The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell, 1. ciltScribner & Welford, 1886 |
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... remark : — “ Lady W—— , la femme la plus coquette du monde . " From the foregoing remarks , therefore , the reader will understand that , with the excep- tion of his letters , and the poetry taken from his album , I was not assisted in ...
... remark : — “ Lady W—— , la femme la plus coquette du monde . " From the foregoing remarks , therefore , the reader will understand that , with the excep- tion of his letters , and the poetry taken from his album , I was not assisted in ...
Sayfa 12
... had been tigré , or of any glaring colour- several are now making after it : " and again , in 1776 , he remarks , " pray bring me two or three bottles of perfume to put amongst powder , and some patterns for 12 THE LIFE OF.
... had been tigré , or of any glaring colour- several are now making after it : " and again , in 1776 , he remarks , " pray bring me two or three bottles of perfume to put amongst powder , and some patterns for 12 THE LIFE OF.
Sayfa 15
... remarked , a beau is a fop , and a fop a man of small understanding . But if I prove my own assertion , what then ? Does it at all signify whether his reputation remains as it is or not ? No. Then " Le jeu , vaut - il la chandelle ...
... remarked , a beau is a fop , and a fop a man of small understanding . But if I prove my own assertion , what then ? Does it at all signify whether his reputation remains as it is or not ? No. Then " Le jeu , vaut - il la chandelle ...
Sayfa 30
... remark that he was at Eton in the latter part of the last century , I asked him whether he recollected Brummell there . The rough , but good humoured , old fox - hunter imme- diately acknowledged the acquaintance . " I knew him well ...
... remark that he was at Eton in the latter part of the last century , I asked him whether he recollected Brummell there . The rough , but good humoured , old fox - hunter imme- diately acknowledged the acquaintance . " I knew him well ...
Sayfa 33
... remarked of this reverend gentleman , when he was elected to a vacant fellowship , that his success proved the truth of the poet's observation , that " worth makes the man - the want of it a fellow ! " Brummell was in the fifth form in ...
... remarked of this reverend gentleman , when he was elected to a vacant fellowship , that his success proved the truth of the poet's observation , that " worth makes the man - the want of it a fellow ! " Brummell was in the fifth form in ...
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acquaintance admiration afterwards alluded amiable amongst amusing anecdote appears Beau Brummell Beau's beauty Belvoir Bessborough brother Brum Brummell's Calais called carriage celebrated CHAPTER character Charles Fox charms Colonel Countess of Bessborough dandy daughter dear death died dine dinner dress Duchess of Devonshire Duke Earl elegant England Eton eyes fair fashion favourite feeling French gave gentleman George Brummell George Selwyn Georgiana give Grace hair heart honour Hunloke intimate Lady Hester ladyship late letter London look Lord Byron Lord Erskine Lord John Lord John Townshend Madame de Staël manner Marquis married morning never night noble o'er Oatlands occasion party perhaps person Pitt poem poetry Prince of Wales regiment remark replied Royal Highness says scarcely sent Sheridan society spirit Street Sturt talent taste thee thou tion took town verses Watier's wrote young
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Sayfa 2 - Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky. As I bent down to look just opposite A shape within the watery gleam appeared Bending to look on me.
Sayfa 2 - Under a shade on flowers, much wondering where And what I was, whence thither brought, and how. Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound Of waters issued from a cave, and spread Into a liquid plain...
Sayfa 2 - Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound Of waters issued from a cave and spread Into a liquid plain then stood unmoved Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky.
Sayfa 134 - O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly; at dead of night; The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.
Sayfa 168 - 1 terzo cerchio serra La rividi più bella e meno altera. Per man mi prese e disse : In questa spera Sarai ancor meco, se '1 desir non erra. I* son colei che ti die' tanta guerra E compie
Sayfa 112 - Eh ! who is our fat friend ?" Having taken it into his head, at one time, to eat no vegetables, and being asked by a lady if he had never eaten any in his life, he said, " Yes, madam, I once eat a pea.
Sayfa 194 - Yes, on my faith, there are bouts-rime's on a buttered muffin, made by Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland ; receipts to make them, by Corydon the venerable, alias George Pitt ; others, very pretty, by Lord Palmerston ; some by Lord Carlisle ; many by Mrs. Miller herself, that have no fault but wanting metre : and immortality promised to her without end or measure.
Sayfa 166 - Mais, si sur votre front je puis me voir un jour, La plus humble des fleurs sera la plus superbe.
Sayfa 66 - Street ; where, as he has often told me, the Prince would come in the morning to see his toilette, and would sit there so late, that he would send away his horses, and insist on Brummell giving him a quiet dinner, which generally ended in a deep potation.
Sayfa 294 - Ci-gît ma femme. Ah ! qu'elle est bien ; Pour son repos et pour le mien...