Roundabout Papers: (From the Cornhill Magazine) To which is Added, The Second Funeral of Napaleon; The Four Georges; The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century; Critical Reviews and Selections (from Punch).Caxton Publishing Company, 1884 - 642 pages |
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... Fancy the struggle ! Fancy the squabble ! Fancy the distribution of prizes ! Who shall decide on them ? Shall it be the sovereign ? shall it be the Minister for the time being ? and has Lord Palmerston made a deep study of novels ? In ...
... Fancy the struggle ! Fancy the squabble ! Fancy the distribution of prizes ! Who shall decide on them ? Shall it be the sovereign ? shall it be the Minister for the time being ? and has Lord Palmerston made a deep study of novels ? In ...
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... fancy the Imperator standing on the steps of the temple ( erected by Titus ) on the Mons Frumentarius , and addressing the citizens : " Quirites ! " he says , " in our campaign of six months we have been engaged six times , and in each ...
... fancy the Imperator standing on the steps of the temple ( erected by Titus ) on the Mons Frumentarius , and addressing the citizens : " Quirites ! " he says , " in our campaign of six months we have been engaged six times , and in each ...
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... scowling out of the coach - window , and a Lord Mayor all crimson , fur , gold - chain , and white ribbons , solemnly occupying the place of state . A playful fancy could have carried the THORNS IN THE CUSHION . Thorns in the Cushion.
... scowling out of the coach - window , and a Lord Mayor all crimson , fur , gold - chain , and white ribbons , solemnly occupying the place of state . A playful fancy could have carried the THORNS IN THE CUSHION . Thorns in the Cushion.
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... fancy could have carried the matter farther , could have depicted the feast in the Egyptian Hall , the Minis- ters , Chief Justices , and right reverend prelates taking their seats round about his lordship , the turtle and other ...
... fancy could have carried the matter farther , could have depicted the feast in the Egyptian Hall , the Minis- ters , Chief Justices , and right reverend prelates taking their seats round about his lordship , the turtle and other ...
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... fancy they will take that sort of warning ! How am I to know , ( though to be sure , I begin to know now , ) as I take the letters off the tray , which of those envelopes contains a real bona fide letter , and which a thorn ? One of the ...
... fancy they will take that sort of warning ! How am I to know , ( though to be sure , I begin to know now , ) as I take the letters off the tray , which of those envelopes contains a real bona fide letter , and which a thorn ? One of the ...
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Page 543 - Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain. In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share...
Page 481 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 451 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind.
Page 543 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close. And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 340 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 543 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring Famine from the gate; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending Virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Page 420 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.
Page 481 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 426 - Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 613 - Long live the king ! And Gilpin, long live he ! And when he next doth ride abroad May I be there to see...