Eliza Cook's Journal, Volumen1Eliza Cook John Owen Clarke, 1849 |
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... night , when Mrs. Wink stayed him by asking him for sixpence in advance of her weekly fee of eighteenpence . " What's it for ? eh ? You can't want it , Mrs. Wink ; eighteenpence on Saturday night , and gone already ? " " Lord a mussy ...
... night , when Mrs. Wink stayed him by asking him for sixpence in advance of her weekly fee of eighteenpence . " What's it for ? eh ? You can't want it , Mrs. Wink ; eighteenpence on Saturday night , and gone already ? " " Lord a mussy ...
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... night , and thus instruct him in the woes and wrongs of the nation , and their remedy by fire and slaughter . " The rich , " he argued , " are hard and selfish , and knowledge brings to them no love for other human cre'turs . We'll ...
... night , and thus instruct him in the woes and wrongs of the nation , and their remedy by fire and slaughter . " The rich , " he argued , " are hard and selfish , and knowledge brings to them no love for other human cre'turs . We'll ...
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... night , and cast its blue pocket - handkerchief , and going to the window sill , richest rays across the shadows of the golden drape - wrapped it round the old brown teapot with its poor pale , ries , and on the gorgeousness of the full ...
... night , and cast its blue pocket - handkerchief , and going to the window sill , richest rays across the shadows of the golden drape - wrapped it round the old brown teapot with its poor pale , ries , and on the gorgeousness of the full ...
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... night - time were lighted up for the scrutiny of purchasers , " five and twenty years I've made tea out of that teapot , by pieces of candle stuck in two old dusty lanterns . and yet to be broken at last ! I declare I would have Mostly ...
... night - time were lighted up for the scrutiny of purchasers , " five and twenty years I've made tea out of that teapot , by pieces of candle stuck in two old dusty lanterns . and yet to be broken at last ! I declare I would have Mostly ...
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... night , without having ten pence or a shilling of one's honest money put on above the reg'lar price , to add to their heaps and heaps in the bank . No , if we are to have a teapot of the sort , I must buy it ; so get my old black bonnet ...
... night , without having ten pence or a shilling of one's honest money put on above the reg'lar price , to add to their heaps and heaps in the bank . No , if we are to have a teapot of the sort , I must buy it ; so get my old black bonnet ...
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Página 270 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Página 86 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 290 - I read in their looks nothing but disaster, and almost repented of my efforts. The signal was given, and the boat moved on a short distance, and then stopped, and became immovable. To the silence of the preceding moment now succeeded murmurs of discontent and agitation, and whispers and shrugs. I could hear distinctly repeated, ' I told you so, — it is a foolish scheme. I wish we were well out of it.
Página 140 - one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Página 86 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 271 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience ! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,
Página 85 - Wide was his parish; not contracted close In streets, but here and there a straggling house ; Yet still he was at hand, without request, To serve the sick, to succour the distressed; Tempting, on foot, alone, without affright, The dangers of a dark tempestuous night.
Página 337 - His chief pleasures were commonly derived from field sports and from an unrefined sensuality. His language and pronunciation were such as we should now expect to hear only from the most ignorant clowns. His oaths, coarse jests, and scurrilous terms of abuse, were uttered with the broadest accent of his province.
Página 271 - Patience and abnegation of self, and devotion to others, This was the lesson a life of trial and sorrow had taught her. So was her love diffused, but, like to some odorous spices, Suffered no waste nor loss, though filling the air with aroma.
Página 106 - What wonderful accessions have thus been made, and are still making, to the physical power of mankind ; how much better fed, clothed, lodged, and, in all outward respects, accommodated, men now are, or might be, by a given quantity of labour, is a grateful reflection which forces itself on every one.