PatchworkSmith, Elder, 1879 - 234 páginas A commonplace book, prose and verse original and selected. |
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... Lord Barry- more's table , and Barrymore ( winking at the company ) asked him— ' Did you ever see anything of the Chick- Chows ? ' - ' Oh , a good deal , ' said Sir Arthur , ' a very cruel tribe , the Chick - Chows . ' ' And the Cherry ...
... Lord Barry- more's table , and Barrymore ( winking at the company ) asked him— ' Did you ever see anything of the Chick- Chows ? ' - ' Oh , a good deal , ' said Sir Arthur , ' a very cruel tribe , the Chick - Chows . ' ' And the Cherry ...
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... You must now let me put my fingers into your Lordship's mouth , " his Lord- ship exclaimed , " Na , na ! ye'll aiblins bite me . " ' " Scottish Life and Character . ' WIT AND HUMOUR . The Scots , as a people 42 PATCHWORK .
... You must now let me put my fingers into your Lordship's mouth , " his Lord- ship exclaimed , " Na , na ! ye'll aiblins bite me . " ' " Scottish Life and Character . ' WIT AND HUMOUR . The Scots , as a people 42 PATCHWORK .
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... ( Lord Braxfield ) , a Scottish judge of the old school , playing at whist , exclaimed to a lady of rank , his partner , and of whose play he did not entirely approve , ' What are ye doin ' , ye auld ? ' and then suddenly recollecting ...
... ( Lord Braxfield ) , a Scottish judge of the old school , playing at whist , exclaimed to a lady of rank , his partner , and of whose play he did not entirely approve , ' What are ye doin ' , ye auld ? ' and then suddenly recollecting ...
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... Lord God , As I wad do were I Lord God , And ye were Martin Elginbrod . L'ENFER . ' Ne nous imaginons pas que l'enfer consiste dans ces étangs de feu et de soufre , dans ces flammes éter- nellement dévorantes , dans cette rage , dans ce ...
... Lord God , As I wad do were I Lord God , And ye were Martin Elginbrod . L'ENFER . ' Ne nous imaginons pas que l'enfer consiste dans ces étangs de feu et de soufre , dans ces flammes éter- nellement dévorantes , dans cette rage , dans ce ...
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... and that it being so many Years since I left this Kingdom , they could not admit me to the Ministry without some cer- tificate of my Behavior where I lived : And my Lord Archbishop of Dublin was pleased to say a good deal PATCHWORK . 77.
... and that it being so many Years since I left this Kingdom , they could not admit me to the Ministry without some cer- tificate of my Behavior where I lived : And my Lord Archbishop of Dublin was pleased to say a good deal PATCHWORK . 77.
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Página 45 - And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Página 41 - Deserts of vast eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found, Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song; then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust: The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace.
Página 45 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.
Página 40 - Had we but world enough, and time — This coyness, Lady, were no crime : We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. Thou by the Indian Ganges' side Should'st rubies find : I by the tide Of Humber would complain.
Página 100 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Página 12 - Except for love's sake only. Do not say ' I love her for her smile — her look — her way Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day ' — For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee, — and love, so wrought, May be unwrought so. Neither love me for Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry, — A creature might forget to weep, who bore Thy comfort long, and lose thy love...
Página 172 - ... though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? — surely not!
Página 41 - Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore with instant...
Página 11 - IF thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say " I love her for her smile . . her look . . her way Of speaking gently, . . for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day...
Página 44 - To carry on the feelings of childhood into the powers of manhood; to combine the child's sense of wonder and novelty with the appearances, which every day for perhaps forty years had rendered familiar; With sun and moon and stars throughout the year, And man and woman; this is the character and privilege of genius, and one of the marks which distinguish genius from talents.