Sayings and Doings at the Tremont House: In the Year 1832, Volumen1Allen and Ticknor, 1833 |
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... soon followed him to the grave . My uncle Christopher , then took my two brothers and myself under his protection . He was a man of some fortune ; and , being a bachelor , resolved to educate us himself . He professed a great horror of ...
... soon followed him to the grave . My uncle Christopher , then took my two brothers and myself under his protection . He was a man of some fortune ; and , being a bachelor , resolved to educate us himself . He professed a great horror of ...
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... soon as I have taken my afternoon's nap , I will give you your warming always give place to your elders , my pet ! " . - - Unfortunately however , Jack , ( he was fourteen years old at this time , ) was brought home one day with a drop ...
... soon as I have taken my afternoon's nap , I will give you your warming always give place to your elders , my pet ! " . - - Unfortunately however , Jack , ( he was fourteen years old at this time , ) was brought home one day with a drop ...
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... soon as she came home , set every thing at sixes and sevens between me and my uncle . The Master Joneses engrossed all his smiles and caress- es whilst I came in for all the frowns and whippings ! Mrs Jones told me every day that she ...
... soon as she came home , set every thing at sixes and sevens between me and my uncle . The Master Joneses engrossed all his smiles and caress- es whilst I came in for all the frowns and whippings ! Mrs Jones told me every day that she ...
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... soon be a lawyer as anything else . " " That's a brave lad ! " cried Mr Simpkins , patting me on the head . " I'll make a man of you . Who knows , my love , ( turning to Mrs S. ) but in this poor boy we see the future Lord High ...
... soon be a lawyer as anything else . " " That's a brave lad ! " cried Mr Simpkins , patting me on the head . " I'll make a man of you . Who knows , my love , ( turning to Mrs S. ) but in this poor boy we see the future Lord High ...
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... soon as I came , of age , ( I found a copy of my father's will in Mr Simpkins ' iron chest which , fortu- nately for me , he had left unlocked that morning , ) I made bold to tread upon Felicia's toe , under the table . It struck me ...
... soon as I came , of age , ( I found a copy of my father's will in Mr Simpkins ' iron chest which , fortu- nately for me , he had left unlocked that morning , ) I made bold to tread upon Felicia's toe , under the table . It struck me ...
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Página 188 - Nor was his name unheard or unadored In ancient Greece; and in Ausonian land Men called him Mulciber; and how he fell From Heaven they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements...
Página 153 - Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither wisdom nor happiness can be attained; but those who are not yet subject to their influence may, by timely caution, preserve their freedom; they may effectually resolve to escape the tyrant, whom they will very vainly resolve to conquer.
Página 184 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Página 131 - had not been for her, I should not have been half the man I am.
Página 198 - ... that justice must not be wholly superseded even by benignant mercy? Is not our new President right in saying that, in the present position of this nation, indulgence to leading traitors may be cruelty to the state? For one, sir, I must confess a mortal repugnance to bloody revenge, and I believe the worst use you can make of a man is to hang him.
Página 166 - Wilkie's memory could scarcely furnish him with prettier scenes than the following sketches. The first is an invitation sent across the Atlantic to his American relative. ' You are now almost a stranger in your native land. Twenty-three years form a large portion of life ; and so long you have been absent from Britain, and suffering the scorching beams and the numbing colds of the atmosphere of Virginia. Do not you think you should relish a sight of your old friends, and of the scenes of your infancy?...
Página 54 - The strongest bond of union amongItalians is only a coincidence of hatred. Never were the Tuscans so unanimous as in hating the other states of Italy ; the Senesi agreed best in hating all the other Tuscans ; the citizens of Siena, in hating the rest of the Senesi ; and in the city itself the same amiable passion was subdivided among the different wards.
Página 187 - ... heap of strange materials wound up in that shape and texture, and packed together with wonderful art in the several cavities of the skull. For, as Homer tells us, that the blood of the gods is not real blood, but only something like it; so we found that the brain of a beau is not a real brain, but only something like it.
Página 166 - ... could have cried heartily. — (Now listen.) I looked into Mean Water, to see if there were any minnows, and there they lay under the banks, just as when we left them.
Página 195 - And the little song goes on to say 'That your majesty got well — And — " Hold ! " — cried the Devil in a rage, Foul fish ; or I'll break your — shell !