Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-day Topics, Bind 2G. P. Putnam, 1852 |
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Side 10
... once upon a time , was dear . It was imported into France from Spain , at an annual cost of twenty to thirty millions of francs . During the war with England , it was of course the duty of this country to impede the com- merce of its ...
... once upon a time , was dear . It was imported into France from Spain , at an annual cost of twenty to thirty millions of francs . During the war with England , it was of course the duty of this country to impede the com- merce of its ...
Side 53
... once have a flight in the air . The first thing you naturally expect is some extracr- dinary sensation in springing high up into the air , which takes away your breath for a time . But no such matter occurs . The extraordinary thing is ...
... once have a flight in the air . The first thing you naturally expect is some extracr- dinary sensation in springing high up into the air , which takes away your breath for a time . But no such matter occurs . The extraordinary thing is ...
Side 60
... once clean down through those grey - blue and softly rose- tinted clouds , skimming so gently beneath us ? oh , by no manner of means - thank you ! thinking of the fate of poor Cocking , the parachutes , concerning whom , and his fatal ...
... once clean down through those grey - blue and softly rose- tinted clouds , skimming so gently beneath us ? oh , by no manner of means - thank you ! thinking of the fate of poor Cocking , the parachutes , concerning whom , and his fatal ...
Side 66
... Once " announced " for a certain day , or night ( an abomi- nable practice , which ought to be prevented ) —and whatever the state of the wind and weather , and whatever science and the good sense of an experienced aëronaut may know and ...
... Once " announced " for a certain day , or night ( an abomi- nable practice , which ought to be prevented ) —and whatever the state of the wind and weather , and whatever science and the good sense of an experienced aëronaut may know and ...
Side 69
... process , If more power is needed , they must use their hands , and also carry weights on their shoulders ! Passing over M. Poitevin's equestrian performances in the air as simply censurable , we come at once BALLOONING . 69.
... process , If more power is needed , they must use their hands , and also carry weights on their shoulders ! Passing over M. Poitevin's equestrian performances in the air as simply censurable , we come at once BALLOONING . 69.
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Side 83 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Side 215 - Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, And answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying.
Side 209 - Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired ; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee ; How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Side 208 - Go, lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Side 211 - WHY so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner?
Side 214 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory, Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying: Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Side 140 - A bag-pudding the king did make, And stuffed it well with plums: And in it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried.
Side 206 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
Side 213 - To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you.
Side 84 - ... a hardened and shameless Tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle has scarcely time to cool, who with Tea amuses the evening, with Tea solaces the midnight, and with Tea welcomes the morning.