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Side 26
... told him . " Gude God ! " says he , " ye may as weel thraw your money in the Thames ; what for wad ye gang to the Fo- reign - office ? Gang to the French ambassa- dor's , an ' ye'll get ane there for naething ; and , ye may tak my word ...
... told him . " Gude God ! " says he , " ye may as weel thraw your money in the Thames ; what for wad ye gang to the Fo- reign - office ? Gang to the French ambassa- dor's , an ' ye'll get ane there for naething ; and , ye may tak my word ...
Side 42
... told it a hundred times , begins to appear true . The Quack becomes in the end a convert to himself , and swallows his own nostrums ; witness the well - known story of a late celebrated High - German Doctor who went so far as to lose ...
... told it a hundred times , begins to appear true . The Quack becomes in the end a convert to himself , and swallows his own nostrums ; witness the well - known story of a late celebrated High - German Doctor who went so far as to lose ...
Side 44
... told me , that " whatever the world might say , he had no doubt he should live to see the day when nobody would ven- ture to question the respectability of his house . " I was afraid something had hap- pened , but meeting with a friend ...
... told me , that " whatever the world might say , he had no doubt he should live to see the day when nobody would ven- ture to question the respectability of his house . " I was afraid something had hap- pened , but meeting with a friend ...
Side 45
... told me he had himself heard him bidding for some of them at an auction . When he shews his visitors the real portrait which he has of his father , he always re- marks that he was a wonderfully modest man , and never spoke of his family ...
... told me he had himself heard him bidding for some of them at an auction . When he shews his visitors the real portrait which he has of his father , he always re- marks that he was a wonderfully modest man , and never spoke of his family ...
Side 47
... told him , that , in worldly matters , the greatest fool on earth was a philosopher , and advised him to keep within his proper sphere , the libra- ry . I professed my determination to write determination to write to you upon the ...
... told him , that , in worldly matters , the greatest fool on earth was a philosopher , and advised him to keep within his proper sphere , the libra- ry . I professed my determination to write determination to write to you upon the ...
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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...