Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volumen9W. Orr, 1841 |
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... less value than yours ; only such a journey will help to wear out his shoes . " Paddy Blake laughed . " Oh ! no , God bless you , sir , whinever he's going a walk , he takes off the shoes ; that is , whin he has ' em , which he hasn't ...
... less value than yours ; only such a journey will help to wear out his shoes . " Paddy Blake laughed . " Oh ! no , God bless you , sir , whinever he's going a walk , he takes off the shoes ; that is , whin he has ' em , which he hasn't ...
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... less and As the less able to control herself , and at length burst into a fit of convulsive laughter , and sat holding her hands to her to describe the Christians under that name . fat shaking sides , as if she would have tumbled off ...
... less and As the less able to control herself , and at length burst into a fit of convulsive laughter , and sat holding her hands to her to describe the Christians under that name . fat shaking sides , as if she would have tumbled off ...
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... less exertions to force a sale : - When I published my " Descriptive Poem of the Battle of Waterloo , " I paid three pounds to some of the daily papers , and not less than one pound to all the daily and weekly papers ; and also one to ...
... less exertions to force a sale : - When I published my " Descriptive Poem of the Battle of Waterloo , " I paid three pounds to some of the daily papers , and not less than one pound to all the daily and weekly papers ; and also one to ...
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... less appalling than that anticipated . A path will doubtless open as we advance , and , as the horizon recedes to the travel- ler , difficulties will disappear , or become less in the reality than the imagination had conceived . A STORY ...
... less appalling than that anticipated . A path will doubtless open as we advance , and , as the horizon recedes to the travel- ler , difficulties will disappear , or become less in the reality than the imagination had conceived . A STORY ...
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... less keenly than human beings . The fondness of the ser- pent for music has been celebrated and doubted from the earliest ages , but the snake - charmers of India have now verified the fact . Mr Swainson has himself proved that the ...
... less keenly than human beings . The fondness of the ser- pent for music has been celebrated and doubted from the earliest ages , but the snake - charmers of India have now verified the fact . Mr Swainson has himself proved that the ...
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Página 149 - I have seen a small manufactory of this kind, where ten men only were employed, and where some of them consequently performed two or three distinct operations. But though they were very poor, and therefore but indifferently accommodated with the necessary machinery, they could,, when they exerted themselves, make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day.
Página 72 - ... the print of his feet are still to be seen, and hurled his bolts among them till the whole were slaughtered, except the big bull, who presenting his forehead to the shafts, shook them off as they fell ; but missing one at length, it wounded him in the side ; whereon, springing round, he bounded over the Ohio, over the Wabash, the Illinois, and finally over the great lakes, where he is living at this day.
Página 33 - They will not live together, but every chigoe sets up a separate ulcer, and has his own private portion of pus. Flies get entry into your mouth, into your eyes, into your nose ; you eat flies, drink flies, and breathe flies. Lizards, cockroaches, and snakes, get into the bed ; ants eat up the books ; scorpions sting you on the foot.
Página 50 - For when to future years thou extend'st thy cares, Thou deal'st in other men's affairs. Ev'n aged men, as if they truly were Children again, for age prepare ; Provisions for long travel they design, In the last point of their short line. Wisely the ant against poor winter hoards The stock which summer's wealth affords; In grasshoppers...
Página 34 - When I upon thy bosom lean And fondly clasp thee a' my ain, I glory in the sacred ties That made us ane, wha ance were twain: A mutual flame inspires us baith, The tender look, the melting kiss: Even years shall ne'er destroy our love, But only gie us change o
Página 24 - like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind ;" so thoroughly had nine-tenths of them taken up their abode in the bread basket (vide Jon Bee) of the Man-Mountain ; the remaining tenth sufficed for the rest of the company, viz.
Página 123 - Some blamed, others praised him for his courage. The king said he had put off this excursion for more than five years, because he was aware that it would be attended with infinite trouble, and told the prince that he ought to have had but two tables, and not have been at the expense of so many, and declared he would never VOL. XIX. i L suffer him to do so again ; but all this was too late for poor Vatel.
Página 78 - I was forced instead thereof to apply a digestive made of the yolks of eggs, oil of roses, and turpentine. In the night I could not sleep in quiet, fearing some default in not...
Página 72 - And then they likewise shall Their ruin have, For as yourselves your empires fall, And every kingdom hath a grave. Thus those celestial fires, Though seeming mute, The fallacy of our desires And all the pride of life confute. For they have watched since first The world had birth; And found sin in itself accurst, And nothing permanent on earth.
Página 79 - Dublin for a crime of the same stamp, and there condemned and executed. Between his conviction and execution, and again at the fatal tree, he confessed himself to be the very Thomas Geddely who had committed the robbery at York for which the unfortunate James Crow had been executed. We must add, that a gentleman, an inhabitant of York, happening to be in Dublin at the time of Geddely's...