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... Quaker . The spirit of the synagogue is essentially separative . B- 3 would have been more in keeping if he had abided by the faith of his forefathers . There is a fine scorn in his face , which nature meant to be of- Christians . The ...
... Quaker . The spirit of the synagogue is essentially separative . B- 3 would have been more in keeping if he had abided by the faith of his forefathers . There is a fine scorn in his face , which nature meant to be of- Christians . The ...
Сторінка 105
... Quaker , acts upon me as a ven- tilator , lightening the air , and taking off a load from the bosom . But I cannot like the Quakers ( as Desdemona would say ) " to live with them . " I am all over sophis- ticated with humours , fancies ...
... Quaker , acts upon me as a ven- tilator , lightening the air , and taking off a load from the bosom . But I cannot like the Quakers ( as Desdemona would say ) " to live with them . " I am all over sophis- ticated with humours , fancies ...
Сторінка 106
... Quaker is by law exempted from taking an oath . The custom of resorting to an oath in extreme cases , sanctified as it is by all re- ligious antiquity , is apt ( it must be confessed ) to intro- 10 duce into the laxer sort of minds the ...
... Quaker is by law exempted from taking an oath . The custom of resorting to an oath in extreme cases , sanctified as it is by all re- ligious antiquity , is apt ( it must be confessed ) to intro- 10 duce into the laxer sort of minds the ...
Сторінка 107
... Quaker . The astonishing 20 composure of this people is sometimes ludicrously dis- played in lighter instances . I was travelling in a stage- coach with three male Quakers , buttoned up in the straitest nonconformity of their sect . We ...
... Quaker . The astonishing 20 composure of this people is sometimes ludicrously dis- played in lighter instances . I was travelling in a stage- coach with three male Quakers , buttoned up in the straitest nonconformity of their sect . We ...
Сторінка 108
... Quakers , for which the heated mind of the good 5 lady seemed by no means a fit recipient . The guard came in with his usual peremptory notice . The Quakers pulled out their money , and formally tendered it — so much for tea - I , in ...
... Quakers , for which the heated mind of the good 5 lady seemed by no means a fit recipient . The guard came in with his usual peremptory notice . The Quakers pulled out their money , and formally tendered it — so much for tea - I , in ...
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Сторінка 117 - His father might lay on, but he could not beat him from his pig, till he had fairly made an end of it, when, becoming a little more sensible of his situation, something like the following dialogue ensued.
Сторінка 28 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Сторінка 117 - ... this was by no means the first accident of the kind which had occurred through the negligence of this unlucky young firebrand. Much less did it resemble that of any known herb, weed, or flower. A premonitory moistening at the same time overflowed his nether lip. He knew not what to think.
Сторінка 117 - Bo-bo, a great lubberly boy, who, being fond of playing with fire, as younkers of his age commonly are, let some sparks escape into a bundle of straw, which, kindling quickly, spread the conflagration over every part of their poor mansion, till it was reduced to ashes. Together with the cottage, (a sorry antediluvian make-shift of a building, you may think it,) what was of much more importance, a fine litter of newfarrowed pigs, no less than nine in number, perished.
Сторінка 118 - The insurance offices one and all shut up shop. People built slighter and slighter every day, until it was feared that the very science of architecture would -in no long time be lost to the world. Thus this custom of firing houses continued...
Сторінка 117 - Ho-ti to be in a blaze; and Ho-ti himself, which was the more remarkable, instead of chastising his son, seemed to grow more indulgent to him than ever. At length they were watched, the terrible mystery discovered, and father and son summoned to take their trial at Pekin, then an inconsiderable assize town.
Сторінка 131 - Field was, how beloved and respected by everybody, though she was not indeed the mistress of this great house, but had only the charge of it (and yet in some respects she might be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred living in a newer and more...
Сторінка 117 - ... pigs, no less than nine in number, perished. China pigs have been esteemed a luxury all over the East, from the remotest periods that we read of. Bo-bo was in the utmost consternation, as you may think, not so much for the sake...
Сторінка 135 - ... and while I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding, and still receding, till nothing at last but two mournful features were seen in the uttermost distance, which, without speech, strangely impressed upon me the effects of speech: "We are not of Alice, nor of thee, nor are we children at alL The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been, and must wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe...
Сторінка 74 - The houses of the ancient city of Lincoln are divided (as most of my readers know) between the dwellers on the hill and in the valley. This marked distinction formed an obvious division between the boys who lived above (however brought together in a common school...