William CongreveAmerican Book Company, 1912 - 466 pages |
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Page 10
... look into the matter with dispassionate penetration , he might have found the pub- lic judgement not so very capricious after all . Many theories have from time to time been advanced to explain why the curve of success ran so directly ...
... look into the matter with dispassionate penetration , he might have found the pub- lic judgement not so very capricious after all . Many theories have from time to time been advanced to explain why the curve of success ran so directly ...
Page 13
... look a little more closely into their texture . In The Old Bachelor we have three or four concur- rent plots , which become interwoven , indeed , at the end , but up to that point present no complexity . The Bellmour - Fondlewife ...
... look a little more closely into their texture . In The Old Bachelor we have three or four concur- rent plots , which become interwoven , indeed , at the end , but up to that point present no complexity . The Bellmour - Fondlewife ...
Page 25
... look back , and want a clue to guide me through the various mazes of unheard - of treachery . " The public no doubt echoed his sentiment ; and it was , I cannot but think , this sense of bewilderment that was mainly accountable for the ...
... look back , and want a clue to guide me through the various mazes of unheard - of treachery . " The public no doubt echoed his sentiment ; and it was , I cannot but think , this sense of bewilderment that was mainly accountable for the ...
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... look into the character of Maskwell , before they accuse Mellefont of weakness for being deceived by him . For upon summing up the inquiry into this objection , it may be found they have mistaken cunning in one character , for folly in ...
... look into the character of Maskwell , before they accuse Mellefont of weakness for being deceived by him . For upon summing up the inquiry into this objection , it may be found they have mistaken cunning in one character , for folly in ...
Page 60
... look grave , and ask the cause of this immoderate mirth you laugh on still , and are not able to tell me . Still I look grave , not so much as smile . - Care . Smile ! no ; what the devil should you smile at , when you suppose I can't ...
... look grave , and ask the cause of this immoderate mirth you laugh on still , and are not able to tell me . Still I look grave , not so much as smile . - Care . Smile ! no ; what the devil should you smile at , when you suppose I can't ...
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Page 46 - And just abandoning the ungrateful stage : Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on his providence. But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains ; and, oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take for tribute what these lines express ; You merit more, nor could my love do less.
Page 334 - ... tea-table talk— such as mending of fashions, spoiling reputations, railing at absent friends, and so forth— but that on no account you encroach upon the men's prerogative, and presume to drink healths, or toast fellows...
Page 357 - Ah, madam, there was a time! — but let it be forgotten — I confess I have deservedly forfeited the high place I once held of sighing at your feet. Nay, kill me not, by turning from me in disdain.
Page 390 - How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Page 280 - Tis no matter for that, his wit will excuse that. A wit should no more be sincere than a woman constant: one argues a decay of parts, as t'other of beauty.
Page 350 - O daughter, daughter, is it possible thou should'st be my child, bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh, and as I may say, another me, and yet transgress the most minute particle of severe virtue?
Page 334 - Are you? I think I have— and the horrid man looks as if he thought so too— well, you ridiculous thing you, I'll have you — I won't be kissed, nor I won't be thanked— here kiss my hand though. — So, hold your tongue now, don't say a word.
Page 157 - O Mr. Trapland, my old friend, welcome ! — Jeremy, a chair quickly ; a bottle of sack and a toast ; — fly — a chair first.
Page 416 - Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Page 365 - em judging in the pit; Though they're on no pretence for judgment fit, But that they have been damned for want of wit. . Since when, they by their own offences taught, Set up for spies on plays and finding fault.