Crayon Sketches, Volume 2Conner and Cooke, 1833 |
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... whole , is not without its advantages : " There is a soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly distil it out , " and those who are admirers of , and connoisseurs in delicately turned ankles , have now a better oppor ...
... whole , is not without its advantages : " There is a soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly distil it out , " and those who are admirers of , and connoisseurs in delicately turned ankles , have now a better oppor ...
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... like appearance , was well adapted for cutting through an opposing current of air , yet the pressure upon the whole surface was evidently too much , • for at every squall the long attenuated legs kept 42 THE MAN OF THE.
... like appearance , was well adapted for cutting through an opposing current of air , yet the pressure upon the whole surface was evidently too much , • for at every squall the long attenuated legs kept 42 THE MAN OF THE.
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... whole , undertook , for a tri- fling wager , to swallow a pint of fourth - proof bran- dy at a draught . It was rather too much for him , but he had a thirst for distinction in that line ; he attempted the feat and succeeded , though he ...
... whole , undertook , for a tri- fling wager , to swallow a pint of fourth - proof bran- dy at a draught . It was rather too much for him , but he had a thirst for distinction in that line ; he attempted the feat and succeeded , though he ...
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... whole course of wooing , " I cannot compre- hend . Be that as it might , a set of joyous spirits were congregated together at the wedding party . The wine circled gaily , and the song and jest passed merrily round . At a reasonable hour ...
... whole course of wooing , " I cannot compre- hend . Be that as it might , a set of joyous spirits were congregated together at the wedding party . The wine circled gaily , and the song and jest passed merrily round . At a reasonable hour ...
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... whole of that day's smoke , which had been vainly endeavoring , since the first fire was lighted in the morning , to ascend to its usual station in the atmosphere . As soon as this immense funereal pall was spread over the city , things ...
... whole of that day's smoke , which had been vainly endeavoring , since the first fire was lighted in the morning , to ascend to its usual station in the atmosphere . As soon as this immense funereal pall was spread over the city , things ...
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Página 242 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Página 27 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Página 190 - I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that ; move still, still so, and own No other function.
Página 235 - Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand!
Página 108 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
Página 243 - The mountain shadows on her breast Were neither broken nor at rest ; In bright uncertainty they lie, Like future joys to Fancy's eye.
Página 233 - Time rolls his ceaseless course. The race of yore, Who danced our infancy upon their knee, And told our marvelling boyhood legends store, Of their strange ventures happ'd by land or sea, How are they blotted from the things that be...
Página 70 - ... the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, and the inhabitants of the water, that they might be borne to her wherever hid.
Página 15 - OFT in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Página 141 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.