 | D. Burchell Friend - 1886 - 238 sivua
...disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, a companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who has just closed half a century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity ! " Call Mr. Percy Fitzgerald. — " Jovial, epicurean, shifty, clever, and good-natured, he offers... | |
 | 1886 - 406 sivua
...by thé by, asserted that he weighed a quarter of a ton), " a man who had just closed a quarter of a century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country or the respect of his posterity " — by two years in Surrey Gaol. Shelley lost the custody of his children, and retired... | |
 | 1886 - 988 sivua
...(Cobbett, by the by, asserted that he weighed a quarter of a ton), ' a man who had just closed a quarter of a century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country or the respect of his posterity'—by two years in Surrey Gaol. Shelley lost the custody of his children, and retired... | |
 | 1889 - 552 sivua
...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 of posterity ". It might be true or it might be false ; but certainly there was then not a country in Europe where... | |
 | George Sigerson - 1890 - 248 sivua
...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 on the gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity ! " And again — " Then should . . . the Sardanapalus, who is now afraid of none but informers, be... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1890 - 504 sivua
...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 of posterity." It might be true or it might be false ; but certainly there was then not a country in Europe where... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1890 - 1142 sivua
...disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who has just closed half a century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity ! " A prosecution for libel having been founded upon this article, Leigh Hunt and his brother were... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1890 - 492 sivua
...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 of posterity." It might be LEIGH HUNT. . . . , , true or it might be false ; but certainly there was then not a country... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1891 - 514 sivua
...disgrace, adespiser of domesticties,the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man whohasjust closed half a century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity.' A prosecution of Hunt and his brother followed. They were tried in December 1812 ; Brougham again appeared... | |
 | William Cosmo Monkhouse, John Parker Anderson - 1893 - 296 sivua
...disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who has just closed half a century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country, or the respect of posterity ! " These are hard truths ; but are they not truths ? And have we not suffered enough — are we not... | |
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PRINCE, was a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in debt and disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who has just closed half a century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country... 
