Men of Capital, Volume 2Henry Colburn, 1846 |
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Page 5 - England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky blots, and rotten parchment bonds: That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
Page 17 - Trade, without enlarging the British territories, has given us a kind of additional empire. It has multiplied the number of the rich, made our landed estates infinitely more valuable than they were formerly, and added to them an accession of other estates as valuable as the lands themselves.
Page 82 - Eeresby's labours will be of a more satisfactory nature. I mean to place him in parliament. The account they gave me of him at Cambridge, when I visited Trinity to enter his brother, determined me to renounce the plans I had previously formed on my own account. It was, in fact, rather late for me to commence my apprenticeship in public life ; but I have reasons to hope that the country will have in him a servant still more efficient and equally devoted. I flatter myself my utmost ambition will be...
Page 97 - Will you be pleased to open those pretty lips of yours," cried her brother, " which were so voluble, unasked, just now?" " Better not !" replied Miss Mordaunt ; " for we shall certainly not agree." " I do not want you to agree with me. I want you to tell me on what ground my father could object to an alliance with the Cromers ?" " Is it not equally possible that the Cromers might object to intermarry with our family?
Page 79 - ... perfected by the means and appliances of modern science; where nothing old is to be met with but the pictures on the wall, the wines in the cellar, and the friends collected to enjoy them. It was this that constituted the charm of Mr. Mordaunt's household. All was smooth —all without let or hindrance. Everything was constructed on the best principles. The windows opened wider and shut closer than any other windows in the county. The slightest touch of a bell brought precisely the servant that...
Page 102 - If it could also be noted in the equipage of those who are ascended from the successful trade of their ancestors into, figure and equipage, such accounts would quicken industry in the pursuit of such acquisitions, and discountenance luxury in the enjoyment of them.
Page 189 - Eftsoons both flowers and garlands far away She flung, and her fair dewy locks yrent. To sorrow huge she turned her former play. And gamesome mirth to grievous dreariment; She threw herself down on the...