Mooriana: or, Selections from the works of J. Moore, illustr. by notes, by F. Prevost and F. Blagdon, Volume 11803 |
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... conversation of the men of letters , which in general is polite and easy ; equally pu- rified from the awkward timidity contracted in retirement ; and the disgusting arrogance in- spired by university honours or church dignities . At ...
... conversation of the men of letters , which in general is polite and easy ; equally pu- rified from the awkward timidity contracted in retirement ; and the disgusting arrogance in- spired by university honours or church dignities . At ...
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... conversation I have ever heard . He speaks a great deal , yet those who hear him regret that he does not speak His observations are always lively , very often just , and few men possess the talent of repartee in greater perfection . a ...
... conversation I have ever heard . He speaks a great deal , yet those who hear him regret that he does not speak His observations are always lively , very often just , and few men possess the talent of repartee in greater perfection . a ...
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... conversation should be carried on with perfect freedom . I have heard of his bearing some very severe re- torts with good humour . He has too much wit himself , and is too fond of it in others to repel its attacks with any other weapons ...
... conversation should be carried on with perfect freedom . I have heard of his bearing some very severe re- torts with good humour . He has too much wit himself , and is too fond of it in others to repel its attacks with any other weapons ...
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... conversation , with all the vivacity and freedom of the Parisian societies , took place . * It is scarcely necessary to observe that this article was written during the imprisonment of that unfortunate prin- cess in the Temple . VOL . I ...
... conversation , with all the vivacity and freedom of the Parisian societies , took place . * It is scarcely necessary to observe that this article was written during the imprisonment of that unfortunate prin- cess in the Temple . VOL . I ...
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... conversation happening to turn upon that body , one person present observed ; " if you sub- tract pride from priests nothing will remain . ” — " Vous comptez donc , Monsieur , la gourmandise pour rien , " said Voltaire . Speaking of ...
... conversation happening to turn upon that body , one person present observed ; " if you sub- tract pride from priests nothing will remain . ” — " Vous comptez donc , Monsieur , la gourmandise pour rien , " said Voltaire . Speaking of ...
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Page 230 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 178 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Page 211 - Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous déplaît pas.
Page 99 - Monsieur, quand on travaille pour ce qu'on aime,' replied the girl. The soldier kissed her hand with a gallant and tender air. ' Allons,' continued the Marquis, addressing himself to me ; ' this girl is quite charming — her lover has the appearance of a brave fellow ; they have but three legs betwixt them, and we have four ; — if you have no objection, they shall have the carriage, and we will follow on foot to the next village, and see what can be done for these lovers.
Page 127 - ... with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." 6And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
Page 98 - When we had driven a few miles, I perceived a genteel-looking young fellow, dressed in an old uniform. He sat under a tree on the grass, at a little distance from the road, and amused himself by playing on the violin. As we came nearer we perceived he had a wooden leg, part of which lay in fragments by his side. " ' What do you do there, soldier? ' said the Marquis. ' I am on my way home to my own village, mon officier,
Page 126 - And the Woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her whoredom.
Page 178 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossne.ss.
Page 178 - ... that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone.
Page 10 - Moore brought his family from Glasgow to London ; and in the course of the next year appeared the fruits of his travels, in " A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany,