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... Passing sentence . ib . 62. A Duel prevented . ib . 63. Admiral Duncan . ib . 64. Boileau . ib . 65. The brothers . 222 66. Sowing and reaping . ib . 67. Hares . ib . 68. Shaking hands . ib . 69. Insanity . ib . 270. Snow . 223 71 ...
... Passing sentence . ib . 62. A Duel prevented . ib . 63. Admiral Duncan . ib . 64. Boileau . ib . 65. The brothers . 222 66. Sowing and reaping . ib . 67. Hares . ib . 68. Shaking hands . ib . 69. Insanity . ib . 270. Snow . 223 71 ...
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... passing literature of the day . But he was such an economist of his time , so methodical in the employment of it , that he never permitted a moment to pass without some occupation of a literary kind . If not writing , he was reading ...
... passing literature of the day . But he was such an economist of his time , so methodical in the employment of it , that he never permitted a moment to pass without some occupation of a literary kind . If not writing , he was reading ...
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... passed through three editions , still maintains its ground in the face of several competing works , as a valuable addi- tion to the classical school - boy's library . These literary labours must have entirely filled up Mr Barker's time ...
... passed through three editions , still maintains its ground in the face of several competing works , as a valuable addi- tion to the classical school - boy's library . These literary labours must have entirely filled up Mr Barker's time ...
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... passed away . A little knot of critics could no longer regu- late the literary movements of the day , and I believe the evening meetings at the Globe in Bow Street were , after a few more months , discontinued . This occurred in the ...
... passed away . A little knot of critics could no longer regu- late the literary movements of the day , and I believe the evening meetings at the Globe in Bow Street were , after a few more months , discontinued . This occurred in the ...
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... passed one night of his chequered life . Here I found Mr Barker , appa- rently quite at his ease , and in familiar coversation with those about him ; for this was one of the principal features in his character , that he became ...
... passed one night of his chequered life . Here I found Mr Barker , appa- rently quite at his ease , and in familiar coversation with those about him ; for this was one of the principal features in his character , that he became ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
admiration afterwards anecdotes Anna's appeared asked Basil Montagu beauty Bishop brother called Captain celebrated Chambers cholera Circassia croak Curran dear death debt Devil died dine Dr Johnson Dr Parr Duke E. H. BARKER edition English EPITAPH EUGENE ARAM eyes father Fleet Fleet Prison French G. W. M. Reynolds gave gentleman Gilliland Godfrey Higgins Greek hand heard heart heaven honour inscription Irishman King KING'S BENCH PRISON lady late learned letter lived London Lord Eldon Lord Erskine Lordship Mary Ann Clarke matter morning never night observed officer once person Plato Plotinus Prince prisoner Proclus received remarkable replied says sent Sermon servant Sheridan shew sieur Vigor Simon Vigor Stewart thee thing thou thought tion told took town translation visited walked wife wish word wrote
Passagens conhecidas
Página 110 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Página 111 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,— But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Página 153 - Nor riches I nor pow'r pursue, Nor hold forbidden joys in view ; We, therefore, need not part. Where wilt thou dwell^ if not with me, From av'rice and ambition free, And pleasure's fatal wiles? For whom, alas ! dost thou prepare The sweets, that I was wont to share, The banquet of thy smiles...
Página 99 - My stockings there I often knit, my kerchief there I hem ; and there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. And often after sunset, sir, when it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, and eat my supper there.
Página 195 - EPITAPH. ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother : Death, ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and learned, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Página 100 - And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side". "How many are you, then, "said I, "If they two are in heaven?
Página 99 - Then did the little maid reply, "Seven boys and girls are we; Two of us in the churchyard lie Beneath the churchyard tree.
Página 98 - She answered, Seven are we ; And two of us at Conway dwell, And two are gone to sea. Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother ; And in the churchyard cottage I Dwell near them with my mother.
Página 110 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Página 144 - Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough.