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... hand , " your master and I are going a little drive to Hampstead - poor Frisker hasn't been out of the stable these two days , and Trim and Ben have been begging a walk of me all the afternoon . But we shall be back by half - past nine ...
... hand , " your master and I are going a little drive to Hampstead - poor Frisker hasn't been out of the stable these two days , and Trim and Ben have been begging a walk of me all the afternoon . But we shall be back by half - past nine ...
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... hand , it leapt to the ground , and ran on before with a docility which rivalled that of Trim and Ben . At the far end of the hall was a great oaken door , made stronger by vast clenchings of iron . This , after the old lady had rung a ...
... hand , it leapt to the ground , and ran on before with a docility which rivalled that of Trim and Ben . At the far end of the hall was a great oaken door , made stronger by vast clenchings of iron . This , after the old lady had rung a ...
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... hand upon her son's shoulder , Sweep comprehended it in his tender coaxings , and sang to it some of the softest notes of his pretty purring song , " because you , whilst reading the Italian poets , or a Greek historian , or the French ...
... hand upon her son's shoulder , Sweep comprehended it in his tender coaxings , and sang to it some of the softest notes of his pretty purring song , " because you , whilst reading the Italian poets , or a Greek historian , or the French ...
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... hands for joy to see this vale so to laugh and sing . " From the Finchley or rather the Barnet road they turned up a ... hand a spray of the common meadow butter - cup , turned back at about half its length upon its own long stem . The ...
... hands for joy to see this vale so to laugh and sing . " From the Finchley or rather the Barnet road they turned up a ... hand a spray of the common meadow butter - cup , turned back at about half its length upon its own long stem . The ...
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... hand . " I would give you more , dear Frankland , " she said , as though apologetically , " I would in- deed , my darling ; but I am not rich just now . " " I ought not to want any , Luce , " was the frank laddish reply ; " but- Here ...
... hand . " I would give you more , dear Frankland , " she said , as though apologetically , " I would in- deed , my darling ; but I am not rich just now . " " I ought not to want any , Luce , " was the frank laddish reply ; " but- Here ...
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Page 177 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven: If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Page 90 - The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-aday! their date was fled; His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest.
Page 10 - I do but say what she is. So delicate with her needle! An admirable musician! O! she will sing the savageness out of a bear. Of so high and plenteous wit and invention.!
Page 79 - I would have none in it, but some thickets made only of sweet-briar and honeysuckle, and some wild vine amongst ; and the ground set with violets, strawberries, and primroses. For these are sweet, and prosper in the shade. And these to be in the heath, here and there, not in any order.
Page 81 - And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease ; For Summer has o'erbrimm'd their clammy cells.
Page 81 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.
Page 81 - Hickey's a capon, and by the same rule, Magnanimous Goldsmith a gooseberry fool. At a dinner so various, at such a repast, Who'd not be a glutton, and stick to the last? Here, waiter, more wine, let me sit while I'm able, Till all my companions sink under the table; Then, with chaos and blunders encircling my head, Let me ponder, and tell what I think of the dead.
Page 201 - AND the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ; and he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him...
Page 236 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Page 9 - Bra. Look to her, Moor; have a quick eye to see ; She has deceiv'd her father, and may thee.