Sketches from Life, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1846 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 18
Page 1
... longer would we imprison thee , though thou art all gentleness , and would chat and jest with us by the hour . But thou hast scarcely VOL . I. B yet had a glimpse of the Elysian beauty of the. WITH SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES .
... longer would we imprison thee , though thou art all gentleness , and would chat and jest with us by the hour . But thou hast scarcely VOL . I. B yet had a glimpse of the Elysian beauty of the. WITH SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES .
Page 2
Laman Blanchard. yet had a glimpse of the Elysian beauty of the new fields thy feet are evermore to traverse ; thou hast hardly yet broken ground with one of the antique philosophers . Thou hast only shaken hands with Shakspeare - only ...
Laman Blanchard. yet had a glimpse of the Elysian beauty of the new fields thy feet are evermore to traverse ; thou hast hardly yet broken ground with one of the antique philosophers . Thou hast only shaken hands with Shakspeare - only ...
Page 12
... beauty at twenty , into a tribute to her sagacity at fifty - five . Tell her she is not to be imposed upon , and you impose upon her effectually . Admire her penetration , and you will not find her impenetrable . The old bird devoutly ...
... beauty at twenty , into a tribute to her sagacity at fifty - five . Tell her she is not to be imposed upon , and you impose upon her effectually . Admire her penetration , and you will not find her impenetrable . The old bird devoutly ...
Page 83
... beauty , and people the deserts of the mind with endearing impressions , -books , pictures , and all that world of things which one's life - time is spent ( in spite of Horace ) in admiring . We come to human names , and the magic that ...
... beauty , and people the deserts of the mind with endearing impressions , -books , pictures , and all that world of things which one's life - time is spent ( in spite of Horace ) in admiring . We come to human names , and the magic that ...
Page 99
... beauty of the links themselves would atone for an occasional deficiency of connexion . For , as I have remarked , the lustre of quotations gives a clearness and a colour to the blankest page ; or to use a figure of Cowley's , " So ...
... beauty of the links themselves would atone for an occasional deficiency of connexion . For , as I have remarked , the lustre of quotations gives a clearness and a colour to the blankest page ; or to use a figure of Cowley's , " So ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Acontius acquaintance admirable advice affectation beauty bird called character Charles Lamb charm conscience consider creature Cydippe DANIEL MACLISE dead certainty dear debtor's prison dining dinner Et-cetera eyes fact fancy FATHER LIKE SON faults feathers feel fire fool foremost dog fortunate genius gentleman GEORGE CRUIKSHANK give habit hand happen head hear heart honour hope horsewhipped hour human imagination immortal bard jury Laman Blanchard lative least less letters live long day Long Parliament longest day look Lyddie ment mind miserable moral morning nature never night once party pass perhaps persons philosopher plain-dealing poet poetry principle secret seemed Shakspeare side society soul speak speech spirit supposed sure sweet taste tell there's thing thought thousand tion tongue trial by jury truth turn utter verdict virtue volume whisper wisdom words wretched
Popular passages
Page 82 - And thy arch and wily ways, And thy store of other praise. Blithe of heart, from week to week Thou dost play at hide-and-seek ; While the patient primrose sits...
Page 105 - Oh ! that I were The viewless spirit of a lovely sound, A living voice, a breathing harmony, A bodiless enjoyment, born and dying With the blest Tone that made me.
Page xxxii - His thoughts were as a pyramid up-piled, On whose far top an angel stood and smiled — Yet, in his heart, was he a simple child.
Page xii - ... and colonial appointments, can reward his services and prevent his starving. But for the author there is nothing but his pen, till that and life are worn to the stump ; and then, with good fortune, perhaps on his death-bed he receives a pension — and equals, it may be, for a few months, the income of a retired butler...
Page xxxi - Added to this, they contain not a thought, not a line, from which the most anxious parent would guard his child. They may be read with safety by the most simple, and yet they contain enough of truth and character to interest the most reflective.
Page xxxi - HE taught the cheerfulness that still is ours The sweetness that still lurks in human powers; If heaven be full of stars, the earth has flowers. His was the searching thought, the glowing mind; The gentle will, to others soon resigned; But, more than all, the feeling just and kind. His pleasures were as melodies from reeds — Sweet books, deep music and unselfish deeds. Finding immortal flowers in human weeds. True to his kind, nor of himself afraid, He...
Page xii - And so, on the sudden loss of the situation in which he had frittered away his higher and more delicate genius, in all the drudgery that a party exacts from its defender of the press, Laman Blanchard was thrown again upon the world, to shift as he might, and subsist as he could. His practice in periodical writing was now considerable ; his versatility was extreme. He was marked by publishers and editors as a useful contributor, and so his livelihood was secure. From a variety of sources thus he contrived,...
Page ix - EVENING. ALREADY hath the day grown grey with age ; And in the west, like to a conqueror crowned, Is faint with too much glory. On the ground He flings his dazzling arms ; and, as a sage, Prepares him for a cloud-hung hermitage, Where Meditation meets him at the door ; And all around — on wall, and roof, and floor, Some pensive star unfolds its silver page Of truth, which God's own hand hath testified. Sweet Eve...