The Shotover Papers, Or, Echoes from Oxford, Том 1J. Vincent, 1875 - 208 стор. |
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... laughter . 5 At length he goes , but mother stops to tell us the great piece of news , which is that an old schoolfellow of our great- grandfather's , General Sir Martin Wheezle , is coming to stay with us for a few days . She is in ...
... laughter . 5 At length he goes , but mother stops to tell us the great piece of news , which is that an old schoolfellow of our great- grandfather's , General Sir Martin Wheezle , is coming to stay with us for a few days . She is in ...
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... laugh at his own jokes as the penalty of his position . I have often heard it said that the statues were meant for the present members of Convo- cation , but how can that be when they are of such antiquity : no , it is the other way ...
... laugh at his own jokes as the penalty of his position . I have often heard it said that the statues were meant for the present members of Convo- cation , but how can that be when they are of such antiquity : no , it is the other way ...
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... laughter . But I forgot , perhaps I ought not to praise it myself . But I'm glad you liked it . By the bye , do let us have some of those exquisite sketches of yours , and we'll see if we can't work them in . That little one of Tommy F ...
... laughter . But I forgot , perhaps I ought not to praise it myself . But I'm glad you liked it . By the bye , do let us have some of those exquisite sketches of yours , and we'll see if we can't work them in . That little one of Tommy F ...
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... laughter , I suppose at the recollection of that sketch , which certainly was very rich . " Now look here , Johnny , " he said , after some minutes , " None of your chaff , I must look stern they told me I had to do it . I have to warn ...
... laughter , I suppose at the recollection of that sketch , which certainly was very rich . " Now look here , Johnny , " he said , after some minutes , " None of your chaff , I must look stern they told me I had to do it . I have to warn ...
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... laugh and put their persuaders away . I have heard German bands and Patti , and steam saw mills , and all descriptions of music , but never did any sound so pleasant as that burst of laughter . To return to myself in a c . c . in the ...
... laugh and put their persuaders away . I have heard German bands and Patti , and steam saw mills , and all descriptions of music , but never did any sound so pleasant as that burst of laughter . To return to myself in a c . c . in the ...
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Сторінка 140 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge, said he, and tell me if thou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up, What mean...
Сторінка 141 - I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length said I, ' Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under those dark clouds which cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant.' The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing...
Сторінка 140 - But tell me, further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.
Сторінка 140 - Some were looking up towards the heavens in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them, but often when they thought themselves within the reach of them their footing failed and down they sunk.
Сторінка 141 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats \ but the Genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Сторінка 140 - Take thine eyes off the bridge, said he, and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.
Сторінка 139 - As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious...
Сторінка 140 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Сторінка 141 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Сторінка 141 - The genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick...