The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington, Tom 1T. C. Newby, 1855 |
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... things to be done , but they are not all that are essential in human life - history , which should be descriptive not only of external appearances , and accidental circumstances , but of the interior being , and actual peace of mind of ...
... things to be done , but they are not all that are essential in human life - history , which should be descriptive not only of external appearances , and accidental circumstances , but of the interior being , and actual peace of mind of ...
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... things spoken in levity and not in malice . There is no necessity , indeed , with such materials as I have in my hands , to encumber my pages with any trivialities of this kind , or the mere worthless tittle - tattle of epistolary con ...
... things spoken in levity and not in malice . There is no necessity , indeed , with such materials as I have in my hands , to encumber my pages with any trivialities of this kind , or the mere worthless tittle - tattle of epistolary con ...
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... thing that concerns the character , or the general conduct of those , whose productions have entertained or instructed us ; and we gratify a laudable curiosity , when , for purposes of good , we inquire into their history , and seek to ...
... thing that concerns the character , or the general conduct of those , whose productions have entertained or instructed us ; and we gratify a laudable curiosity , when , for purposes of good , we inquire into their history , and seek to ...
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... point of view , in the con- sideration of such results , whether their peace and happiness were made things of sale and barter by a worthless father ! Whether in forcing them to give their hands where they 8 INTRODUCTION .
... point of view , in the con- sideration of such results , whether their peace and happiness were made things of sale and barter by a worthless father ! Whether in forcing them to give their hands where they 8 INTRODUCTION .
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... things belonging to a subject are not worth the telling ; when the circle of information is once completed , it is often the wisest part to rest satisfied with the effect produced . Such , evidently , was the rule which guided Mason in ...
... things belonging to a subject are not worth the telling ; when the circle of information is once completed , it is often the wisest part to rest satisfied with the effect produced . Such , evidently , was the rule which guided Mason in ...
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Strona 83 - Blessington a copy of his Armenian Grammar, which had some manuscript remarks of his own on the leaves. In now parting with her, having begged, as a memorial, some trifle which she had worn, the lady gave him one of her rings ; in return for which he took a pin from his breast, containing a small cameo of Napoleon, which he said had long been his companion, and presented it to her Ladyship. The next day Lady Blessmgton received from him the following note —
Strona 184 - Tis a pretty appendage to a situation like yours or mine ; but a slavery, worse than all slavery, to be a bookseller's dependant, to drudge your brains for pots of ale and breasts of mutton, to change your free thoughts and voluntary numbers for ungracious task-work.