Heads of the People: Or, Portraits of the English, Volumen1R. Tyas, 1840 |
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... took up the first number only to laugh ; and , we are proud to say , read on to think . A host of readers were disappointed : they purchased , as they thought , a piece of pleasantry , to be idly glanced at , and then flung aside : they ...
... took up the first number only to laugh ; and , we are proud to say , read on to think . A host of readers were disappointed : they purchased , as they thought , a piece of pleasantry , to be idly glanced at , and then flung aside : they ...
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... took no more notice of the polite and beautiful little Milliner , than if she were made of the same material as the Milliner's box . The wedding - dress was displayed ; and Mrs. Snaketon , still seated in silent dignity , watched her ...
... took no more notice of the polite and beautiful little Milliner , than if she were made of the same material as the Milliner's box . The wedding - dress was displayed ; and Mrs. Snaketon , still seated in silent dignity , watched her ...
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... took fifty dinners a - year from one family : and why ? He had contrived to become desperately enamoured with the drawing - room fire - irons ; by some adroit means , if a stranger were present , always led the conversation to them ...
... took fifty dinners a - year from one family : and why ? He had contrived to become desperately enamoured with the drawing - room fire - irons ; by some adroit means , if a stranger were present , always led the conversation to them ...
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... took place , how- ever , Gregory Grayson had become an adept in the art and mystery of stock - broking , and so he went on , mending and improving , " " Till old Experience did attain To something like prophetic strain . " He is now ...
... took place , how- ever , Gregory Grayson had become an adept in the art and mystery of stock - broking , and so he went on , mending and improving , " " Till old Experience did attain To something like prophetic strain . " He is now ...
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... took it out again . He then signed judgment in default of a plea , and when it was attempted to set this judgment aside , he very coolly swore " he had duly served the notice by putting it into the letter - box of defendant's attorney ...
... took it out again . He then signed judgment in default of a plea , and when it was attempted to set this judgment aside , he very coolly swore " he had duly served the notice by putting it into the letter - box of defendant's attorney ...
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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.