Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings with mottoes ; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle and agreeable. — Alexander, at the head of the world, never tasted the true pleasure that... The Wits and Beaus of Society - Σελίδα 7των Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1890Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| 1865 - 808 σελίδες
...those hereditary feuds), " or a match at cricket," were worth all the pleasures of riper ambition. "Alexander, at the head of the world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys enjoy at the head of a public school." Cambridge was a wilderness to him, compared with the " dear... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1837 - 462 σελίδες
...Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond set into little heart-rings with mottos; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle...world, never tasted the true pleasure, that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes and policies, engage... | |
| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 462 σελίδες
...little heart-rings with mottos; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle and agreeahle. — Alexander, at the head of the world, never tasted the true pleasure, that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes and policies, engage... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1842 - 596 σελίδες
...can call to mind of himself while he was learning those histories. I Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes and policies engage... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1842 - 592 σελίδες
...man can call to mind of himself while he was learning those histories. Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes and policies engage... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1849 - 264 σελίδες
...Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings with mottos; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes, and policies engage... | |
| Robert Folkestone Williams - 1851 - 582 σελίδες
...borne testimony in one of the earliest of his letters : " Youthful passages of life," he says, " are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.* Little intrigues, little schemes and policies engage... | |
| Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 574 σελίδες
...in one of the earliest of his letters : " Youthful passages of life," he says, " are the drippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings with...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.* Little intrigues, little schemes and policies engage... | |
| Eliot Warburton - 1852 - 532 σελίδες
...borne testimony in one of the earliest of his letters : " Youthful passages of life," he says, " are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.* Little intrigues, little schemes and policies engage... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 460 σελίδες
...Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings with mottos ; the stone itself more worth, the filings more gentle...world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes, and policies engage... | |
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