Roundabout Papers: (From the Cornhill Magazine) To which is Added, The Second Funeral of Napoleon; The Four Georges; The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century; Critical Reviews and Selections (from Punch).R. Worthington, 1884 - 642 стор. |
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... passed in and out with their bales , their goods , their pack - horses , and their wains . Is the place so dead that even the clergy of the dif- erent denominations can't quarrel ? Why , seven or eight , or a dozen , or fifteen hundred ...
... passed in and out with their bales , their goods , their pack - horses , and their wains . Is the place so dead that even the clergy of the dif- erent denominations can't quarrel ? Why , seven or eight , or a dozen , or fifteen hundred ...
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... passed out of the hands of a refined lady ( as she evidently was , with whom I first saw them ) into the charge of quite a common woman like her with whom I saw one of the boys at Venice ? Here is but one chapter of the story . Can any ...
... passed out of the hands of a refined lady ( as she evidently was , with whom I first saw them ) into the charge of quite a common woman like her with whom I saw one of the boys at Venice ? Here is but one chapter of the story . Can any ...
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... passed - I can't tell after nine years . 66 Then L- came down with a pleased and happy counten- ance this time , and began carving the sirloin : " We have seen the light , " he said . ' Madam , may I help you to a little gravy , or a ...
... passed - I can't tell after nine years . 66 Then L- came down with a pleased and happy counten- ance this time , and began carving the sirloin : " We have seen the light , " he said . ' Madam , may I help you to a little gravy , or a ...
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... passed to the scene of the fire . The fire , however , continued to increase , and attention was directed to the ammunition contained in the powder - magazines , which were situated one on each side the ship immediately above the fire ...
... passed to the scene of the fire . The fire , however , continued to increase , and attention was directed to the ammunition contained in the powder - magazines , which were situated one on each side the ship immediately above the fire ...
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... passed the weathercocks on the temples , I saluted the symbol of the goddess Fortune with a reverent awe . " We have done our little endeavor , " I said , bowing my head , " and mortals can do no more . But we might have fought bravely ...
... passed the weathercocks on the temples , I saluted the symbol of the goddess Fortune with a reverent awe . " We have done our little endeavor , " I said , bowing my head , " and mortals can do no more . But we might have fought bravely ...
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Сторінка 543 - Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain. In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share...
Сторінка 481 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Сторінка 451 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind.
Сторінка 543 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close. And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Сторінка 340 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Сторінка 543 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring Famine from the gate; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending Virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Сторінка 420 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.
Сторінка 481 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Сторінка 426 - Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Сторінка 613 - Long live the king ! And Gilpin, long live he ! And when he next doth ride abroad May I be there to see...