The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell, Volume 2Saunders and Otley, 1844 - 391 pages |
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Page 166 - Make me a willow cabin at your gate, And call upon my soul within the house ; Write loyal cantons of contemned love, And sing them loud even in the dead of night ; Holla your name to the reverberate hills, And make the babbling gossip of the air Cry out, Olivia ! O, you should not rest Between the elements of air and earth, But you should pity me.
Page 98 - Still thro' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb, she gilds the brow of night With the mild magic of reflected light. The beauteous maid, who bids the world adieu, Oft of that world will snatch a fond review ; Oft at the shrine neglect her beads, to trace Some social scene, some dear, familiar face : And ere, with iron tongue, the vesper-bell Bursts thro...
Page 388 - Prince ; but the ball excited much interest and expectation, and to the surprise of the amphitryons, a communication was received from his Royal Highness, intimating his wish to be present. Nothing, therefore, was left but to send him an invitation, which was done in due form, and in the name of the four spirited givers of the ball. The next question was, how were they to receive...
Page 263 - I am in solitude to waste The present moments, and regret the past; Deprived of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost; Call not this gloom I wear, this anxious mien, The dull effect of humour or of spleen. Still, still I mourn, with each returning day, Him* snatched by fate in early youth away; And her through tedious years of doubt and pain, Fix'd in her choice, and faithful — but in vain!
Page 381 - My dear Lady Hester, if I were to do as you advise me, do you think I could stand in the middle of the pit at the opera, and beckon to Lome 1 on one side, and Villiers * on the other, and see them come to me...
Page 387 - Regent, who distinctly saw him, but who of course would not move. In order to stop him, therefore, and prevent actual collision, one of the Prince's suite tapped him on the back, when Brummell immediately turned sharply round, and saw that there was not much more than a foot between his nose and the Prince of Wales's. I watched him with intense curiosity, and observed that his countenance did not change in the slightest degree, nor did his head move ; they looked straight into each other's eyes ;...
Page 315 - Ah ! my dear Duchess," faltered the Beau, " how rejoiced I am to see you ; so very amiable of you at this short notice ! Pray bury yourself in this arm-chair ; do you know it was a gift to me from the Duchess of York, who was a very kind friend of mine ; but, poor thing, you know, she is now no more.
Page 385 - Colonel Cooke (who was at Eton called ' Cricketer Cooke,' afterwards known as ' Kangaroo Cooke '), when passing through Calais saw Brummell, who told him the story, and requested that he would inform the Prince Regent that the promised box had never been given, and that he was now constrained to recall the circumstance to his recollection. The Regent's reply was — 'Well, Master Kang, as for the box it is all nonsense, but I suppose the poor devil wants a hundred guineas, and he shall have them...
Page 63 - DEAR ARMSTRONG, — I have been reduced to so low an ebb during the last three weeks, by delay, and not receiving promised remittances from England, that it is impossible for me to hold up my head, or to exist in my actual state a day longer. For ten days I have actually not had five francs in my possession, and I have not the means of procuring either wood or peat for my scanty fire, or of getting my things from the washerwoman.
Page 94 - T is sweet to watch Affection's eye ; To mark the tear with love replete ; To feel the softly-breathing sigh, When Friendship's lips the tones repeat ; But oh ! a thousand times more sweet The praise of those we love to hear ! Like balmy showers in summer heat, It falls upon the greedy ear.