The Etonian, Volume 1Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt H. Colburn and C. Knight, 1824 |
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... means deficient in paying his devoirs to Bacchus . He has read deeply , though his course of study has been perverted , and thought still more deeply but not having sufficiently founded his prin- ciples on the rock of morality and ...
... means deficient in paying his devoirs to Bacchus . He has read deeply , though his course of study has been perverted , and thought still more deeply but not having sufficiently founded his prin- ciples on the rock of morality and ...
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... means of preventing him from ever becoming a solid scholar . The facility with which he was able to master all his tasks engendered presumption , and an un- bounded confidence in his own powers , than which nothing can be more ...
... means of preventing him from ever becoming a solid scholar . The facility with which he was able to master all his tasks engendered presumption , and an un- bounded confidence in his own powers , than which nothing can be more ...
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... means Montgomery amassed an extensive stock of inform- ation on almost every branch of the belles lettres ; but in spite of the ability with which he would discuss a question , and support his share of conversation among the members of ...
... means Montgomery amassed an extensive stock of inform- ation on almost every branch of the belles lettres ; but in spite of the ability with which he would discuss a question , and support his share of conversation among the members of ...
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... swearing , drunken- ness , and the like . By no means of irritable temper , he pre- served his equanimity admirably , and his patience under in- sults never failed him . His conduct indeed subjected him THE KING OF CLUBS . 13.
... swearing , drunken- ness , and the like . By no means of irritable temper , he pre- served his equanimity admirably , and his patience under in- sults never failed him . His conduct indeed subjected him THE KING OF CLUBS . 13.
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... means of information ; and with the world at large his thirst after knowledge has opened to him many sources of intelligence . If any new work is about to make its appearance , Peregrine has heard of it , and is in a fever of ...
... means of information ; and with the world at large his thirst after knowledge has opened to him many sources of intelligence . If any new work is about to make its appearance , Peregrine has heard of it , and is in a fever of ...
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acquaintance admiration amusement appearance Asyndeton Balaam Bathos beautiful Blanc bright Burton character cold cries dear delight dream endeavour Eton Eton College Etonian expression fair fancy fashion favourite fear feel genius gentleman Gerard Montgomery give Godiva Golightly gout hand happy head hear heard heart honour hope King of Clubs Lady Ruthven laugh Laura Lionel look Lord Lord Byron Lord Ruthven lover Lozell manner Marriage Martin Sterling Meeting Members mind Monxton Musgrave nature Nesbit never nickname night Number O'Connor o'er Oakley object observed opinion ourselves passion perceived pleasure poems poet Poetry present quadrille racter readers recollection RICHARD HODGSON Rowley scene schoolfellows silence smile solitude Sophocles sorrow soul spirit sweet Sylvestra talents taste thanks thee thine thing thou thought tion turned voice Wentworth Whig William Rowley wish words Wordsworth young youth
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Página 287 - Nor less, I trust, To them I may have owed another gift, Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood, In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened...
Página 416 - The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve ; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long...
Página 413 - The moving Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide; Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside — Her beams bemocked the sultry main, Like April hoar-frost spread; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red.
Página 288 - Is lightened : — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, — Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul : While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.
Página 308 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 125 - And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light.
Página 292 - If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him 50 Is in its infancy.
Página 292 - Is littleness ; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy. The man, whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The least of nature's works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. O, be wiser thou ! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love, True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself,...
Página 413 - twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song, That makes the heavens be mute.
Página 125 - I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...