Adonis in loveliness,' was a corpulent man of fifty, in short, that this delightful, blissful, wise, pleasurable, honourable, virtuous, true, and immortal prince was a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in disgrace, a despiser of domestic... The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt - Halaman 124oleh Leigh Hunt - 1850Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| Walter Scott - 1814 - 536 halaman
...debt and disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who had just closed half a century without one single claim...gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity." — The learned Solicitor-General's address was short, leaving it to the good sense and understanding... | |
| Hewson Clarke - 1815 - 622 halaman
...and immortal PRINCE, was a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in debt and disgraoe, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers...gratitude 'of his country, or the respect of posterity !" . • v After the opening remarks of the attorney-general, the other passages of the a-rticle which... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1821 - 976 halaman
...of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who has just closed half a century century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country, or the respect of posterity !" The Solicitor-General, having asked Mr. Brougham, counsel for the defendants, whether he wished... | |
| 1896 - 926 halaman
...immortal prince was a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in disgrace, a despiscr of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps,...gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity. To prison he must go; and— which he had not foreseen — apart from his brother John, the sharer... | |
| 1892 - 848 halaman
...prince, was a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in disgrace, a despiser of domesic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man...century without one single claim on the gratitude of bis country, or the respect of posterity ! " The times have indeed changed since flattery of so gross... | |
| 1889 - 864 halaman
...over head and ears in disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of demireps, a man who had just closed half a century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country or the respect or posterity." It might be true or it might be false ; but certainly there was then not a country in... | |
| 1851 - 542 halaman
...[bravo! Messieurs of the Post /], this ' Adonis in loveliness,' was a corpulent man of fifty!—in short, that this delightful, blissful, wise, pleasurable,...but are they not truths ? And have we not suffered enough—are we not now suffering bitterly—from the disgusting flatteries of which the above is a... | |
| 1851 - 1220 halaman
...a libertine, over head and ears in disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblors and demireps, a man who has just closed half a century...gratitude of his country, or the respect of posterity !" Mr. Hunt thinks " the very sincere tone " of this libel might have furnished the Prince with a ground... | |
| 1869 - 796 halaman
...violator of his word, a libertine, over hfead and ears in disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, a companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who has...gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity." Hunt, with his brother, who was a joint proprietor of the Examiner, paid the penalty of such audacity... | |
| Leigh Hunt, Thornton Leigh Hunt - 1860 - 510 halaman
...immortal prince, was a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in disgrace, a despiscr of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps,...These are hard truths ; but are they not truths ? And hare we not suffered enough — are we not now suffering bitterly — from the disgusting fiatteries... | |
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