"In manly tides of sense they roll'd along." "Far smoking o'er the interminable plain." "Do thou teach me not only to foresee but to enjoy, nay even to feed on future praise. Comfort me by the solemn assurance, that when the little parlour in which I sit at this moment shall be reduced to a worse-furnished box, I shall be read with honour by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see."—"Tom Jones," book xiii., chap. I. Quoted by Gibbon, or his Editor.—Ed. "You see yon birkie, ca'd a lord, "Ce fier Saxon, qu'on croit nÉ parmi nous."
his eyes would sparkle as with the freshness of an impending event."—Letter of Charles Lambe to H.C. Robinson, January 20th, 1826.—Ed. ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. |