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... Prince of Wales - Duke of - York - Duke of Clarence - The Picture of the Felicity of Bushy - Its Interruption - The Scene at Cheltenham -And Mrs. Jordan's Letters on the Separation - The Result in a Generous Provision for Mrs. Jordan ...
... Prince of Wales - Duke of - York - Duke of Clarence - The Picture of the Felicity of Bushy - Its Interruption - The Scene at Cheltenham -And Mrs. Jordan's Letters on the Separation - The Result in a Generous Provision for Mrs. Jordan ...
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... prince regent . I shall here merely say that his fourth chapter in this work is written with great skill , and possesses that interest which arises from actual facts at critical periods ; from difficulties surmounted by patience or ...
... prince regent . I shall here merely say that his fourth chapter in this work is written with great skill , and possesses that interest which arises from actual facts at critical periods ; from difficulties surmounted by patience or ...
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... prince's side , up one flight of stairs , making a sharp angle toward the centre of the stage , one window looking obliquely toward the audience , the other behind upon the stage . My business was politics , but Sheridan was so deeply ...
... prince's side , up one flight of stairs , making a sharp angle toward the centre of the stage , one window looking obliquely toward the audience , the other behind upon the stage . My business was politics , but Sheridan was so deeply ...
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... Prince Hoare , acted the 10th of May , which seemed to be written as a counterpart to the " East Indian ; " it was called " Indiscretion , " and exposed , roundly enough , the folly of leaving the paternal roof , and accepting the ...
... Prince Hoare , acted the 10th of May , which seemed to be written as a counterpart to the " East Indian ; " it was called " Indiscretion , " and exposed , roundly enough , the folly of leaving the paternal roof , and accepting the ...
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... her door said , in a satisfied tone , " Sophia , good night , " and then retired to rest himself , about one o'clock . On the following morning , Friday , the 16th , their Royal Highnesses , the Prince of Wales , Dukes 46 MRS . JORDAN.
... her door said , in a satisfied tone , " Sophia , good night , " and then retired to rest himself , about one o'clock . On the following morning , Friday , the 16th , their Royal Highnesses , the Prince of Wales , Dukes 46 MRS . JORDAN.
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Sida 258 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Sida 100 - What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before, and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused.
Sida 71 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.
Sida 160 - Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature, As Heaven and Nature seem'd to strive Which own'd the creature. Years he number'd scarce thirteen When Fates turn'd cruel, Yet three fill'd zodiacs had he been The stage's jewel...
Sida 145 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Sida 160 - Weep with me, all you that read This little story : And know, for whom a tear you shed Death's self is sorry. 'Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature, As heaven and nature seemed to strive Which owned the creature.
Sida 100 - Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, I do not know Why yet I live to say 'This thing's to do;' Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do't.
Sida 251 - My forbearance, he says, is beyond what he could have imagined ! But what will not a woman do who is firmly and sincerely attached ? Had he left me to starve, I never would have uttered a word to his disadvantage. I enclose you two other letters ; and in a day or two you shall see more, the rest being in the hands of the R 1. And now, my dear friend, do not hear the D. of C. unfairly abused.
Sida 20 - ... perfectly free. It is assumed, I know, to give dignity and variety to the style ; but whatever success the attempt may sometimes have, it is always obtained at the expense of purity and of the graces that are natural and appropriate to our language. It is true that when the exigence calls for auxiliaries of all sorts, and common language becomes unequal to the demands of extraordinary thoughts, something ought to be conceded to the necessities which make " ambition virtue ;" but the allowances...
Sida 25 - Oh, holy Nature ! thou dost never plead in vain. There is not, of our earth, a creature bearing form, and life, human or savage — native of the forest wild, or giddy air-— around whose parent bosom, thou...