lock - Difference of the same person in the town - house , and at the ...
... hall , and its present proprietor - Difficulty of acquiring on travel a know- ledge of personal character - The Gleaner courteously offers the use of his key to the lock - Difference of the same person in the town - house , and at the ...
Página xxi
... Hall Park - Woods Church The man- - - sions of the living and the dead - Another proof of the native acuteness of the unlettered classes of the people of England , and their power of giving the TRUTH OF CHARACTER , if you get them into ...
... Hall Park - Woods Church The man- - - sions of the living and the dead - Another proof of the native acuteness of the unlettered classes of the people of England , and their power of giving the TRUTH OF CHARACTER , if you get them into ...
Página xxiii
... Hall , in the pensile hour , and alone - Re- flections made on Prime Ministers and Poets , in the very witching time of night Castle of Otranto and an appearance . · 247 - LETTER XIV . Anecdotes , agricultural , and bountiful , of Lord ...
... Hall , in the pensile hour , and alone - Re- flections made on Prime Ministers and Poets , in the very witching time of night Castle of Otranto and an appearance . · 247 - LETTER XIV . Anecdotes , agricultural , and bountiful , of Lord ...
Página xxiv
... Hall's character of Satire - and a character of Bishop Hall - Private tutors of olden PAGE times- Private tutors of the present day contrasted -Old xxiv CONTENTS .
... Hall's character of Satire - and a character of Bishop Hall - Private tutors of olden PAGE times- Private tutors of the present day contrasted -Old xxiv CONTENTS .
Página xxv
... HALL - MAR- QUIS TOWNSEND - The fair historian of Fakenham- The Rule of Three , being verses made on the road for the occasion , and containing a piece of very ge- neral information , very useful to be known by all who travel into ...
... HALL - MAR- QUIS TOWNSEND - The fair historian of Fakenham- The Rule of Three , being verses made on the road for the occasion , and containing a piece of very ge- neral information , very useful to be known by all who travel into ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
acres amidst amongst beauty blessed bosom called character charm church cottage Cromer dear Baron delight earth elegant England English fair FAKENHAM favourable feel French Directory genius give Gleanings ground hand happy heart Hillington Holkham honour Horace Walpole horse Houghton human idea island Jarvis labour Lady Lady of WALSINGHAM land less LETTER living Lord George Lynn MARTIN FOLKES ment miles mind nature never Norfolk NORTH RUNCTON o'er object observe parish pass perhaps person plantations pleasure Poet poetals poor Pope Paschal II pound weight present racter rich road sacred scarce scholar gentry seems seen shew Sir Gentleman Sir Martin Sir Robert Sir Robert Walpole Sir Stranger smile soul spirit sweet thing thou thought tion town traveller trees truth village virtue Walpole Walsingham whole William of Malmsbury wish woods writer
Passagens conhecidas
Página 305 - In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
Página 88 - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcoroer you are.
Página 172 - He that questioneth much, shall learn much, and content much ; but especially if he apply his questions to the skill of the persons whom he asketh : for he shall give them occasion to please themselves in speaking, and himself shall continually gather knowledge. But let his questions not be troublesome ; for that is fit for a poser.
Página 280 - He scorns, in apathy, to float or dream On listless Satisfaction's torpid stream, But dares, ALONE, in vent'rous bark to ride Down turbulent Delight's tempestuous tide. With thoughts encount'ring thoughts in conflict strong, The deep Pierian thunder of the song...
Página 305 - A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ : Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where Nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, The gen'rous pleasure to be charm'd with wit.
Página 198 - Seen him, uneumber'd with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe. Would he oblige me? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Página 419 - My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Página 88 - No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Página 416 - Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations; a practice, for which they will be praised by men of sense.
Página 278 - BARD, Who, nobly conscious of his just reward, With loftier soul, and undecaying might, Paints what he feels, in characters of light. He turns : and, instantaneous, all around, Cliffs whiten, waters murmur, voices sound; Portentous forms in heaven's aerial hall Appear, as at some great supernal call. " Thence oft in thought his steps ideal haste To rocks and groves, the wilderness or waste; To plains, where Tadmor's regal ruins lie In desolation's sullen majesty : Or where Carthusian spires the pilgrim...