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... friend , whose reluctant consent has been yielded only to repeated solicitations ; and , second , to fur- nish for the public a book marked by humor and originality of thought , and an agreeable companion for a dull hour . The editor ...
... friend , whose reluctant consent has been yielded only to repeated solicitations ; and , second , to fur- nish for the public a book marked by humor and originality of thought , and an agreeable companion for a dull hour . The editor ...
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... friends the island- ers , tattooing warriors , roasting dogs and marvelling how such " strange flesh " would eat when cooked , or performing any other equally curious or inge- nious operations . When not reading I was dream- ing . From ...
... friends the island- ers , tattooing warriors , roasting dogs and marvelling how such " strange flesh " would eat when cooked , or performing any other equally curious or inge- nious operations . When not reading I was dream- ing . From ...
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... friends and old companions . " When the flower was in the bud , and the leaf upon the tree , With the lark to sing me hame to my ain countree . " * 1 What was the petty pain of a few blows ( I never felt the disgrace ) to such visions ...
... friends and old companions . " When the flower was in the bud , and the leaf upon the tree , With the lark to sing me hame to my ain countree . " * 1 What was the petty pain of a few blows ( I never felt the disgrace ) to such visions ...
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... friends and acquaintance in far - off countries . But time and the world have done their usual work with me as with others . I am changed - vilely sophisticated ; the smoke of cities is upon my soul , and innumerable trivial ...
... friends and acquaintance in far - off countries . But time and the world have done their usual work with me as with others . I am changed - vilely sophisticated ; the smoke of cities is upon my soul , and innumerable trivial ...
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... friends , but your road lies that way - and mine this , and so - good - by . " I would be bail for one of those personages ; I would put my hand to a bond for him , ( which I look upon to be the extreme test of human confidence , ) but ...
... friends , but your road lies that way - and mine this , and so - good - by . " I would be bail for one of those personages ; I would put my hand to a bond for him , ( which I look upon to be the extreme test of human confidence , ) but ...
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Página 153 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things: For no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all, And women too, but innocent and pure : No sovereignty— Seb.
Página 71 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink; lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Página 215 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not ; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Página 136 - O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An
Página 165 - As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Página 150 - Poor, and content, is rich, and rich enough; But riches, fineless, is as poor as winter, To him that ever fears he shall be poor : — Good heaven, the souls of all my tribe defend From jealousy ! Oth.
Página 200 - Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Página 169 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Página 84 - Isna that ower true a doctrine?" said the prisoner "Isna my crown, my honour, removed? And what am I but a poor, wasted, wan-thriven tree, dug up by the roots, and flung out to waste in the highway, that man and beast may tread it under foot? I thought o' the bonny bit them that our father rooted out o...
Página 123 - There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell!