Heads of the People: Or, Portraits of the English, Volumen1R. Tyas, 1840 |
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... seem woven of " Iris ' woof ; " or things manufac- tured by the Fairy Queen , and her maids of Honour : yet may imagination , if it will , see in the trappings the work of penury , of patient suffering , and scantily - rewarded toil ...
... seem woven of " Iris ' woof ; " or things manufac- tured by the Fairy Queen , and her maids of Honour : yet may imagination , if it will , see in the trappings the work of penury , of patient suffering , and scantily - rewarded toil ...
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... seem to enjoy the fun : as though he listened to the drolleries of Malays or Japanese , he may survey the speakers with a mild benignity of look ; but for their words , for the edifying matter of their speech , that must be to him as an ...
... seem to enjoy the fun : as though he listened to the drolleries of Malays or Japanese , he may survey the speakers with a mild benignity of look ; but for their words , for the edifying matter of their speech , that must be to him as an ...
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... seem , with a skewer ? Mrs. Grayson once had personal requisites of no mean order , and is now as handsome as fifty - five will permit her to be ; and , really , she is very much of a lady ; much ... seems , upon his THE STOCK - BROKER . 21.
... seem , with a skewer ? Mrs. Grayson once had personal requisites of no mean order , and is now as handsome as fifty - five will permit her to be ; and , really , she is very much of a lady ; much ... seems , upon his THE STOCK - BROKER . 21.
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Or, Portraits of the English. IT " All settled , it seems , upon his wife , some months since , " said Larkins , coolly . " Tom considers it a sacred duty to take care of his wife and family ; he has said as much , and so the devil a rap ...
Or, Portraits of the English. IT " All settled , it seems , upon his wife , some months since , " said Larkins , coolly . " Tom considers it a sacred duty to take care of his wife and family ; he has said as much , and so the devil a rap ...
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... seems to have a conscientious objection , as though it tended to interfere with his professional pursuits . He thinks it much better to employ his leisure hours in drinking , smoking , playing practical jokes , and in- vestigating human ...
... seems to have a conscientious objection , as though it tended to interfere with his professional pursuits . He thinks it much better to employ his leisure hours in drinking , smoking , playing practical jokes , and in- vestigating human ...
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Página 367 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Página 29 - A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any christom child; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets and play with flowers and smile upon his fingers...
Página 338 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Página 337 - All things in common nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Página 369 - And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Página 290 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Página 233 - Now the bright morning-star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And...
Página 205 - Sages, do not think my prayer Bespeaks unseemly forwardness — send me ! The coarsest reed that trembles in the marsh, If Heaven select it for its instrument, May shed celestial music on the breeze, As clearly as the pipe whose virgin gold Befits the lip of Phoebus ; — ye are wise ; And needed by your country ; ye are fathers ! I am a lone stray thing, whose little life By strangers...
Página 75 - The grave Sir Gilbert holds it for a rule That every man in want is knave or fool : " God cannot love" (says Blunt, with tearless eyes) " The wretch he starves" — and piously denies: But the good bishop, with a meeker air, Admits, and leaves them, Providence's care.
Página 282 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.