Anecdotes of the Russian Empire: In a Series of Letters, Written a Few Years Ago, from St. PetersburgW. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1784 - 478 sivua |
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Abdication addreſſed almoſt alſo Amadeus amuſed anſwer appearance army aroſe becauſe cauſe circumſtances cloſe Cloudy comet confiderable conſequence courſe court crimes DEAR SIR defire deſigns diſplay diſtance dreſs dreſſed Empreſs Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed expoſed faid fame fide fince firſt flavery flaves fome foon fuch Galitzin honour horſe houſes intereſt iſland itſelf judicial combat juſt King labour laſt leſs LETTER Majesty manner Marchioneſs meaſure ment miniſters Moldavia moſt muſt obſerved occafion perſons Petersburg Piedmont pleaſe pleaſure preſent preſerve Prince punishment purpoſe raiſed reaſon repreſented reſpect reſt Ruffians Ruſſian ſaid ſame ſay ſcarcely ſcene ſecurity ſee ſeems ſeen ſeized ſelf ſenſe ſenſible ſent ſerve ſervice ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould ſituation ſky ſmall ſmile ſnow ſome ſometimes ſon Sovereign ſpace ſpeak ſpirit ſtar ſtate ſtill ſubject ſuch ſuffer ſuggeſted ſuperior ſyſtem theſe thoſe tion uſe uſual viſit Wallachia whoſe
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Sivu 80 - This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Sivu 211 - The ladies' hearts began to melt, Subdu'd by blows their lovers felt. So Spanish heroes with their lances, At once wound bulls and ladies...
Sivu 221 - These arts in vain our rugged natives try, Strain out, with fault'ring diffidence, a lie, And get a kick for awkward flattery.
Sivu 200 - ... favour of a humane fuperior, been able to procure as much money as may enable them to purchafe their freedom, have alfo the good luck to live under a fuperior who is equitable enough to free them for the fum they offer. Such perfons, and their children, are ever after immediate flaves of the crown.
Sivu 221 - To fhake with laughter ere the jeft they hear, To pour at will the counterfeited tear, And as their patron hints the cold or heat, To fhake in dog-days, in December fweat.
Sivu 220 - Studious to pleafe, and ready to fubmit, The fupple Gaul was born a parafite : Still to his int'reft true...
Sivu 221 - ... in a whore; Can Balbo's eloquence applaud, and fwear He gropes his breeches with a monarch's air. For arts like thefe preferr'd, admir'd, carefs'd, They firft invade your table, then your breaft; * Explore your fecrets with infidious art, Watch the weak hour, and ranfack all the heart; Then foon your ill-plac'd confidence repay, Commence your lords, and govern or betray.
Sivu 155 - From look to look, contagious thro' the crowd, The panic runs, and into wondrous fhapes Th' appearance throws : armies in meet array, Throng'd with aerial fpears, and fteeds of fire ; Till the long lines of full-extended war In bleeding fight commixt, the fanguine flood Rolls a broad flaughter o'er the plains of heaven. As thus they fcan the vifionary fcene, On all fides fwells the fuperftitious din, Incontinent; and bufy frenzy talks Of blood and battle ; cities overturn'd...
Sivu 221 - To shake with Laughter ere the Jest they hear, To pour at Will the counterfeited Tear ; And as their Patron hints the Cold or Heat, To shake in Dog-days, in December sweat.
Sivu 323 - Pruffia, the famous brother of the prefent King. Yet his Royal Highnefs does not feem much diverted. He looks at them as an old cat looks at the gambols of a young kitten ; or as one who had higher fport going on in his own mind, than the paftime of fiddling and dancing.