The every-day book: or The guide to the year, Volumen21859 |
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... The Thames was so full during this time , that no tide was perceptible ; happily , how- ever , its bank suffered no injury ; and the Swearing on the Horns at Highgate . It's a custom 77 73 THE EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 17 .
... The Thames was so full during this time , that no tide was perceptible ; happily , how- ever , its bank suffered no injury ; and the Swearing on the Horns at Highgate . It's a custom 77 73 THE EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 17 .
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William Hone. Swearing on the Horns at Highgate . It's a custom at Highgate , that all who go through , Must be sworn on the horns , sir ! -and so , sir , must you ! Bring the horns ! shut the door ! -now , sir , take off your hat ...
William Hone. Swearing on the Horns at Highgate . It's a custom at Highgate , that all who go through , Must be sworn on the horns , sir ! -and so , sir , must you ! Bring the horns ! shut the door ! -now , sir , take off your hat ...
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... high - gate ; as the land became cleared of wood , houses arose near the spot , and hence the village now called Highgate . It seems probable , that the first dwelling erected here was the gate - house . The occupier of the inn of that ...
... high - gate ; as the land became cleared of wood , houses arose near the spot , and hence the village now called Highgate . It seems probable , that the first dwelling erected here was the gate - house . The occupier of the inn of that ...
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... Highgate and this life . I charge you , my good son , that if you know any in this company who have not taken this oath , you must cause them to take it , or make each of them forfeit a bottle of wine , for if you fail to do so you wi.l ...
... Highgate and this life . I charge you , my good son , that if you know any in this company who have not taken this oath , you must cause them to take it , or make each of them forfeit a bottle of wine , for if you fail to do so you wi.l ...
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... Highgate entrance into Lon- don , and the landlord avails himself of his " eminence " at the foot of the hill , by proffering his " horns " to all who desire to be free of Highgate . 13. Crown , Stag's horns . This is the first public ...
... Highgate entrance into Lon- don , and the landlord avails himself of his " eminence " at the foot of the hill , by proffering his " horns " to all who desire to be free of Highgate . 13. Crown , Stag's horns . This is the first public ...
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Página 567 - No more shall grief of mine the season wrong; I hear the Echoes through the mountains throng, The winds come to me from the fields of sleep, And all the earth is gay; Land and sea Give themselves up to jollity...
Página 117 - And not a voice was idle : with the din Meanwhile the precipices rang aloud ; The leafless trees and every icy crag Tinkled like iron ; while the distant hills Into the tumult sent an alien sound Of melancholy, not unnoticed, while the stars, Eastward, were sparkling clear, and in the west The orange sky of evening died away.
Página 255 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home. She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.
Página 253 - Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme...
Página 253 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...
Página 253 - Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: Already with thee! tender is the night, And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne, Cluster'd around by all her starry Fays; But here there is no light, Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.
Página 605 - The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon ; Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim, Quick-glancing to the sun.
Página 961 - All day thy wings have fanned At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Página 255 - Forlorn! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from thee to my sole self! Adieu! the fancy cannot cheat so well As she is famed to do, deceiving elf. Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream, Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep In the next valley-glades: Was it a vision, or a waking dream? Fled is that music:— do I wake or sleep?
Página 253 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene...