Headlong Hall: And, Nightmare AbbeyWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 172 páginas |
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... sure will always bring Something out of every thing . " Pliny's dog - headed race , " said Lathom , " whom Sir John places in the island of Macumeran , and at the same time gives to them a quasi pope for a king , who says three hundred ...
... sure will always bring Something out of every thing . " Pliny's dog - headed race , " said Lathom , " whom Sir John places in the island of Macumeran , and at the same time gives to them a quasi pope for a king , who says three hundred ...
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... sure that he so accuses , and thus endeavours to make the by- standers believe that his accusation is true . " " It is well , " replied the emperor ; " go , good Malitius , we will remember your advice . " Then went the steward unto ...
... sure that he so accuses , and thus endeavours to make the by- standers believe that his accusation is true . " " It is well , " replied the emperor ; " go , good Malitius , we will remember your advice . " Then went the steward unto ...
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... sure that Shakspeare , Parnell , and Schiller would meet with more thanks than reproaches , " was Lathom's reply , as he closed his book for that evening . CHAPTER VI . Curiosities of the Gesta - THE WICKED CHAP . V. ] CLAIMS OF THE OLD ...
... sure that Shakspeare , Parnell , and Schiller would meet with more thanks than reproaches , " was Lathom's reply , as he closed his book for that evening . CHAPTER VI . Curiosities of the Gesta - THE WICKED CHAP . V. ] CLAIMS OF THE OLD ...
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... sure mark of a mendacious traveller , " remarked Lathom ; " both Purchas and Mandeville have altered the object of the magician's plot ; making it his means of de- stroying his enemies , by persuading his victims that death in his ...
... sure mark of a mendacious traveller , " remarked Lathom ; " both Purchas and Mandeville have altered the object of the magician's plot ; making it his means of de- stroying his enemies , by persuading his victims that death in his ...
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... sure of the crown ? shall I not rather be slain miserably , and die amid unheard - of tortures and infamy ? whilst those that plot with me will turn against me , and make me their scape - goat . " " Art dreaming , sir barber ...
... sure of the crown ? shall I not rather be slain miserably , and die amid unheard - of tortures and infamy ? whilst those that plot with me will turn against me , and make me their scape - goat . " " Art dreaming , sir barber ...
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Página 104 - Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea ! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Página 47 - Though loud at first the pilgrim's passion grew, Sudden he gaz'd, and wist not what to do; Surprise in secret chains his words suspends, And in a calm his settling temper ends. But silence here the beauteous angel broke, The voice of music ravish'd as he spoke.
Página 98 - He now became troubled with the passion for reforming the world* He built many castles in the air, and peopled them with secret tribunals, and bands of illuminati, who were always the imaginary instruments of his projected regeneration of the human species.
Página 47 - Approach'd the careless guide, and thrust him in : Plunging he falls, and rising lifts his head ; Then flashing turns, and sinks among the dead ! Wild, sparkling rage inflames the Father's eyes, ^He bursts the bands of fear, and madly cries, 'Detested wretch...
Página 79 - He shakes his bag, he shows all fair : His fingers spread, and nothing there ; Then bids it rain with showers of gold ; And now his ivory eggs are told ; But when from thence the hen he draws, Amaz'd spectators hum applause.
Página 151 - Tis Jove's decree, In a bowl Care may not be ; In a bowl Care may not be. Fear ye not the waves that roll ? No : in charmed bowl we swim. What the charm that floats the bowl ? Water may not pass the brim. The bowl goes trim. The moon doth shine. And our ballast is old wine ; And your ballast is old wine.
Página 80 - By clean conveyance disappear; And now two bloody swords are there. A purse she to a thief exposed; At once his ready fingers closed. He opes his fist, the treasure's fled; He sees a halter in its stead.
Página 24 - Watch ye for ye know not the day nor the hour when the Son of Man cometh an impressive solemn discourse — [March] 14 Tuesday Evening [1848] Quite unwell last evening but about.
Página 90 - Oh, it's your only fine humour, sir; your true melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit, sir. I am melancholy myself, divers times, sir, and then do I no more but take pen and paper, presently, and overflow you half a score, or a dozen of sonnets at a sitting.
Página 147 - Cypress. Sir, I have quarrelled with my wife ; and a man who has quarrelled with his wife is absolved from all duty to his country. I have written an ode to tell the people as much, and they may take it as they list.