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... give us Chaucer in plain covered in the character of Dominie Sampson , English ? ' Plain English , my dear Sir , re ... give penance There where he thought to have a good pittance : For unto a poor order what is given Is a sign that a ...
... give us Chaucer in plain covered in the character of Dominie Sampson , English ? ' Plain English , my dear Sir , re ... give penance There where he thought to have a good pittance : For unto a poor order what is given Is a sign that a ...
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... give a man- " Una pesca in un occhio , A peach in the eye , " means to give him a thrashing . This proverb , it is said , originated in the close of a certain droll adven- ture . Per beato ch'elle non furon pesche ! " Luckily they were ...
... give a man- " Una pesca in un occhio , A peach in the eye , " means to give him a thrashing . This proverb , it is said , originated in the close of a certain droll adven- ture . Per beato ch'elle non furon pesche ! " Luckily they were ...
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... give occasion for the exercise of wit and humour . " REVIEWS . an experienced artillery officer was wanting to direct the operations of the siege , and Napoleon was fixed on . There will history take him up , never more to leave him ...
... give occasion for the exercise of wit and humour . " REVIEWS . an experienced artillery officer was wanting to direct the operations of the siege , and Napoleon was fixed on . There will history take him up , never more to leave him ...
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... give the public a short account of it , —but be at liberty to publish the con- tents , if they appeared likely to meet with a welcome reception from the readers of the Iris . I have been at some pains to examine the musty old volume ...
... give the public a short account of it , —but be at liberty to publish the con- tents , if they appeared likely to meet with a welcome reception from the readers of the Iris . I have been at some pains to examine the musty old volume ...
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... gives a finished picture . The value of the one must be estimated by the importance of the subject on which he treats ... give to history all the our country , and , it is to be hoped , never will . glow and fervour of poetic inspiration ...
... gives a finished picture . The value of the one must be estimated by the importance of the subject on which he treats ... give to history all the our country , and , it is to be hoped , never will . glow and fervour of poetic inspiration ...
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Página 151 - ... had been the crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable; his compliments perverse; his talk a trouble; his stay pertinacious; and when he goeth away, you dismiss his chair into a corner as precipitately as possible, and feel fairly rid of two nuisances. There is a worse evil under the sun, and that is a female poor relation. You may do something with the other; you may pass him off tolerably well ; but your indigent she-relative is hopeless. "He is an old humourist," you may say, "and affects...
Página 93 - ... excess, for if we were to shake the superflux into the sea we should not much mend ourselves. That we had much to struggle with, as we grew up together, we have reason to be most thankful. It strengthened and knit our compact closer. We could never have been what we have been to each other if we had always had the sufficiency which you now complain of. The resisting power — those natural dilations of the youthful spirit which circumstances cannot straiten — with us are long since passed away.
Página 140 - Very good," replied the dial; "but recollect, that though you may think of a million strokes in an instant, you are required to execute but one; and that, however often you may hereafter have to swing, a moment will always be given you to swing in.
Página 204 - THE HISTORY OF JOHNNY QUAE GENUS: the Little Foundling of the late Dr. Syntax. By the Author of ' The Three Tours.' With 24 Coloured Plates by Rowlandson. THE ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH, from the Designs of T. Rowlandson, with Metrical Illustrations by the Author of 'Doctor Syntax.
Página 150 - ... prosperity, an unwelcome remembrancer, a perpetually recurring mortification, a drain on your purse, a more intolerable dun upon your pride, a drawback upon success, a rebuke to your rising, a stain in your blood, a blot on your 'scutcheon, a rent in your garment, a death's head at your banquet, Agathocles...
Página 140 - Hands made a vain effort to continue their course ; the Wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the Weights hung speechless. Each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the Dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when Hands, Wheels, Weights, with one voice protested their innocence.
Página 93 - ... fireside, sitting on this luxurious sofa — be once more struggling up those inconvenient staircases, pushed about and squeezed, and elbowed by the poorest rabble of poor gallery scramblers — could I once more hear those anxious shrieks of yours — and the delicious Thank God, we are safe, which always followed when the topmost stair, conquered, let in the first light of the whole cheerful...
Página 109 - Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor ; But glory is the sodger's prize ; The sodger's wealth is...
Página 183 - He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, ' Lord, what musick hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such musick on Earth...
Página 141 - ... lick their wounds. She went off a second time as before ; and, having crawled a few paces, looked again behind her, and for some time stood moaning. But still her Cubs not rising to follow her, she returned to them again ; and, with signs "of inexpressible fondness, went round, pawing them and moaning.