Letters of the Late Lord LitteltonM. Thomas, 1812 - 252 páginas |
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LETTERS OF THE LATE LORD LITTE William] 1742-1823 [Combe,Thomas Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton, 1744 Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Letters of the Late Lord Littelton William Combe,Thomas Lyttelton Lyttelton Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Página 96 - They were orators indeed, and no man who has a soul can read their orations, after the revolution of so many ages, after the extinction of the governments and of the people for whom they were composed, without feeling, at this hour, the passions they were designed to move, and the spirit they were designed to raise.
Página 32 - s not a one of them, but in his house I keep a servant fee'd. I will to-morrow, (Betimes I will,) unto the weird sisters : More shall they speak ; for now I am bent to know, By the worst means, the worst : for mine own good, All causes shall give way ; I am in blood Slept in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.
Página 129 - God had bestowed those talents which have a tendency to erect the spirit of a downward age; and Vaugelas left his body to the surgeons, to pay his debts as far as it would go. In our own country, Bacon lived a life of meanness and distress ; Sir Walter .Raleigh died on the scaffold ; Spenser, the charming Spenser, died forsaken and in want ; the death of Collins came through neglect, first causing mental derangement ; Milton sold his copyright of
Página 46 - Europe previous to my marriage, in order to perfectionate my matrimonial qualifications ; and the lovely idea of the fair maid I left behind was presented to me as possessing a talismanic power to preserve me from seduction. But this was not all. For the better enabling me to make a proper and becoming appearance, or, in other words, to give me every means of gratification, the family purse was lavishly held forth; I was left almost without control in point of expense, and every method pursued to...
Página 177 - Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From Heav'n, for ev'n in Heav'n his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heav'n's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine, or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific...
Página 41 - ... so many more inducements than young nations to tempt men of leisure and cultivation to reside in them, that it is not surprising the travelled American should prefer Europe to his own quarter of the world ; but the jealousy of a provincial people is not apt to forgive this preference. For myself, I have heard it said, and I believe it to be true...
Página 56 - I shall now have it in my power to look down on those who have pretended to disdain me; my coronet shall glitter scorn at them, and insult their low souls to the extreme of mortification. I have received a letter from that dirty parasite - , full of condolence and congratulation, with a my lord in every line.
Página 138 - Hymen ; which, in their particular situation, it is as pitiable a circumstance as can be found in the long catalogue of female mortifications. A lady of the bed-chamber is obliged only to a partial duty ; and, during the short period of her attendance, is, in some degree, the companion of...
Página 184 - ... of self-murder. It is a treatise on the Ganglions of the Nerves, by a Dr. Johnstone, a physician in my neighbourhood. It is written with the pen of a scholar, and possesses throughout a most perspicuous ingenuity. This gentleman attended my father in his last illness ; and was not only his physician, but his confessor.
Página 134 - Rest then assured, my friend, when a man of learning and talents does not, in this very remunerative age, find encouragement, protection, and independence, that such an unnatural circumstance must arise from some concomitant failings which render his labours obnoxious, or, at least, of no real utility.