Old Wine in New Bottles; Or, Spare Hours of a Student in ParisJ. M'Glashan, 1849 - 332 páginas |
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... length ; its width is one hundred and forty - four , and its towers two hundred and four feet high . It is so old , that the date of its erection is unknown . Its walls are crusted over with the smoke of ages , and , of all the edifices ...
... length ; its width is one hundred and forty - four , and its towers two hundred and four feet high . It is so old , that the date of its erection is unknown . Its walls are crusted over with the smoke of ages , and , of all the edifices ...
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... length of time as the lectures frequently last . Here , too , as in the wards , the students listen with their hats on their heads , if more convenient . V. Bal Masque . I HAVE just returned from the first masked ball of the season ...
... length of time as the lectures frequently last . Here , too , as in the wards , the students listen with their hats on their heads , if more convenient . V. Bal Masque . I HAVE just returned from the first masked ball of the season ...
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... length we get upon " the floor . " Four thousand persons are here , and every avenue is clogged . Your path is stopped by many , who seize you by the arm , and forcibly restrain your progress , at the same time whispering some ...
... length we get upon " the floor . " Four thousand persons are here , and every avenue is clogged . Your path is stopped by many , who seize you by the arm , and forcibly restrain your progress , at the same time whispering some ...
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... length finished . The masked balls are suspended . The numerous crowds of joyous beings no longer throng the theatres and other dancing saloons . The reign of " Musard the Great , " the distinguished composer of quadrilles and dances ...
... length finished . The masked balls are suspended . The numerous crowds of joyous beings no longer throng the theatres and other dancing saloons . The reign of " Musard the Great , " the distinguished composer of quadrilles and dances ...
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... or ugly , because it is princely ; a skin , probably coloured by contact with Brazilian gold ; and a neck , which , though rivaling the swan's in length , certainly does not in whiteness , or in grace . Her head - 58 OLD WINE.
... or ugly , because it is princely ; a skin , probably coloured by contact with Brazilian gold ; and a neck , which , though rivaling the swan's in length , certainly does not in whiteness , or in grace . Her head - 58 OLD WINE.
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Página 103 - I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips : He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
Página 245 - Baulk'd are the courts, and contest is no more. Despairing quacks with curses fled the place, And vile attorneys, now a useless race.
Página 113 - Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing myself to LIBERTY, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till NATURE herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle...
Página v - The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
Página 98 - ... of his woollen or silken thread to that part of the picture he is copying. The object of the process being to present as smooth and delicate a surface as possible, all cuttings and fastenings are performed at the back. Hence the necessity of his working on the wrong side.
Página 224 - Here the o'erloaded slave flings down his burden From his gall'd shoulders; and, when the stern tyrant, With all his guards and tools of power about him, Is meditating new unheard-of hardships, Mocks his short arm, and quick as thought escapes, Where tyrants vex not, and the weary rest.
Página 234 - Nor number, nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind Though single.
Página 45 - France, there is a market, whither young girls resort, and stand hour after hour, with their flowing hair, rich and glossy, deriving additional lustre from the contrast with their naked shoulders. This is the resort of the merchant barbers, some of whom come even from England. The merchants pass along among them, examine the color, texture, evenness, and other qualities of the beautiful fleece, haggle for a sou, and finally buy.
Página 53 - When a guinguette adds an orchestra and a ball-room to its other attractions, it is called a bastringue.