The Table Talker: Or, Brief Essays on Society and Literature, 2. köideW. Pickering, 1840 |
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... better than a calumniator who ventures to hint a doubt that , in respect to the affairs of useful or orna- mental clothing , they are as earnest or as atten- tive as it is desirable they should be . It is , however , one thing to be ...
... better than a calumniator who ventures to hint a doubt that , in respect to the affairs of useful or orna- mental clothing , they are as earnest or as atten- tive as it is desirable they should be . It is , however , one thing to be ...
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... better plan would be to dress beyond " a certain age " rather than below it , as those of a dark complexion think it prudent to wear still darker clothes . As a point of art , therefore , the youthful dressing of those who are no longer ...
... better plan would be to dress beyond " a certain age " rather than below it , as those of a dark complexion think it prudent to wear still darker clothes . As a point of art , therefore , the youthful dressing of those who are no longer ...
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... better in that than his own . " • READING FOR LADIES . HAVE the novels of Sir Walter Scott done any harm to society ? Perhaps they have , even from their very excellence . This will seem a paradox , but so do many true things , until by ...
... better in that than his own . " • READING FOR LADIES . HAVE the novels of Sir Walter Scott done any harm to society ? Perhaps they have , even from their very excellence . This will seem a paradox , but so do many true things , until by ...
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... better - after a less broken hap- piness , a less chequered condition : - " As some lone miser , visiting his store , Bends at his treasure , counts , recounts it o'er ; Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill , Yet still he sighs ...
... better - after a less broken hap- piness , a less chequered condition : - " As some lone miser , visiting his store , Bends at his treasure , counts , recounts it o'er ; Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill , Yet still he sighs ...
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... better men ? Lord Byron , in some of the freest and least affected of his lines , has said " There are now no Squire ... better , sacrificing that heartiness and rustic fervour , which would well become them , to a nice fastidiousness ...
... better men ? Lord Byron , in some of the freest and least affected of his lines , has said " There are now no Squire ... better , sacrificing that heartiness and rustic fervour , which would well become them , to a nice fastidiousness ...
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Page 197 - Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
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Page 102 - Set in a note-book, learn'd and conn'd by rote, To cast into my teeth. O, I could weep My spirit from mine eyes ! There is my dagger, And here my naked breast ; within, a heart Dearer than Plutus...
Page 207 - Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide...
Page 40 - While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue; And even in penance planning sins anew.
Page 71 - Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off. Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity...
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Page 13 - But where to find that happiest spot below, Who can direct, when all pretend to know? The shudd'ring tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own...
Page 3 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend. To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let nature never be forgot.