The Table Book, Том 1W. Hone, 1827 |
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... meet it is I set it down . " On that passage he observes , that the Roman practice of writing on wax tablets with a style was continued through the middle ages ; and that specimens of wooden tables , filled with wax , and con- structed ...
... meet it is I set it down . " On that passage he observes , that the Roman practice of writing on wax tablets with a style was continued through the middle ages ; and that specimens of wooden tables , filled with wax , and con- structed ...
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... meet every season on the 29th day of May , king Charles's restoration , with oak- boughs in their hats or caps , to show their loyalty , ( velvet caps were chiefly worn in those days , even by the ladies , ) and to hunt young male deer ...
... meet every season on the 29th day of May , king Charles's restoration , with oak- boughs in their hats or caps , to show their loyalty , ( velvet caps were chiefly worn in those days , even by the ladies , ) and to hunt young male deer ...
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... meet at a famous hare - cover near . When the huntsman came with his hounds in the morning , he discovered a great number of sportsmen , who were riding in the cover , and whipping the furzes as for a hare ; he therefore halted , and ...
... meet at a famous hare - cover near . When the huntsman came with his hounds in the morning , he discovered a great number of sportsmen , who were riding in the cover , and whipping the furzes as for a hare ; he therefore halted , and ...
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... meet with this stage direction , " they sit down and play a game at piquet ; " the manager did not understand the term " piquet , " and the whole of the corps dra- matique were equally ignorant - as a dernier ressort , application was ...
... meet with this stage direction , " they sit down and play a game at piquet ; " the manager did not understand the term " piquet , " and the whole of the corps dra- matique were equally ignorant - as a dernier ressort , application was ...
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... meets mine ear ; For the poor man's children sport around On the turf , with nought to fear . And roses lend that cabin's wall A happy summer - glow , And the open door stands free to all , For it recks not of a foe . And the village ...
... meets mine ear ; For the poor man's children sport around On the turf , with nought to fear . And roses lend that cabin's wall A happy summer - glow , And the open door stands free to all , For it recks not of a foe . And the village ...
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Сторінка 227 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his...
Сторінка 805 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...
Сторінка 227 - An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Сторінка 61 - At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Сторінка 805 - MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease.
Сторінка 793 - And every want to luxury allied, And every pang that folly pays to pride. Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom, Those calm desires that...
Сторінка 61 - tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright ;— He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spattered boots, strapped waist, and frozen locks ; News from all nations lumbering at his back.
Сторінка 521 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter...
Сторінка 805 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Сторінка 61 - This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not even critics criticise, that holds Inquisitive attention while I read Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break, What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations and its vast concerns?