Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston: Shropshire, Formerly M. P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop and Merioneth and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry; with Notices of His Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant ExploitsD. Appleton & Company, 1903 - 206 strán (strany) |
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... character of the late John Mytton presents ; at one time , an honour to his nature ; another , a satire on humanity . What more can be done , than to strike the balance with an even hand ? and as the brightness of the V at sun hides its ...
... character of the late John Mytton presents ; at one time , an honour to his nature ; another , a satire on humanity . What more can be done , than to strike the balance with an even hand ? and as the brightness of the V at sun hides its ...
Strana ix
... character - His person and mind described -His pugnacious disposition - His dress - His method of following wildfowl - His feats in riding the road , and his walking - His powers of digestion - His daring exploits , putting his life to ...
... character - His person and mind described -His pugnacious disposition - His dress - His method of following wildfowl - His feats in riding the road , and his walking - His powers of digestion - His daring exploits , putting his life to ...
Strana x
... character , his death . - - The PART II . With whom compared - His amours - His popularity , and its rapid decline - His excessive drinking , and its influence on his character and health- His toilette - His generous conduct towards his ...
... character , his death . - - The PART II . With whom compared - His amours - His popularity , and its rapid decline - His excessive drinking , and its influence on his character and health- His toilette - His generous conduct towards his ...
Strana 14
... character is very faithfully sketched in some lines from the pen of a female friend , a niece to the present Bishop of Norwich . Mytton had a great respect for this amiable sister , but would never take her advice , nor indeed that of ...
... character is very faithfully sketched in some lines from the pen of a female friend , a niece to the present Bishop of Norwich . Mytton had a great respect for this amiable sister , but would never take her advice , nor indeed that of ...
Strana 15
... character of the gentleman were strongly impressed on his carriage . His shoulders were finely formed , with a very expanded chest . -height , about five feet nine inches ; weight , varying in the last twelve years of his life from ...
... character of the gentleman were strongly impressed on his carriage . His shoulders were finely formed , with a very expanded chest . -height , about five feet nine inches ; weight , varying in the last twelve years of his life from ...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton: Esq. of Halston, Shropshire ... Nimrod Zobrazenie úryvkov - 1910 |
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, Shropshire ... Nimrod Zobrazenie úryvkov - 1835 |
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Strana 122 - cui sic extorta voluptas et demptus per vim mentis gratissimus error».
Strana 156 - Who would be doom'd to gaze upon A sky without a cloud or sun ? Less hideous far the tempest's roar Than ne'er to brave the billows more — Thrown, when the war of winds is o'er, A lonely wreck on fortune's shore, 'Mid sullen calm, and silent bay, Unseen to drop by dull decay ; — Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock...
Strana 98 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Strana 169 - There is a lust in man no charm can tame, Of loudly publishing his neighbour's shame." Hence ; " On eagle's wings immortal scandals fly, While virtuous actions are but born and die.
Strana 137 - A man whom he had never seen before was employed one night to sit up with him. Being asked next morning how he liked his attendant, his answer was, " Not at all, sir : the fellow's an ideot ; he is as awkward as a turn-spit when first put into the wheel, and as sleepy as a dormouse.
Strana 31 - God has made them far happier than they could be here, and that we shall join them soon again. This is solid comfort, could we but avail ourselves of it ; but I confess the difficulty of doing so.
Strana 122 - ... wealth and distinction. She was led into society, and they tried by all kinds of occupation and amusement to dissipate her grief, and wean her from the tragical story of her loves.
Strana 111 - Even its praises must offend thee, Founded on another's woe: Though my many faults defaced me, Could no other arm be found, Than the one which once embraced me, To inflict a cureless wound?
Strana 56 - There were two principles in his natural temper, that being heightened by that heat, carried him to great excesses : a violent love of pleasure, and a disposition to extravagant mirth. The one involved him in great sensuality ; the other led him to many odd adventures and frolics, in which he was oft in hazard of his life...
Strana 121 - But there was a worse sight than this : there was a mind, as well as a body, in ruins ; the one had partaken of the injury done to the other, and it was at once apparent that all was a wreck. In fact, he was a melancholy spectacle of a fallen man — of one over whom all the storms of life seemed to be engendered in one dark cloud.