A Century of Anecdote from 1760 to 1860 |
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... turning to Selwyn , said : " You , sir , who are in the ministerial secrets , can no doubt inform us of the cause of this misfortune ? " Selwyn , though utterly ignorant upon the subject , said , " I will tell you in confidence the ...
... turning to Selwyn , said : " You , sir , who are in the ministerial secrets , can no doubt inform us of the cause of this misfortune ? " Selwyn , though utterly ignorant upon the subject , said , " I will tell you in confidence the ...
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... turning to Selwyn , said : " You , sir , who are in the ministerial secrets , can no doubt inform us of the cause of this misfortune ? " Selwyn , though utterly ignorant upon the subject , said , " I will tell you in confidence the ...
... turning to Selwyn , said : " You , sir , who are in the ministerial secrets , can no doubt inform us of the cause of this misfortune ? " Selwyn , though utterly ignorant upon the subject , said , " I will tell you in confidence the ...
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... turned and found him close to her . In his demure voice , he said , ' Pray , madam , how long has your ladyship left the pale of our church ? " She looked furies , and made no answer . Next day he went to her , and she turned it off ...
... turned and found him close to her . In his demure voice , he said , ' Pray , madam , how long has your ladyship left the pale of our church ? " She looked furies , and made no answer . Next day he went to her , and she turned it off ...
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... turned off , Selwyn told him he wondered that he had not been turned off before , for he still sat up drinking all night and gaming . Selwyn happening to be at Bath when it was nearly empty , was induced , for the mere purpose of ...
... turned off , Selwyn told him he wondered that he had not been turned off before , for he still sat up drinking all night and gaming . Selwyn happening to be at Bath when it was nearly empty , was induced , for the mere purpose of ...
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... turned about in a passion , and said , " This is d - d stuff . ” A MATCH FOR A QUEEN . After Sir Paul Methuen had quitted Court , Queen Caroline , who thought she had the foolish talent of playing off people , frequently saw him when ...
... turned about in a passion , and said , " This is d - d stuff . ” A MATCH FOR A QUEEN . After Sir Paul Methuen had quitted Court , Queen Caroline , who thought she had the foolish talent of playing off people , frequently saw him when ...
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Page 217 - I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction.
Page 316 - I waked one morning in the beginning of last June from a dream, of which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate.
Page 148 - I am amazed at his grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look before him, behind him, or on either side of him, without seeing some noble peer who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong.
Page 215 - Believe me, nothing except a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won...
Page 328 - London, and sat till about three in the morning, it came into their heads to go and knock up Johnson, and see if they could prevail on him to join them in a ramble. They rapped violently at the door of his chambers in the Temple, till at last he appeared in his shirt with his little black wig on the top of his head, instead of a nightcap, and a poker in his hand, imagining, probably, that some ruffians were coming to attack him. When he discovered who they were, and was told their errand, he smiled,...
Page 316 - I sat down, and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it — add, that I was very glad to think of anything, rather than politics.
Page 303 - ... but, said Savage, he knows not any love but that of the sex; he was perhaps never in cold water in his life; and he indulges himself in all the luxury that comes within his reach.
Page 218 - In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parting-ton's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest.
Page 495 - We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner must have been in liquor. In liquor! Why, he was drunk! And yet he murdered the very man who had been drinking with him ! They had been carousing the whole night ; and yet he stabbed him! after drinking a whole bottle of rum with him! Good God, my Laards, if he will do this when he's drunk, what will he not do when he's sober?
Page 262 - With peculiar fondness they will recall that venerable chamber in which all the antique gravity of a college library was so singularly blended with all that female grace and wit could devise to embellish a drawing-room. They will recollect, not unmoved, those shelves loaded with the varied learning of many lands and many ages, and those portraits in which were preserved the features of the best and wisest Englishmen of two generations.