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... 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 , and we'll have supper by then , Prissy , if you please — the veal ...
... 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 , and we'll have supper by then , Prissy , if you please — the veal ...
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... poor snipe , " her admirer Roderigo , that " she is full of most blessed condition . " Even folly hath the wit to perceive her excellence . Villany itself bears testimony to her virtues . Iago says of her " She is of so free , so kind ...
... poor snipe , " her admirer Roderigo , that " she is full of most blessed condition . " Even folly hath the wit to perceive her excellence . Villany itself bears testimony to her virtues . Iago says of her " She is of so free , so kind ...
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... poor friend may be spared for a month or two ; and then think , my dear sir , of the service you will be able to render to his family ! His two young daughters , who know nothing about business , would be quite at the mercy of an ...
... poor friend may be spared for a month or two ; and then think , my dear sir , of the service you will be able to render to his family ! His two young daughters , who know nothing about business , would be quite at the mercy of an ...
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... poor Walter , reduced from affluence to poverty , and deprived even of the inheritance of a good name . " " I have thought over all these things , and I And again did the Doctor utter the myste- rious word . " Allow me a short time for ...
... poor Walter , reduced from affluence to poverty , and deprived even of the inheritance of a good name . " " I have thought over all these things , and I And again did the Doctor utter the myste- rious word . " Allow me a short time for ...
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... poor Mr. Carisford , propped up by pillows in an easy chair , was anxiously waiting her arrival . Young ladies , as a general rule , ought not to speak first ; but there is no rule without an ex- ception ; and certainly when Annie ...
... poor Mr. Carisford , propped up by pillows in an easy chair , was anxiously waiting her arrival . Young ladies , as a general rule , ought not to speak first ; but there is no rule without an ex- ception ; and certainly when Annie ...
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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.