 No old maid's gown, though it had been tormented into all the fashions from King James to King George, ever underwent so many transformations as those poor plains have in my idea. At first I was contented with tending a visionary flock, and sighing some...  The Wits and Beaus of Society - Σελίδα 7των Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1890Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 460 σελίδες
...into all the fashions from King James to King George, ever underwent so many transformations as those poor plains have in my idea. At first I was contented with tending a visionary flock, and sighing sorrfe pastoral name to the echo of the cascade under the bridge. How happy should I have been to have... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1857 - 576 σελίδες
...had a kingdom only for the pleasure of being driven from it, and living disguised in an humble vale ! As I got further into Virgil and Clelia, I found myself...the garden of Italy ; and saw Windsor Castle in no other view than the Capitoli immobile sarum. I wish a ' The diamond bought by Thomas Pitt (grandfather... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1857 - 586 σελίδες
...had a kingdom only for the pleasure of being driven from it, and living disguised in an humble vale ! As I got further into Virgil and Clelia, I found myself transported /rom Arcadia to the garden of Italy ; and saw Windsor Castle in no other view than the Capitoli immobile... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 σελίδες
...into all the fashions from King James to King George, ever underwent so many transformations as those poor plains have in my idea. At first I was contented...name to the echo of the cascade under the bridge. How happy should I have been to have had a kingdom, only for the pleasure of being driven from it,... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 356 σελίδες
...itself more worth, the filings more gentle and agree14 WALPOLE'S DESCRIPTION OF YOUTHFUL DELIGHTS. able. Alexander, at the head of the 'world, never tasted...the garden of Italy ; and saw Windsor Castle in no other view than the Capitoli immobile saxum.' Horace Walpole's humble friend Assheton was another of... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1861 - 654 σελίδες
...wholly, perhaps, but wont to check all feeling till it was well-nigh quenched ; little-minded ; bitter, if not spiteful ; with many acquaintances and scarce...the garden of Italy ; and saw Windsor Castle in no other view than the Capitoli immobile saxum.' Horace Walpole's humble friend Assheton was another of... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 504 σελίδες
...republic they live in furnishes materials of conversation for their latter age ; and old men can not be said to be children a second time with greater...the garden of Italy ; and saw Windsor Castle in no other view than the Capitoli immobile saxum" Horace Walpole's humble friend Assheton was another of... | |
 | Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 522 σελίδες
...and died, at fifty-three, at variance with Horace—this Assheton, whom once he had loved so much. Again: " Dear George, were not the playing-fields...the garden of Italy; and saw Windsor Castle in no other view than the Capitoli immobile saxum," Horace, on the other hand, after having seen all that... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1867 - 572 σελίδες
...feeling till it was well-nigh quenched ; little minded ; bitter, Gray migrated to Pembroke in 1756. if not spiteful ; with many acquaintances and scarce...the garden of Italy ; and saw Windsor Castle in no other view than the Capitoli immobile saxum.' Horace Walpole's humble friend Assheton was another of... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1871 - 572 σελίδες
...Alexander, at the head of the world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his age have enjoyed-at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes...the garden of Italy; and saw Windsor Castle in no other view than the Capitoli immobile saxum.' Horace Walpole's humble friend Assheton was another of... | |
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