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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Strana xiii
... • 14. - Swims the Severn at Uppington Ferry . 15. How to cross a country comfortably after dinner . · · 16. - Heron shooting : a cooler after a big 188 190 drink . xiii · • 197 xiv No. LIST OF THE PLATES TITLE . 17 .-
... • 14. - Swims the Severn at Uppington Ferry . 15. How to cross a country comfortably after dinner . · · 16. - Heron shooting : a cooler after a big 188 190 drink . xiii · • 197 xiv No. LIST OF THE PLATES TITLE . 17 .-
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... dinner , as each had , in his youth , been instructed to do . " There , " said the Spartan , " is the effect of early discipline ; those animals were whelps of the same litter , but the difference of education has made one a good hound ...
... dinner , as each had , in his youth , been instructed to do . " There , " said the Spartan , " is the effect of early discipline ; those animals were whelps of the same litter , but the difference of education has made one a good hound ...
Strana 16
... dinner that day . Never was constitution so murdered as Mr. Mytton's was ; for , what but one of adamant could have withstood the shocks , independent of wine , to which it was almost daily exposed ? His dress alone would have caused ...
... dinner that day . Never was constitution so murdered as Mr. Mytton's was ; for , what but one of adamant could have withstood the shocks , independent of wine , to which it was almost daily exposed ? His dress alone would have caused ...
Strana 17
... This occurred at Woodhouse , the seat of his uncle , who related the story to me in London , the circumstance having occurred since I last visited Shropshire . distant from Halston , and return thither to his dinner 2 LIFE OF MYTTON 17.
... This occurred at Woodhouse , the seat of his uncle , who related the story to me in London , the circumstance having occurred since I last visited Shropshire . distant from Halston , and return thither to his dinner 2 LIFE OF MYTTON 17.
Strana 18
... dinner . Indeed he has been known to do it for some days successively . Neither could any man I ever met in the field walk through the day with him , at his pace . I saw him , on his own moors in Merioneth- shire , completely knock up ...
... dinner . Indeed he has been known to do it for some days successively . Neither could any man I ever met in the field walk through the day with him , at his pace . I saw him , on his own moors in Merioneth- shire , completely knock up ...
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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.