Old England and New England: In a Series of Views Taken on the Spot, Volumen2R. Bentley, 1853 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 24
Página 3
... hold industry at an alarming discount ; and though they certainly can dig , they infinitely prefer to beg . Their defunct mouth - piece lost sight of that rhapsody of Brutus , or at all events paid no attention to it : " By heaven ! I ...
... hold industry at an alarming discount ; and though they certainly can dig , they infinitely prefer to beg . Their defunct mouth - piece lost sight of that rhapsody of Brutus , or at all events paid no attention to it : " By heaven ! I ...
Página 30
... hold out to him the slightest prospect of encouragement , as will presently be made apparent . Well , on the said September 5th , the said theatre opened , the play chosen for the occasion being , in humble imitation of Garrick's ...
... hold out to him the slightest prospect of encouragement , as will presently be made apparent . Well , on the said September 5th , the said theatre opened , the play chosen for the occasion being , in humble imitation of Garrick's ...
Página 41
... holds the same charm over his audience he was wont to do , and even in the midst of sickness and consequent sorrow , he shines out , like a star in the darkest night , amongst those he may happen to play with , in either country . We ...
... holds the same charm over his audience he was wont to do , and even in the midst of sickness and consequent sorrow , he shines out , like a star in the darkest night , amongst those he may happen to play with , in either country . We ...
Página 128
... his country comes there to lampoon him , and to hold him up to the ridicule of other nations . A man must be very thin - skinned , as well as very faulty , to expect anything of the sort , and this is a notion he ought to 128 OLD ENGLAND.
... his country comes there to lampoon him , and to hold him up to the ridicule of other nations . A man must be very thin - skinned , as well as very faulty , to expect anything of the sort , and this is a notion he ought to 128 OLD ENGLAND.
Página 154
... hold upon an American's , is that of early rising . He carries out to the fullest extent the saying of the great Duke , that when once a man begins to turn in his bed , it is high time to turn out of it . However incom- patible it may ...
... hold upon an American's , is that of early rising . He carries out to the fullest extent the saying of the great Duke , that when once a man begins to turn in his bed , it is high time to turn out of it . However incom- patible it may ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
actor ALFRED BUNN American amongst appearance arrival authors become believe better Boston bottle British California called chance character Charles Kean Charles Kemble Charles Macklin Charles Mathews considerable countrymen Cuba dollars dramatic Drury Lane Edmund Kean eminent England English entertaining favour feeling foreign Forrest gentleman give habit honour Jenny Lind John Bull Jonathan Kean Kemble lady land London look Lucy Stone Macready Madame Vestris Madeira Madeira wine manager Mathews matter Meagher means ment mind nature never night notion object observation Old England Opera opinion ourselves party peculiar performances person play possession present principle published question replied respect scene speak streets subjoin supposed talent taste theatre thing Thomas Francis Meagher tion town truth Union United wine worth write yellow fever York
Pasajes populares
Página 177 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Página 160 - Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Página 3 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Página 137 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Página 317 - ... of your family depending on an adherence to the principles that enthroned it ; for the safety and welfare of your kingdoms and dominions, threatened with almost unavoidable dangers and distresses ; that your majesty, as the loving father of your whole people, connected by the same bonds of law', loyalty, faith, and blood, though dwelling in various countries, will not suffer the transcendent relation formed by these ties, to be further violated, in uncertain expectation of effects, which, if...
Página 32 - Government, the other half to him or them that shall inform or sue for the same...
Página 120 - O you ! whom vanity's light bark conveys On fame's mad voyage by the wind of praise, With what a shifting gale your course you ply, For ever sunk too low, or born too high ! Who pants for glory finds but short repose, A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
Página 317 - Permit us, then, most gracious Sovereign, in the name of all your faithful people in America, with the utmost humility, to implore you, for the honor of Almighty God, whose pure religion our enemies are undermining...
Página 154 - HILL.] (3) [The plan of going to bed early, and rising betimes, has been called the golden rule for the attainment of health and long life.
Página 317 - We, therefore, most earnestly beseech your majesty that your royal authority and interposition may be used for our relief, and that a gracious answer may be given to this petition.