The Bank Parlour, Or, Experiences in the Life of a Late BankerJames Blackwood, 1861 - Всего страниц: 366 |
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affairs Alexander Sloan amongst amusement appeared arranged assistance bank became better Bow Street Braes Brooklands called Captain M'Cabe Castle Craig character circumstances Colonel Keith consequence countess course dear Dido door endeavour engaged excited exclaimed expression father favour Fcap feeling Fitzmorris gave gentleman give greatest Grosvenor Square habits Hagart Halkett hand happiness Harry Morton heard heart Henry Henry Murray Henry Wilding honour hour immediately India informed inquired Johnny Havery knew Lady laird London look M'Kerrell manner Margaret Wild marriage Mary means Meenie ment mind Moore mother never Newall night occasion peninsular war person poor Portland Place possessed reached received remarked replied request residence respect Rockvale seemed servant Sloan solicitor tion told took Townsend Twynne Warner week Weymes whilst wife Wilding Wildmount Wilton young
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Стр. 93 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Стр. 86 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Стр. 224 - The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Стр. 259 - Than the soft myrtle : but man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority, — Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Стр. 215 - Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime. As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!
Стр. 197 - Thou wear a lion's hide ? Doff it, for shame, and hang A calf-skin on those recreant limbs.
Стр. 96 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.