Bath Characters, Or, Sketches from LifeG. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1807 - 80 pages |
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... towns- men , for leaving this royal company of comedians to my exclusive entertainment . Oh ! sacred spirit of Henderson ! and thou , laughtermoving shade of the elder Edwin , whose talents were unfolded on the then genial stage of Bath ...
... towns- men , for leaving this royal company of comedians to my exclusive entertainment . Oh ! sacred spirit of Henderson ! and thou , laughtermoving shade of the elder Edwin , whose talents were unfolded on the then genial stage of Bath ...
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... town in every direction , loaded with emulsions ; fever - draughts ; electuaries ; drastics , & c . & c . & c .; so that there is no one but myself to make up a prescription of my young Tipperary friend's , Dr. Sourcrout , for his ...
... town in every direction , loaded with emulsions ; fever - draughts ; electuaries ; drastics , & c . & c . & c .; so that there is no one but myself to make up a prescription of my young Tipperary friend's , Dr. Sourcrout , for his ...
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... unfortunate business . I was brushing through a street in the upper town the night before last , when a livery servant bolted out of a house , and running smack against me , almost knocked me 66 down . " Bless me , sir , " 40.
... unfortunate business . I was brushing through a street in the upper town the night before last , when a livery servant bolted out of a house , and running smack against me , almost knocked me 66 down . " Bless me , sir , " 40.
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... town practi- tioner , who , when he thinks it necessary to amuse his patients by a little change of place and system , orders them to Bath , and recommends them to Dr. So - and - so , as the most able physician out of London ; and to Mr ...
... town practi- tioner , who , when he thinks it necessary to amuse his patients by a little change of place and system , orders them to Bath , and recommends them to Dr. So - and - so , as the most able physician out of London ; and to Mr ...
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... blew me . No , no , Resin , I'm not like Dick Sable , of the lower town , who thinks people can never be tired of his prate ; and roars treason to his con- gregation till he has almost cracked their ! ears and his own lungs : nor do I 62.
... blew me . No , no , Resin , I'm not like Dick Sable , of the lower town , who thinks people can never be tired of his prate ; and roars treason to his con- gregation till he has almost cracked their ! ears and his own lungs : nor do I 62.
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Page 22 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank/ and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Page 15 - Slow melting strains their Queen's approach declare : Where'er she turns, the Graces homage pay. With arms sublime, that float upon the air, In gliding state she wins her easy way: O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love.
Page 8 - There was a time, indeed, when I made a figure with the sex, and could select from my list of conquests a fair specimen of every degree of rank, from the duchess to the spouse of the Squire.
Page 8 - Jack ! all my credit for successful gallantry has been extinguished, and my ardour in the chase been gradually evaporating, ever since that very unseasonable phlebotomical operation, which was performed upon me by Dick Merryman, some years ago. A little Linnet, you know, was the subject of our dispute. We went out to settle it; he pinked my doublet as full of holes as a school-girl's sampler, and completed my obligations to him by carrying off the bird to his own nest. — But, d— n it, don't make...
Page 75 - Saviour, may, notwithstanding their differences upon points of doubtful opinion and in the forms of external worship, still be united in the bonds of Christian charity, and fulfil thy blessed Son's commandment of loving one another as he has loved them.
Page 8 - ... the chase been gradually evaporating, ever since that very unseasonable phlebotomical operation, which was performed upon me by Dick Merryman, some years ago. A little Linnet, you know, was the subject of our dispute. We went out to settle it; he pinked my doublet as full of holes as a school-girl's sampler, and completed my obligations to him by carrying off the bird to his own nest. — But, d— n it, don't make me melancholy by recalling past grievances to my recollection. — I'd fain turn...
Page 31 - I must candidly acknowledge that I am acquainted with no place of worship which is so well calculated for genteel people to say their prayers in as your chapel. Here is every contrivance for warmth, ease, and repose; and the company is select, wellbred, and well-dressed. In general, too, the mode of performing the service is graceful, agreeable, and judicious. No violence ; no scolding; no terrifying stories about hell and the devil, as one meets with in vulgar parish churches ; but a gentlemanly...
Page 80 - This probably meant no more than that the intending prosecutor belonged to the diocese of Lincoln, and that the Bishop might be relied upon to take the part of his clergy. There is nothing whatever in the Bishop's character to which the satirist takes exception. RMG 1 369-— Homers