The Writings of Douglas Jerrold, Том 5

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Bradbury and Evans, 1853
 

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Сторінка 232 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Сторінка 39 - tis true I have gone here and there And made myself a motley to the view, Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear, Made old offences of affections new.
Сторінка 218 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Сторінка 76 - ... burial they might send a painter to his vault, and if they saw cause for it, draw the image of his death unto the life: they did so, and found his face half eaten, and his midriff and backbone full of serpents; and so he stands pictured among his armed ancestors.
Сторінка 203 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Сторінка 292 - Receive them free, and sell them by the weight, Bags of fiery opals, sapphires, amethysts, Jacinths, hard topaz, grass-green emeralds, Beauteous rubies, sparkling diamonds...
Сторінка 264 - My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.
Сторінка 234 - I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.
Сторінка 50 - Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value : but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their lustre ; and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.
Сторінка 259 - From the crown of my head to the sole of my foot, I'm alive, I'm alive!

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