The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or, Miscellaneous Anecdotes. A Biographic, Political, Literary, and Satirical Compilation: a New Edition, ... in Two Volumes. ...editor, and sold, 1796 |
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... strong paffions , harth voice , and inelegant manners , the fubject of this article fucceed- ed him in a lucrative profeffional poft , and is faid to have prevailed on a good - natured King to break his word , as it had been promised to ...
... strong paffions , harth voice , and inelegant manners , the fubject of this article fucceed- ed him in a lucrative profeffional poft , and is faid to have prevailed on a good - natured King to break his word , as it had been promised to ...
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... strong fenfe , debased by profane allufion , and incidents equally repugnant to decency and good tafte . Various attempts have been made to purify this poem , and give it an English drefs , but they have failed in common with one , from ...
... strong fenfe , debased by profane allufion , and incidents equally repugnant to decency and good tafte . Various attempts have been made to purify this poem , and give it an English drefs , but they have failed in common with one , from ...
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... strong and fatal example , of zealous fidelity , per- fevering industry , and anxious dif- interestedness , precipitated by the well meant efforts of genuine pa triotifm , from the heights of for- tune , refpect , elegance , and do ...
... strong and fatal example , of zealous fidelity , per- fevering industry , and anxious dif- interestedness , precipitated by the well meant efforts of genuine pa triotifm , from the heights of for- tune , refpect , elegance , and do ...
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... strong erlight , or be more ufefully applied , than by comparing the fate of his mally volumes , with the fortune of a fuperficial traveller , who galloped a few years fince over the beaten tract of Italy , Sicily , and Malta . With an ...
... strong erlight , or be more ufefully applied , than by comparing the fate of his mally volumes , with the fortune of a fuperficial traveller , who galloped a few years fince over the beaten tract of Italy , Sicily , and Malta . With an ...
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... strong averfion to him . But , political intrigue and borough influence , foon enabled him to mi- tigate or fubdue hoftile prejudice , and he became Lord Melcombe , a political affociate with the old Duke of Newcastle , and an object of ...
... strong averfion to him . But , political intrigue and borough influence , foon enabled him to mi- tigate or fubdue hoftile prejudice , and he became Lord Melcombe , a political affociate with the old Duke of Newcastle , and an object of ...
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Страница 203 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Страница 222 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Страница 149 - This is owing to you ; for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont ; which before I had not thought of.
Страница 203 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Страница 204 - As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colors he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red.
Страница 203 - Here Cumberland lies, having acted his parts, The Terence of England, the mender of hearts; A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
Страница 222 - ... and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Страница 46 - Exert not your curiosity too early : it is in your power to make me grateful on certain terms. I have friends who are faithful ; but they do not bark before they bite.
Страница 71 - I see the muddy wave, the dreary shore, The sluggish streams that slowly creep below, Which mortals visit, and return no more. Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains!
Страница 66 - Sir, there is as much evidence for the existence of spirits as against it. You may not believe it, but you cannot deny it.