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... beneath a very flimsy disguise , worn as carelessly as an oriental lady will wear her yaknack when a Frank is passing by , I have put my own words and thoughts into the mouth of Lady Chesterfield . The little doctrines she inculcates ...
... beneath a very flimsy disguise , worn as carelessly as an oriental lady will wear her yaknack when a Frank is passing by , I have put my own words and thoughts into the mouth of Lady Chesterfield . The little doctrines she inculcates ...
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... beneath only tin - tacks and coarse wood , incurably affected with the dry - rot . It is pleasant to tread on the embroidered tapestry that covers the steps of the daïs ; but the gay carpeting may mask only so many pitfalls . Ah , the ...
... beneath only tin - tacks and coarse wood , incurably affected with the dry - rot . It is pleasant to tread on the embroidered tapestry that covers the steps of the daïs ; but the gay carpeting may mask only so many pitfalls . Ah , the ...
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... beneath , had she lived , would have been two - and - forty now , and your mamma a great- grandmother . They are all dead , child - Charley , and Harry , and Will . I can scarcely realise the fact that they ever lived , but for their ...
... beneath , had she lived , would have been two - and - forty now , and your mamma a great- grandmother . They are all dead , child - Charley , and Harry , and Will . I can scarcely realise the fact that they ever lived , but for their ...
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... beneath the rank of a rural dean . In the country one can ask young parsons to tea . They will run messages for you , often sing second prettily , and are useful in shopping to carry things for you ; but , in London , to be friendly ...
... beneath the rank of a rural dean . In the country one can ask young parsons to tea . They will run messages for you , often sing second prettily , and are useful in shopping to carry things for you ; but , in London , to be friendly ...
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... beneath you . And ah ! don't be proud in Religion . There are no reserved seats in Heaven ; there is no giving half - a - crown to the pew - opener , or currying favour with the beadle ; the gate of the Kingdom is too narrow for much ...
... beneath you . And ah ! don't be proud in Religion . There are no reserved seats in Heaven ; there is no giving half - a - crown to the pew - opener , or currying favour with the beadle ; the gate of the Kingdom is too narrow for much ...
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Page 201 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jaeet ! Lastly, whereas this book, by the title it hath, calls itself The First Part of tlie General History of the World...
Page 65 - They parted— ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining— They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between. But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 46 - ... only. I have encroached already too far on your valuable space — it would take nearly a whole number of ' N. & Q.' to give extracts from and reference to the books and illustrations bearing on the subject—and will conclude by quoting from 'Lady Chesterfield's Letters to her Daughter':— " I have worn skirts that dragged on the ground, and skirts that ended an inch above my ankles, and showing the vandyked or frilled edges of those comfortable garments we have borrowed from the other BOX,...
Page 30 - And lovers' songs shall turn to holy psalms : A man at arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers that are old age's alms. And so from court to cottage I depart : My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart.
Page 119 - Popish cur and asked him who had made Anne a saint? The boy, being in some confusion, inquired of the next he met, which was the way to Anne's lane, but was called a prick-eared cur for his pains, and, instead...
Page 30 - Time too swift, and swiftness never ceasing), My youth 'gainst age, and age at youth hath spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by increasing. Beauty, strength, and youth, flowers fading been; Duty, faith, and love, are roots, and ever green. " My helmet now shall make an hive for bees, And...
Page 210 - ... more repugnant to any of us, than the study of grammar ; and when, after many a good caning, we had at last, in some fashion, mastered its rules, our estimate of their value was not very different from the charity boy's estimate of the value of the alphabet which he had just learnt ; — we questioned whether it was worth while going through so much to learn so little.
Page 5 - An old lion, among other precepts that he gave his son, charged him that he should never fight with a Man ; because, if he was not too strong, he would, at least, be too crafty. The young lion heard him, but regarded him not...
Page 45 - Look at Mrs. Lintot, with her hat and feathers, and her eternal amber satin pelisse. Look at the three Misses Hardy, with their coal-scuttle bonnets, their lavender boots, their short sleeves, and their waists underneath their armpits. Look at her who was once Constance Sevignier, and is now poor old Lady Chesterfield, with a vandyked robe, a coral necklace, a little boa — my chest was always delicate, my love — a muff, long gloves, and a sash. Yes ; I assure you I have worn all these things.
Page 48 - Venus visited Paris — she died there, I believe, poor over-fed creature— and there received the cachet of the Archpriestesses of fashion. The bustle was, if not invented, at least re-discovered, and soon obtained astonishing vogue. It was at first a species of pillow-roll, or pudding, stuffed and covered, and secured round the waist with strings. Of...