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... bear down her raillery by my gravity . " I was never more serious in my life . I'm not a boy , Mrs. Clyde ; and I'm sure Min is old enough to know her own mind , too ! " This was an impertinent addendum on my part ; and , my opponent ...
... bear down her raillery by my gravity . " I was never more serious in my life . I'm not a boy , Mrs. Clyde ; and I'm sure Min is old enough to know her own mind , too ! " This was an impertinent addendum on my part ; and , my opponent ...
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... bear the idea of a long engagement for my daugh- ter . You yourself ought to be more generous than to wish to tie a girl down to an arrange- ment which would waste her best years , blight her life ; and , probably , end in her being a ...
... bear the idea of a long engagement for my daugh- ter . You yourself ought to be more generous than to wish to tie a girl down to an arrange- ment which would waste her best years , blight her life ; and , probably , end in her being a ...
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... her see what noble stuff there is in you ! There is nothing in this world worth the having , which can be obtained by merely looking at it and longing for it . Bear in mind Monsieur Parole's favourite proverb , NIL DESPERANDUM.
... her see what noble stuff there is in you ! There is nothing in this world worth the having , which can be obtained by merely looking at it and longing for it . Bear in mind Monsieur Parole's favourite proverb , NIL DESPERANDUM.
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John Conroy Hutcheson. it . Bear in mind Monsieur Parole's favourite proverb , ' On ne peut pas faire une omelette sans casser les œufs ! ' You mustn't expect that a girl is going to drop into your mouth , like a ripe cherry , the moment ...
John Conroy Hutcheson. it . Bear in mind Monsieur Parole's favourite proverb , ' On ne peut pas faire une omelette sans casser les œufs ! ' You mustn't expect that a girl is going to drop into your mouth , like a ripe cherry , the moment ...
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... bear their share of the taxation , possessing , as they do , incomes quite as large and in many cases greater . " " But , they are taxed indirectly , though , are they not ? " I asked . Certainly ; but , so also are all of us , the ...
... bear their share of the taxation , possessing , as they do , incomes quite as large and in many cases greater . " " But , they are taxed indirectly , though , are they not ? " I asked . Certainly ; but , so also are all of us , the ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 1 - True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind...
Página 173 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Página 6 - At last I heard a voice upon the slope Cry to the summit, ' Is there any hope ?' To which an answer peal'd from that high land, But in a tongue no man could understand ; And on the glimmering limit far withdrawn God made Himself an awful rose of dawn TO , AFTER READING A LIFE AND LETTERS.
Página 266 - For ever and for ever, all in a blessed home — And there to wait a little while till you and Effie come — To lie within the light of God, as I lie upon your breast — And the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest THE LOTOS-EATERS "COURAGE!
Página 235 - And, after all what is a lie ? 'Tis but The truth in masquerade, and I defy Historians, heroes, lawyers, priests, to put A fact without some leaven of a lie. The very shadow of true truth would shut Up annals, revelations, poesy, And prophecy — except it should be dated Some years before the incidents related. Praised be all liars and all lies! Who now Can tax my mild Muse with misanthropy ? She rings the world's 'Te Deum', and her brow Blushes for those who will not: — but to sigh Is idle.
Página 57 - What care ye now, if winter's storm Sweep ruthless o'er each silken form? Christ's blessing at your heart is warm, Ye fear no vexing mood. Alas! of thousand bosoms kind, That daily court you and caress, How few the happy secret find Of your calm loveliness! "Live for to-day! to-morrow's light To-morrow's cares shall bring to sight, Go sleep like closing flowers at night, And Heaven thy morn will bless.
Página 162 - Tis a very good world to live in, To lend or to spend or to give in, But to beg or to borrow or get a man's own, 'Tis the very worst world that ever was known.
Página 60 - Lakes, forests, cities, plains extending wide, The pomp of kings, the shepherd's humbler pride. When thus Creation's charms around combine, Amidst the store should thankless pride repine ? Say, should the philosophic mind disdain That good which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let school-taught pride dissemble all it can, These little things are great to little man ; And wiser he, whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind.
Página 246 - There's JACK has made a wondrous marriage ; There's laughing TOM is laughing yet ; There's brave AUGUSTUS drives his carriage ; There's poor old FRED in the Gazette ; On JAMES'S head the grass is growing: Good Lord ! The world has wagged apace Since here we set the Claret flowing, And drank, and ate the Bouillabaisse.
Página 222 - ... like as a father pitieth his own children, so is the Lord merciful to them that fear him.