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Side 9
... heard any objection , excepting that no hu- man being could read it but one composi- tor in a celebrated session printing - house , who , in his better days , had been Blind In- spector , as it is called , or Decypherer of illegible ...
... heard any objection , excepting that no hu- man being could read it but one composi- tor in a celebrated session printing - house , who , in his better days , had been Blind In- spector , as it is called , or Decypherer of illegible ...
Side 11
... heard that at the High School he never was permitted to rise above the booby - form ; a circumstance which Peter as- cribes entirely to the partiality of the mas- ters of that seminary , and appeals to all who know him if the thing does ...
... heard that at the High School he never was permitted to rise above the booby - form ; a circumstance which Peter as- cribes entirely to the partiality of the mas- ters of that seminary , and appeals to all who know him if the thing does ...
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... reigns of which , " he added , know little- ( thank God , muttered Peter , between his teeth ) —and that little not to the praise of the times , or the credit of the " we country . We may , indeed , have heard that 19.
... reigns of which , " he added , know little- ( thank God , muttered Peter , between his teeth ) —and that little not to the praise of the times , or the credit of the " we country . We may , indeed , have heard that 19.
Side 20
... heard of the names , and hoped they might bring him good backing . " Well , then , do you chuse the days of the wight Wallace , who , after burning a few churches , towns , and villages , massacring some thousand men , and so forth ...
... heard of the names , and hoped they might bring him good backing . " Well , then , do you chuse the days of the wight Wallace , who , after burning a few churches , towns , and villages , massacring some thousand men , and so forth ...
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... heard that you have to make some application at the French ambassador's ; —or to call at the Alien Office ; -or , in fact , that Tom Such - a - one went to France by the packet , and did perfectly well without any . But this is not ...
... heard that you have to make some application at the French ambassador's ; —or to call at the Alien Office ; -or , in fact , that Tom Such - a - one went to France by the packet , and did perfectly well without any . But this is not ...
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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...