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
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1871 - 572 σελίδες
...all feeling till it was well-nigh quenched; little minded; bitter, Gray migrated to Pembroke in 1756. if not spiteful; with many acquaintances and scarce...tasted the true pleasure that boys of his age have enjoyed-at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes and policies engage their thoughts;... | |
| 1080 σελίδες
...letter written by Horace to his friend, George Montagu. It is dated King's College, May 6, 1736: — " Alexander, at the head of the world, never tasted the true pleasure that boys of our own age have tasted at the head of a school. Little intrigues, little schemes, and policies engage... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1890 - 364 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... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1890 - 334 σελίδες
...while he was learning those histories. Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond l set into little heart-rings with mottoes, — the...more worth, the filings more gentle and agreeable. 1 Diamond sold by Thomas Pitt to the Regent Duke of Orleans. The chippings alone were valued at ^10,000.... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 σελίδες
...histories. Youthful passages of life are the drippings of Pitt's diamond set into little heart rings with mottoes, — the stone itself more worth, 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... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1890 - 450 σελίδες
...histories. Youthful passages of life are the drippings of Pitt's diamond set into little heart rings with mottoes, — the stone itself more worth, 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 - 1903 - 470 σελίδες
...Youthful passages of life are the chippings of Pitt's diamond 1, 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... | |
| 1904 - 688 σελίδες
...procession of sparkling imagery. "Youthful passages of life," he writes to Montagu, from King's, "are the chippings of Pitt's diamond, set into little heart-rings...more worth, the filings more gentle and agreeable." In the letter he wrote to Lady Ossory six weeks before his death, though the style has reached perfection,... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1926 - 338 σελίδες
...Youthful passages of life are' the chippings of Pitt's diamond,2 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 Andrews - 1989 - 414 σελίδες
...desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate'er it touches. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English poet 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. Horace Walpole (1717-1797) English author No man is good... | |
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