Sketches from Life, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1846 |
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Page iv
... Society 143 The Blunders of the Remarkably Skilful ; with a little Praise of the Press , and a Word on Behalf of the World 155 Eccentricities of Affectation 162 . Speechmaking after Dinner 172 Keeping Secrets 185 Advice Gratis 199 Et ...
... Society 143 The Blunders of the Remarkably Skilful ; with a little Praise of the Press , and a Word on Behalf of the World 155 Eccentricities of Affectation 162 . Speechmaking after Dinner 172 Keeping Secrets 185 Advice Gratis 199 Et ...
Page vi
... society where it insinuated its gentle way ? Who , in convivial meetings , does not miss , and will not miss for ever , the sweetness of those unpretending talents- the earnestness of that honesty which seemed uncon- scious , it was ...
... society where it insinuated its gentle way ? Who , in convivial meetings , does not miss , and will not miss for ever , the sweetness of those unpretending talents- the earnestness of that honesty which seemed uncon- scious , it was ...
Page xvii
... Society , which advantageously assisted the small income that sufficed to his simple wants * and scholarly habits . He held this post only for three years , but those sufficed to establish him in his pro- fession of a man of letters ...
... Society , which advantageously assisted the small income that sufficed to his simple wants * and scholarly habits . He held this post only for three years , but those sufficed to establish him in his pro- fession of a man of letters ...
Page xviii
... society but the affection of many of the most eminent writers of his time . He was of a nature to enjoy peculiarly the advantages of such an intercourse . For his taste was formed in no ex- clusive schools , and he could admire whatever ...
... society but the affection of many of the most eminent writers of his time . He was of a nature to enjoy peculiarly the advantages of such an intercourse . For his taste was formed in no ex- clusive schools , and he could admire whatever ...
Page xxv
... society he would strive to rally - sometimes with success — some- times utterly in vain . He has been obliged to quit the room , to give way to emotions which seemed to rise spon- taneously , unexcited by what passed around him , except ...
... society he would strive to rally - sometimes with success — some- times utterly in vain . He has been obliged to quit the room , to give way to emotions which seemed to rise spon- taneously , unexcited by what passed around him , except ...
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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...