The Flowers of Wit, Volumi 1-2O. D. Cooke, 1825 |
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Pagina 22
... queen- mother , who had fallen prostrate , raised up her head , and addressed herself to Hephaestion , supposing him to be Alexander . The attendants telling her of her mis- take , she was much embarrassed , and began to make many ...
... queen- mother , who had fallen prostrate , raised up her head , and addressed herself to Hephaestion , supposing him to be Alexander . The attendants telling her of her mis- take , she was much embarrassed , and began to make many ...
Pagina 31
... QUEEN ELIZABETH made him lord chancellor and secretary of state . The queen , when she visited him at Hertford , said , " This house is too small for a man like you . ' Madam , " replied the chancellor , " it is your majesty's fault ...
... QUEEN ELIZABETH made him lord chancellor and secretary of state . The queen , when she visited him at Hertford , said , " This house is too small for a man like you . ' Madam , " replied the chancellor , " it is your majesty's fault ...
Pagina 33
... queen Elizabeth asked him , how old he was ? He replied , Madam , I was two years old when you began your happy reign . " 66 61. He was wont to say of a passionate man , who suppressed his anger , " that he thought worse than he spoke ...
... queen Elizabeth asked him , how old he was ? He replied , Madam , I was two years old when you began your happy reign . " 66 61. He was wont to say of a passionate man , who suppressed his anger , " that he thought worse than he spoke ...
Pagina 39
... QUEEN ANNE BOLEYN . 82. As queen Anne , wife of Henry VIII . and moth- er of queen Elizabeth , was going to be beheaded in the Tower , seeing a gentleman there of the king's privy chamber , she called him to her , and with a cheerful ...
... QUEEN ANNE BOLEYN . 82. As queen Anne , wife of Henry VIII . and moth- er of queen Elizabeth , was going to be beheaded in the Tower , seeing a gentleman there of the king's privy chamber , she called him to her , and with a cheerful ...
Pagina 52
... give me immortality for the third time . " 125. He was master of several living languages . He said , he would speak Italian to the pope , Spanish to his mother queen Jane , English to queen Catharine 52 FLOWERS OF WIT .
... give me immortality for the third time . " 125. He was master of several living languages . He said , he would speak Italian to the pope , Spanish to his mother queen Jane , English to queen Catharine 52 FLOWERS OF WIT .
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Pagina 44 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Pagina 95 - Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform ; an understanding, a spirit, and an eloquence, to summon mankind to society, or to break the bonds of slavery asunder, and to rule the wilderness of free minds with unbounded authority ; something that could establish or overwhelm empire, and strike a blow in the world that should resound through the universe.
Pagina 139 - Berry, when he comprehended the scope of the design, exclaimed with transport : " If we succeed, what will the world say ? " — " There is no if in the case," replied the Admiral. " That we shall succeed i9 certain ; -who may live to tell the story, is a very different question.
Pagina 92 - who behaves unkindly to his wife, deserves to have his house burnt over his head." " If you think so," said Garrick, " I hope your house is insured.
Pagina 96 - I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because whatever I do else but learning is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me.
Pagina 77 - Where no beam in your eye lights up peace in the breast ; And the sharp thorn of sorrow sinks deep in the heart, Till the sweet lip of woman assuages the smart ; 'Tis hers o'er the couch of misfortune to bend, In fondness a lover, in firmness a friend ; And prosperity's hour, be it ever confess'd, From woman receives both refinement and zest ; And adorn'd by the bay, or enwreath'd with the willow, Her smile is our meed, and her bosom our pillow.
Pagina 9 - And what do you think, my lord, I should do with him ? ' " Lord Holdernesse owned that he was puzzled how to reply ; for, if he declared his real sentiments, they might savour of indifference to the royal family. The king perceived his embarrassment, and extricated him from it by adding, ' My lord, I shall just do nothing at all; and when he is tired of England, he will go abroad again.
Pagina 75 - tis not a jest Admir'd with laughter at a feast, Nor florid talk which can that title gain; The proofs of wit for ever must remain.
Pagina 66 - In a word, as he was guilty of many crimes, against which damnation is denounced, and for which hell-fire is prepared, so he had some good qualities which have caused the memory of some men in all ages to be celebrated ; and he will be looked upon by posterity as a brave wicked man.
Pagina 46 - Glory is the reward of science, and those who deserve it scorn all meaner views...