 I gave away the cake to him. I walked on a little in all the pride of an Evangelical peacock, when of a sudden my old aunt's kindness crossed me, — the sum it was to her; the pleasure she had a right to expect that I — not the old...  The Works of Charles Lamb - Página 286de Charles Lamb - 1837Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1837 - 666 páginas
...old impostor — should take in eating her cake ; the cursed ingratitude by which, under the colour of a Christian virtue, I had frustrated her cherished...grievously, that I think I never suffered the like — and I was right. It was a piece of unfeeling hypocrisy, and proved a lesson to me ever after. The... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 286 páginas
...when of a sudden my old aunt's kindness crossed me — the sum it was to her — the pleasure that she had a right to expect that I, not the old impostor, should take in eating her cake — the damned ingratitude by which, under the colour of a Christian virtue, I had frustrated her cherished... | |
 | 1837 - 392 páginas
...in all the pride of an Evangelical peacock, when, of a sudden, my old aunt's kindness crossed me ; the sum it was to her ; the pleasure she had a right...virtue, I had frustrated her cherished purpose. I cobbed, wept, and took it to heart so grievously, that I think I never suffered the like — and I... | |
 | 1837 - 666 páginas
...little in all the pride of an Evangelical peacock, when of a sudden my old aunt's kindness crossed me ; the sum it was to her . the pleasure she had a right...cake ; the cursed ingratitude by which, under the colour of a Christian virtue, I had frustrated her cherished purpose. I sobbed, wept, and took it to... | |
 | 1837 - 224 páginas
...the sum it was to her ; the Sleasure she had a right to expect that I — not the old n pos tor— should take in eating her cake ; the cursed ingratitude...virtue, I had frustrated her cherished purpose. I iobbed, wept, and took it to heart so grievously, that I think I never suffered the like — and I... | |
 | 1838 - 728 páginas
...little in all the pride of an Evangelical peacock, when of a sudden my old aunt's kindness crossed me ; the sum it was to her ; the pleasure she had a right...grievously, that I think I never suffered the like, — and I was right. It was a piece of unfeeling hypocrisy, and proved a lesson to me ever after. The... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1838 - 478 páginas
...in all the pride of an evangelical peacock, when, of a sudden, my old aunt's kindness crossed me ; the sum it was to her; the pleasure she had a right...her cake; the cursed ingratitude by which, under the colour of a Christian virtue, I had frustrated her cherished purpose. I sobbed, wept, and took it to... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1855 - 576 páginas
...in all the pride of an evangelical peacock, when, of a sudden, my old aunt's kindness crossed me ; the sum it was to her ; the pleasure she had a right...cake ; the cursed ingratitude by which, under the colour of a Christian virtue, I had frustrated her cherished purpose. I sobbed, wept, and took it to... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1855 - 634 páginas
...the old impostor, should take in eating her cake ; the cursed ingratitude by which, under the colour of a Christian virtue, I had frustrated her cherished...grievously, that I think I never suffered the like — and I was right. It was a piece of unfeeling hypocrisy, and proved a lesson to me ever after. The... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1857 - 628 páginas
...in all the pride of an evangelical peacock, when, of a sudden, my old aunt's kindness crossed me ; the sum it was to her ; the pleasure she had a right...I, not the old impostor, should take in eating her cuke ; the cursed ingratitude by which, under the colour of a Christian virtue, I had frustrated her... | |
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