The Works of Thomas Hood: Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse with All the Original Illustrations, Volumen6E. Moxon, 1871 - 456 páginas |
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... the table , he began to sup merrily . Margaret , at this sight , was more alarmed than ever ; nevertheless , after many persuasions , she began to cat also , but casting her eyes continually towards the door , as 2 THE CARRIER'S WIFE .
... the table , he began to sup merrily . Margaret , at this sight , was more alarmed than ever ; nevertheless , after many persuasions , she began to cat also , but casting her eyes continually towards the door , as 2 THE CARRIER'S WIFE .
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... casting her eyes continually towards the door , as if she feared a visit from an Apennine wolf . The time still drawing nearer for Kolmarr to return , she begged her kinsman to dispatch his meal , as he loved her , and then depart . " I ...
... casting her eyes continually towards the door , as if she feared a visit from an Apennine wolf . The time still drawing nearer for Kolmarr to return , she begged her kinsman to dispatch his meal , as he loved her , and then depart . " I ...
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... , my dear Margaret , is that I cannot rescue thee ; seeing that in my strife with the villains I have lost the key of the outer door . Nevertheless , if thou wilt take courage , and cast thyself down , I 4 THE CARRIER'S WIFE .
... , my dear Margaret , is that I cannot rescue thee ; seeing that in my strife with the villains I have lost the key of the outer door . Nevertheless , if thou wilt take courage , and cast thyself down , I 4 THE CARRIER'S WIFE .
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... cast thyself down , I will catch thee in my arms ; or , at the worst , I have dragged hither a great heap of straw , so that no harm may befall thy precious limbs . " The crafty ruffian , however , intended her no kinder recep- tion ...
... cast thyself down , I will catch thee in my arms ; or , at the worst , I have dragged hither a great heap of straw , so that no harm may befall thy precious limbs . " The crafty ruffian , however , intended her no kinder recep- tion ...
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... cast into the dreadful deep . When the daylight appeared there was no glimpse of any land , but the ship was tossing in the centre of a mere wilderness of sea , and under the pitch - black and troubled clouds , which were still driving ...
... cast into the dreadful deep . When the daylight appeared there was no glimpse of any land , but the ship was tossing in the centre of a mere wilderness of sea , and under the pitch - black and troubled clouds , which were still driving ...
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Términos y frases comunes
amongst APOLLONIUS Athenæum bastinado began Benetto Bianca blue bones brother caliph called cast Cheapside Comic Annual Corinth Countess CURIO dead dear death Distress DOMUS door drink Eugene Aram eyes face fair farewell father feel friends GALLO gentlemen give hand hath head hear heard heart Hidalgo honour hope horse Huggins hunt John Huggins JULIUS knew Kolmarr lady LAMIA Landino laughing letter literary Little Agib live look Lord Lord Mayor's Show LYCIUS MAGOG master MERCUTIUS Miss morning mother never night PICUS pooh poor Pray rose Rotterdam round Rovinello Serjeant Talfourd sight sing sitting song soon soul Spencer Perceval spirit stood sure sweet tears Tebaldo tell thee There's thing THOMAS HOOD thou tree turned Twas voice walk whilst window wine woman words wretched write young Zounds
Pasajes populares
Página 294 - It is good to be merry and wise, It is good to be honest and true, It is good to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new.
Página 428 - He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about their brain : For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain !
Página 432 - One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave ; Stronger and stronger every pulse Did that temptation crave, Still urging me to go and see The dead man in his grave...
Página 432 - With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran;— There was no time to dig a grave Before the day began: In a lonesome wood, with heaps of leaves, I hid the murdered man!
Página 426 - Then leaping on his feet upright, Some moody turns he took, Now up the mead, then down the mead, And past a shady nook, And, lo! he saw a little boy That pored upon a book! 'My gentle lad, what is't you read Romance or fairy fable? Or is it some historic page, Of kings and crowns unstable?' The young boy gave an upward glance, 'It is "The Death of Abel".
Página 425 - Twas in the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool, And four-and-twenty happy boys Came bounding out of school : There were some that ran, and some that leapt, Like troutlets in a pool.
Página 428 - One that had never done me wrong — A feeble man and old; I led him to a lonely field, — The moon shone clear and cold: Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold!
Página 391 - Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares — The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days.
Página 137 - ... to his great content, and at last married her, to whose wedding, amongst other guests, came Apollonius ; who, by some probable conjectures, found her out to be a serpent, a lamia ; and that all her furniture was, like Tantalus' gold, described by Homer, no substance but mere illusions.
Página 428 - Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, And then the deed was done: There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone!