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... eyes of whose fancy silk gowns and purple and crimson robes are glancing ; and , last not least , our national perplexity would be sorely increased by the whole lottery - tickets of the most unparalleled plan ever arran- In like manner ...
... eyes of whose fancy silk gowns and purple and crimson robes are glancing ; and , last not least , our national perplexity would be sorely increased by the whole lottery - tickets of the most unparalleled plan ever arran- In like manner ...
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... eyes , doubly dis- cerning ) descry merit , or find amusement , in our lucubrations , we shall endeavour to supply them weekly with a few pages of useful discussion , curious information , or innocent mirth . This promise our publisher ...
... eyes , doubly dis- cerning ) descry merit , or find amusement , in our lucubrations , we shall endeavour to supply them weekly with a few pages of useful discussion , curious information , or innocent mirth . This promise our publisher ...
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... eyes which witnessed huge dismay . " The most conscientious asked , if we could with ho- nour , or honesty , promise what there was no chance of our being able to perform ; and the more prudent remarked , that , if we did , we should ...
... eyes which witnessed huge dismay . " The most conscientious asked , if we could with ho- nour , or honesty , promise what there was no chance of our being able to perform ; and the more prudent remarked , that , if we did , we should ...
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... eyes fixed on the lessening vehicle , and their voices drowned in the long nasal twang of the resounding horn . One by one , as legs and wind failed , and as the case seemed to grow more and more desperate , they might be observed to ...
... eyes fixed on the lessening vehicle , and their voices drowned in the long nasal twang of the resounding horn . One by one , as legs and wind failed , and as the case seemed to grow more and more desperate , they might be observed to ...
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... eyes of the judges , and they decerned against him with costs . " However fond a man may be of the agi- tation and liberty of growling , derived from the dependence and unsuccessful determi- nation of a law - suit , these , like fine ...
... eyes of the judges , and they decerned against him with costs . " However fond a man may be of the agi- tation and liberty of growling , derived from the dependence and unsuccessful determi- nation of a law - suit , these , like fine ...
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Side 213 - Tis to create, and in creating live A being more intense, that we endow With form our fancy, gaining as we give The life we image, even as I do now.
Side 46 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Side 30 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Side 32 - And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol, or a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony.
Side 174 - There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Side 175 - Fly to the desert, fly with me, Our Arab tents are rude for thee ; But oh ! the choice what heart can doubt Of tents with love, or thrones without ? Our rocks are rough, but smiling there Th' acacia waves her yellow hair, Lonely and sweet, nor loved the less For flowering in a wilderness.
Side 33 - In chimney corner seek domestic joys — I love a prince will bid the bottle pass, Exchanging with his subjects glance and glass ; In fitting time, can, gayest of the gay, Keep up the jest, and mingle in the lay — Such Monarchs best our free-born humours suit, But Despots must be stately, stern, and mute.
Side 213 - He, who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, So that no wonder waits him...
Side 175 - Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart, — As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had sought...