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... voice a tone or so ) , " and any other little thing that you think may tempt ; for our dear Grin- ling made no dinner yesterday or to - day . " " No , ma'am , and won't , " replied Prissy quickly , " if he goes on as he has been going ...
... voice a tone or so ) , " and any other little thing that you think may tempt ; for our dear Grin- ling made no dinner yesterday or to - day . " " No , ma'am , and won't , " replied Prissy quickly , " if he goes on as he has been going ...
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... voice a little , Mrs. Gibbons called to Frisker , and bid him be good , with a tender epithet or two that proved of marvellous result . For the pony jerking up his head , turned it round , gave a neigh of delight and recognition that ...
... voice a little , Mrs. Gibbons called to Frisker , and bid him be good , with a tender epithet or two that proved of marvellous result . For the pony jerking up his head , turned it round , gave a neigh of delight and recognition that ...
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... voice which could laugh or sing . But now there is sunshine in the dwelling ; The grass on the grave is green and long ; And no sad tones of the lost are telling , Whose steps were once listened for , like song . We might almost forget ...
... voice which could laugh or sing . But now there is sunshine in the dwelling ; The grass on the grave is green and long ; And no sad tones of the lost are telling , Whose steps were once listened for , like song . We might almost forget ...
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... voice . " I ought not to have ven- tured out so soon . " It was with some difficulty that Walter sup- ported his father to his own house . When there he became rapidly worse , and bestowed unquali- fied reprobation on the society he had ...
... voice . " I ought not to have ven- tured out so soon . " It was with some difficulty that Walter sup- ported his father to his own house . When there he became rapidly worse , and bestowed unquali- fied reprobation on the society he had ...
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... voice , his melancholy one song , and his veteran guitar , who has followed close upon their heels , and proceeds at once to take up a position in the centre of the thoroughfare , is absolutely delight- ful by comparison . Everyone must ...
... voice , his melancholy one song , and his veteran guitar , who has followed close upon their heels , and proceeds at once to take up a position in the centre of the thoroughfare , is absolutely delight- ful by comparison . Everyone must ...
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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.