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... thought proper to amuse the readers of the Quar- terly Review with one of the cleverest and keenest articles that ever appeared in a periodical . From that moment Mr Barker's fate as a Greek scholar was sealed , and , what cut him more ...
... thought proper to amuse the readers of the Quar- terly Review with one of the cleverest and keenest articles that ever appeared in a periodical . From that moment Mr Barker's fate as a Greek scholar was sealed , and , what cut him more ...
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... especially if it was supposod to come from a liberal in politics and religion a party which it is now conceived as hopeless to oppose , as it was then thought - silly to support ; but to which Mr Barker had xviii MEMOIR OF.
... especially if it was supposod to come from a liberal in politics and religion a party which it is now conceived as hopeless to oppose , as it was then thought - silly to support ; but to which Mr Barker had xviii MEMOIR OF.
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... thought an incon- ceivable act of folly that our forefathers , even down to our own times , used the Latin language to explain the difficulties which surrouded a Latin author ; and thus the unfortunate school - boy , who had to ...
... thought an incon- ceivable act of folly that our forefathers , even down to our own times , used the Latin language to explain the difficulties which surrouded a Latin author ; and thus the unfortunate school - boy , who had to ...
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... thought that Dr J. did not hear , and again said , ' Mr Potter , Dr Johnson . ' Dr Johnson in the same sort of tone re- peated his mutterings . Mrs M. was irritated at Dr J.'s appa- rent neglect of what she said , and still supposing ...
... thought that Dr J. did not hear , and again said , ' Mr Potter , Dr Johnson . ' Dr Johnson in the same sort of tone re- peated his mutterings . Mrs M. was irritated at Dr J.'s appa- rent neglect of what she said , and still supposing ...
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... thoughts by day - its dream by night ! The chill winds came - the young flowers faded And died : the grave its sweetness shaded . Fair Boy , thou shouldst have wept for me , Not I have had to mourn o'er thee ; Yet not long shall this ...
... thoughts by day - its dream by night ! The chill winds came - the young flowers faded And died : the grave its sweetness shaded . Fair Boy , thou shouldst have wept for me , Not I have had to mourn o'er thee ; Yet not long shall this ...
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Literary Anecdotes and Contemporary Reminiscences of Professor ..., Volume 1 Edmund Henry Barker Visualização integral - 1852 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 108 - 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 109 - 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 109 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 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...
Página 97 - 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 108 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Página 98 - 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 153 - 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 97 - Then did the little maid reply, "Seven boys and girls are we; Two of us in the churchyard lie Beneath the churchyard tree.
Página 96 - That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. "Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?" "How many? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me.
Página 195 - Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.