The Eton college magazine [ed. by sir. J. Wickens]. June-Nov., 18321832 |
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Page 36 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue ; Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th
Page 130 - As sure as cards he to th' assembly comes, And is the furniture of drawing-rooms : When Ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two, he fails not — to make three ; Narcissus is the glory of his race ; For who does nothing with a better grace ? To deck my list by nature were designed Such shining expletives of human kind, Who want, .while through blank life they dream along, Sense to be right and passion to be wrong.
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Page 71 - Sir! — would you, for the world, have called him Judas? — Would you, my dear Sir, he would say, laying his hand upon your breast, with the genteelest...
Page 130 - ... in a strict philosophical sense, while there is air in it, and perhaps a million of rays of light are there. II. Not-being, as it has relation to modes or manners of being, may be considered either...