The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic tales [&c.].1848 |
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... Lady in her earliest youth , The last of that illustrious family ; Done by Zampieri - but by whom I care not . He who observes it - ere he passes on , Gazes his fill , and comes and comes again , That he may call it up , when far away ...
... Lady in her earliest youth , The last of that illustrious family ; Done by Zampieri - but by whom I care not . He who observes it - ere he passes on , Gazes his fill , and comes and comes again , That he may call it up , when far away ...
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... lady , preach'd decorum ; And , in the lustre of her youth , she gave Her hand , with her heart in it , to Francesco . Great was the joy ; but at the nuptial feast , When all sat down , the bride herself was wanting . Nor was she to be ...
... lady , preach'd decorum ; And , in the lustre of her youth , she gave Her hand , with her heart in it , to Francesco . Great was the joy ; but at the nuptial feast , When all sat down , the bride herself was wanting . Nor was she to be ...
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... lady perceives that our master loves her ? Has . I know she does not . Absorbed in her own passion for Percy , on Osmond she bestows no thought , and , while roving through these pompous halls and chambers , sighs for the Cheviot hills ...
... lady perceives that our master loves her ? Has . I know she does not . Absorbed in her own passion for Percy , on Osmond she bestows no thought , and , while roving through these pompous halls and chambers , sighs for the Cheviot hills ...
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... lady's breeches were so artfully fashioned , that she was universally received as a delicate young gentleman ! Mr. Stitchclose was one day seated in his parlour , taking his wine after dinner , when Tim Measurewell , his foreman - vulgo ...
... lady's breeches were so artfully fashioned , that she was universally received as a delicate young gentleman ! Mr. Stitchclose was one day seated in his parlour , taking his wine after dinner , when Tim Measurewell , his foreman - vulgo ...
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... Lady Friendly : but unfortunately , in bringing back my left foot to the third position , I trod upon the gouty toe of Sir Thomas , who had followed close at my heels , to be the Nomen- clator of his family . The confusion this ...
... Lady Friendly : but unfortunately , in bringing back my left foot to the third position , I trod upon the gouty toe of Sir Thomas , who had followed close at my heels , to be the Nomen- clator of his family . The confusion this ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Arrah black crows blood Bolus brow Brutus bull Cæsar call'd Cassius clown countreman cried cursed dear death dere devil dinner doctor door dreadful Duke e'er eyes farmer father fear Fiddle-de-dee fool gentleman George Benson ghost give grave hand haste head hear heard heart Heaven Hodge honour horse Husband Irish stew Jolter jonteel lady Lapstone laugh linguæ littel boy look look'd lord loud Madam Mary master Monsieur morn Mortlake mysen ne'er never night nose Numps o'er once pass'd poor portmanteau pray quoth replied Richard Penlake Romford round Saib Sally sare seem'd shilling Sir Phil sleep smile soon soul soup maigre sprite squire sure swear sweet tale tears tell thee there's thing thou thought TOM LONG tongue Twas twill Vell ween wife wild word wretch Xenophon Zounds
Passagens conhecidas
Página 148 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an houourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
Página 150 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Página 148 - Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition ? Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? 0 judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason...
Página 237 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Página 163 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly.
Página 237 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd mien, While each strain'd ball of sight seem'd bursting from his head.
Página 202 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection.
Página 209 - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Página 206 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 238 - Can well recall what then it heard. Where is thy native, simple heart, Devote to Virtue, Fancy, Art ? Arise, as in that elder time, Warm...