The guards, 第 2 巻1827 |
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... habits , when Beauty bright kept him faithful to her standard , he joined a small man - party of the brigade , and dipped deep into the next twenty - four hours . Burnt Champagne , punch made of every thing which extravagance could ...
... habits , when Beauty bright kept him faithful to her standard , he joined a small man - party of the brigade , and dipped deep into the next twenty - four hours . Burnt Champagne , punch made of every thing which extravagance could ...
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... habits ; and drank very hard . It may be observed , that female society not only refines a man , but attractively draws him off from coarse pursuits and from pernicious habits . The conversation of well - informed women has a peculiar ...
... habits ; and drank very hard . It may be observed , that female society not only refines a man , but attractively draws him off from coarse pursuits and from pernicious habits . The conversation of well - informed women has a peculiar ...
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... habits of temperance . " Believe me , my young friend , " said he , " these extrava- gances draw down more ridicule than praise : your brother officers would receive you with the same cordiality , if you had not so many hun- dreds as ...
... habits of temperance . " Believe me , my young friend , " said he , " these extrava- gances draw down more ridicule than praise : your brother officers would receive you with the same cordiality , if you had not so many hun- dreds as ...
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... habit becomes second nature ; and as the coachman who had lived on an acclivity for twenty years , always locked his wheel when on level ground , so the patron became so much a part of the protegé , that he was soon the most dependent ...
... habit becomes second nature ; and as the coachman who had lived on an acclivity for twenty years , always locked his wheel when on level ground , so the patron became so much a part of the protegé , that he was soon the most dependent ...
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... habit . For it is on the turf and in the ring the same thing ; and it may be said of them taken together , with truth , arising from expe- rience , that " The race is not to the swift , nor the battle to the strong . * So much deceit ...
... habit . For it is on the turf and in the ring the same thing ; and it may be said of them taken together , with truth , arising from expe- rience , that " The race is not to the swift , nor the battle to the strong . * So much deceit ...
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49 ページ - Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a wedding bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell...
49 ページ - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...
106 ページ - And the weak soul, within, itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. Hence ostentation here, with tawdry art, Pants for the vulgar praise which fools impart; Here vanity assumes her pert grimace, And trims her robes of frieze with copper lace; Here beggar- pride defrauds her daily cheer, To boast one splendid banquet once a year. The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws, Nor weighs the solid worth of self-applause.
106 ページ - For praise too dearly loved, or warmly sought, Enfeebles all internal strength of thought; And the weak soul, within itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
176 ページ - My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it; Stands and lies by...
131 ページ - Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright, and coy; We strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is it, but rank poison in your veins...
146 ページ - And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
69 ページ - Ordinis haec virtus erit et Venus, aut ego fallor, Ut jam mine dicat jam nunc debentia dici, obscurus evado.
83 ページ - ... in a very languid way, what it is that will relieve them most effectually or, in other words, that the shoe does not really pinch them so hard as we think it does. For when it really pinches, as when a man is being flogged, he will seek relief by any means in his power. So my great namesake said, "Surely the pleasure is as great of being cheated as to cheat...