Then and NowHutchinson, 1901 - 333 páginas |
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Página 7
... . At a tenants ' ball given at a great country house to celebrate the coming of age of the heir , a small lady of middle age and respectable appearance , very simply and neatly attired in mourning Babies and Children 7.
... . At a tenants ' ball given at a great country house to celebrate the coming of age of the heir , a small lady of middle age and respectable appearance , very simply and neatly attired in mourning Babies and Children 7.
Página 56
... a musical sound to us all ; perhaps a little too musical for those elderly ladies who remember the time when it was associated with the final dance at a ball , when it seemed as though the fiddlers would never cease , and 56 Then and Now.
... a musical sound to us all ; perhaps a little too musical for those elderly ladies who remember the time when it was associated with the final dance at a ball , when it seemed as though the fiddlers would never cease , and 56 Then and Now.
Página 67
... ball . We do not for a moment doubt their sincerity , but really , you know , when we think of a certain portrait with silver hair in our dining - room at home ; when we recall Mrs. Brown as we saw her when we left that same room to ...
... ball . We do not for a moment doubt their sincerity , but really , you know , when we think of a certain portrait with silver hair in our dining - room at home ; when we recall Mrs. Brown as we saw her when we left that same room to ...
Página 71
... ball . I am speaking of exceptional cases , in which certain indiscreet persons do , despite the truer spirit of their sex , seem to vie with each other who shall go first and fastest upon ice which is known to be " dangerous . " Two ...
... ball . I am speaking of exceptional cases , in which certain indiscreet persons do , despite the truer spirit of their sex , seem to vie with each other who shall go first and fastest upon ice which is known to be " dangerous . " Two ...
Página 113
... ball ! -marbles , ninepins , cup and ball , trap and ball , nurr and spell , rounders , fives , racquets , tennis ( lawn and court ) , cricket ( king game of all ) , football , golf , hockey , baseball ( American ) , lacrosse ( Canadian ) ...
... ball ! -marbles , ninepins , cup and ball , trap and ball , nurr and spell , rounders , fives , racquets , tennis ( lawn and court ) , cricket ( king game of all ) , football , golf , hockey , baseball ( American ) , lacrosse ( Canadian ) ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
admiration amusements apostle spoons asked Audi alteram partem ball beautiful Belgravia believe Bicester biretta bishop boys Caunton cheerful Christian Church clergy congregation cricket delight desire dinner drink drunkenness duty England evil excellent father Florence Nightingale football garden gentleman George Stephenson give golf happy hear heard hearers heart honour horse hospitals hounds ignorance impression Joe Guy John Leech knew labourer lady laity live Lord master mind neighbours never noble occasion parish persons played poor port wine prayer preach preacher present Queen regarded remarked remember replied seemed seen sermons servants solitary snipe sometimes sorrow speak spirit squire star of freedom suggested sweet sympathy teetotal teetotaller tell temperance things thought told village voice wine women words worship young Zachary Macaulay
Passagens conhecidas
Página 54 - I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants, his parishioners. There has not been a lawsuit in the parish since he has lived among them; if any dispute arises they apply themselves to him for the decision; if they do- not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once, or twice at most, they appeal to me.
Página 283 - For the love of God is broader Than the measures of man's mind, And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind...
Página 220 - And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Página 111 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Página 77 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Página 85 - But go to ! thy love Shall chant itself its own beatitudes, After its own life-working. A child's kiss, Set on thy sighing lips, shall make thee glad: A poor man, served by thee, shall make thee rich ; An old man, helped by thee, shall make thee strong; Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense Of service which thou renderest.
Página 59 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Página 3 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
Página 58 - It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise, and, possessing all these qualities, to exercise them in the most graceful outward manner.