Almack's: A Novel, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1827 |
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Page 191 - THE harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed. Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls, As if that soul were fled. — So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts, that once beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more.
Page 315 - Liquors, digest vigorously the food they sagaciously prepare, and render easily assimilable by cooking it sufficiently, — wisely contriving to get half the work of the Stomach done by Fire and Water, till " The tender morsels on the palate melt, And all the force of Cookery is felt.
Page v - To that most Distinguished and Despotic Conclave, composed of " their High Mightinesses the Ladies Patronesses of the Balls at "Almack's, the Rulers of Fashion, the Arbiters of Taste, the " Leaders of Ton, and the Makers of Manners, whose Sovereign ' ' sway over
Page 201 - I take my leave, Sick of his civil pride from morn to eve ; I curse such lavish cost and little skill, And swear no day was ever pass'd so ill. Yet hence the poor are clothed, the hungry fed; Health to himself, and to his infants bread, The labourer bears : what his hard heart denies, His charitable vanity supplies.
Page 161 - A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs ; Nay, oft, in dreams, invention we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow.
Page 175 - At Timon's villa let us pass a day, Where all cry out, 'What sums are thrown away!' So proud, so grand: of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. To compass this, his building is a town, His pond an ocean, his parterre a down : Who but must laugh, the master when...
Page 143 - He stands for fame on his forefathers' feet, By heraldry prov'd valiant or discreet. With what a decent pride he throws his eyes Above the man by three descents less wise ? If virtues at his noble hands you crave, You bid him raise his fathers from the grave.
Page v - THE LADIES PATRONESSES OF THE BALLS AT ALMACK'S The Rulers of Fashion, the Arbiters of Taste, The Leaders of Ton, and the Makers of Manners, Whose sovereign sway over " the world " of London has long been established on the firmest basis, Whose Decrees are Laws, and from whose judgment there is no appeal : To these important personages, all and severally, Who have formed, or who do form, any part of that ADMINISTRATION usually denominated THE WILLIS COALITION CABAL, Whether Members of the Committee...
Page 145 - Heaven : it seemed to her as if it was hors de noblesse point de salut. Lady Norbury's good qualities were all clouded by these violent, ultra aristocratic notions; for she was in reality a kindhearted woman, with a well-cultivated mind; and, when she chose to unbend, she could be very agreeable; but this was rarely the case, for she was fastidious in no common degree, and it was difficult to meet with any person less generally liked than the haughty Countess of Norbury. ' Lady Anne, her daughter,...
Page 343 - She loved him for the dangers he had passed, And he loved her that she did pity them.