Oldham's Amusing and Instructive Reader: A Course of Reading, Original and Selected, in Prose and Poetry, Wherein Wit, Humor, and Mirth are Made the Means of Awakening Interest, and Imparting Instruction : for the Use of Schools and AcademiesIvison & Phinney, 1854 - 384 páginas |
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... 're dangerous things , Armed , just like bees , with poisonous stings : Yielding , indeed , abundant honey , Being , that is , extremely funny ; But soon their power malign they reveal , By leaving xii PREFATORY DIALOGUE .
... 're dangerous things , Armed , just like bees , with poisonous stings : Yielding , indeed , abundant honey , Being , that is , extremely funny ; But soon their power malign they reveal , By leaving xii PREFATORY DIALOGUE .
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... leaving a wound not easy to heal . OLDHAM . Well , now I see We may agree ; Since you admit in common with me , That wit and humor - the genuine kind , May often be made to instruct mankind . What you regard as so injurious , Is wit ...
... leaving a wound not easy to heal . OLDHAM . Well , now I see We may agree ; Since you admit in common with me , That wit and humor - the genuine kind , May often be made to instruct mankind . What you regard as so injurious , Is wit ...
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... leave vultures and eagles behind him , and the contagion of his confidence seized upon the prince . 14. In a year the wings were finished , and , on a morning appointed , the maker appeared furnished for flight on a little promontory ...
... leave vultures and eagles behind him , and the contagion of his confidence seized upon the prince . 14. In a year the wings were finished , and , on a morning appointed , the maker appeared furnished for flight on a little promontory ...
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... leaving his friend as sad a prospect for his breakfast as himself had had for his supper . Hour after hour passed away , and Sleeper still found himself at bo- peep with Sir Bruin . In the course of the afternoon , however when Dobson ...
... leaving his friend as sad a prospect for his breakfast as himself had had for his supper . Hour after hour passed away , and Sleeper still found himself at bo- peep with Sir Bruin . In the course of the afternoon , however when Dobson ...
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... leaves ! How transparent is the water ! what life breathes in the ani- mals that quench their thirst at that spring ! How that steeple shines ! How beautiful are those clustering trees ! " This was the last expiring throb of an artist's ...
... leaves ! How transparent is the water ! what life breathes in the ani- mals that quench their thirst at that spring ! How that steeple shines ! How beautiful are those clustering trees ! " This was the last expiring throb of an artist's ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Æsop Anacharsis asked banqueting-hall bastinado battle of Mutina beauty BIBLIOMANIA bless called coach cried CROAKER Croesus Cumberland gate Dawson Dawdle dear Doctor Dogb door Duhobret eyes face genteel give gold grace grave half hand happy head hear heard heart Honey horse hour humor James Kenny John John Tait king lady laugh live look Ma'am madam merry merry heart mind Miss Mac Bride morning mother ne'er neighbor never night nine tails o'er Old Mortality once Ortugrul passed person pity pleasure poet poor Potiphar pride proud rain replied rich round Saracen seat Sir John Barrington sleep Slyder Downehylle soon soul street sure tact Talent talk tell thalers thee Themistocles thing thou thought Twas Twill Uncle wife window wonder word young
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Página 361 - Oh ! young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none, He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone. So faithful in love and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Página 282 - farewell ! no more Shall Death disturb your mirthful hour : A.nd further, to avoid all blame Of cruelty upon my name, To give you time for preparation, And fit you for your future station, Three several warnings you shall have Before...
Página 315 - He can behold Aquarius old Walking the fenceless fields of air ; And from each ample fold Of the clouds about him rolled Scattering everywhere The showery rain, As the farmer scatters his grain. He can behold Things manifold That have not yet been wholly told, Have not been wholly sung nor said. For his thought, that never stops, Follows the water-drops Down to the graves of the dead, Down through chasms and gulfs profound, To the dreary fountain-head Of lakes and rivers under ground ; And sees them,...
Página 23 - I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky ? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security.
Página 362 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered '"Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Página 366 - The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy! Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me! The present only toucheth thee: But, och! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an
Página 362 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide, And now I am come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine ; There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Página 211 - No storms, no clouds, in thy blue sky foreseeing, Play on, play on, My elfin John ! Toss the light ball — bestride the stick, (I knew so many cakes would make him sick !) With fancies buoyant as the thistle down, Prompting the face grotesque, and antic brisk, With many a lamb-like frisk, (He's got the scissors, snipping at your gown.) Thou pretty opening rose...
Página 362 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door and the charger stood near; So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur! They'll have fleet steeds that follow!
Página 301 - All are scattered now and fled, Some are married, some are dead; And when I ask with throbs of pain, "Ah! when shall they all meet again?