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... gives blameless vent to his most inward feelings , and expresses his own story modestly ? My late friend was in many respects a singular charac- ter . Those who did not like him , hated ... give his poor thoughts articulation . He PREFACE .
... gives blameless vent to his most inward feelings , and expresses his own story modestly ? My late friend was in many respects a singular charac- ter . Those who did not like him , hated ... give his poor thoughts articulation . He PREFACE .
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Charles Lamb. out struggling to give his poor thoughts articulation . He chose his companions for some individuality of character which they manifested . Hence , not many persons of science , and few professed literati , were of his ...
Charles Lamb. out struggling to give his poor thoughts articulation . He chose his companions for some individuality of character which they manifested . Hence , not many persons of science , and few professed literati , were of his ...
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... give it a worse name ) —a something which , in reverence to the dead , we will place , if you please , a little on this side of the heroic . Nature certainly had been pleased to endow John Tipp with a sufficient measure of the principle ...
... give it a worse name ) —a something which , in reverence to the dead , we will place , if you please , a little on this side of the heroic . Nature certainly had been pleased to endow John Tipp with a sufficient measure of the principle ...
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... but the town did not give it their sanction . - B . ' ised to say of it , in a way of half - compliment , hal - irony , that itwas too clas- sical for representation . piecing out his imperfect sense , as if it had 24 ELIA .
... but the town did not give it their sanction . - B . ' ised to say of it , in a way of half - compliment , hal - irony , that itwas too clas- sical for representation . piecing out his imperfect sense , as if it had 24 ELIA .
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... give no account of the platter after it . But what moved thee , wayward , spiteful K. , to be so importunate to carry off with thee , in spite of tears and adjurations to thee to forbear , the Letters of that princely woman , the thrice ...
... give no account of the platter after it . But what moved thee , wayward , spiteful K. , to be so importunate to carry off with thee , in spite of tears and adjurations to thee to forbear , the Letters of that princely woman , the thrice ...
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Page 114 - What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Page 157 - The ears of Ho-ti tingled with horror. He cursed his son, and he cursed himself that ever he should beget a son that should eat burnt pig. Bo-bo, whose scent was wonderfully sharpened since morning, soon raked out another pig, and fairly rending it asunder, thrust the lesser half by main force into the fists of Ho-ti, still shouting out, 'Eat, eat, eat the burnt pig, father, only taste — O Lord!
Page 159 - Thus this custom of firing houses continued, till in process of time, says my manuscript, a sage arose, like our Locke, who made a discovery, that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal, might be cooked (burnt, as they called it) without the necessity of consuming a whole house to dress it. Then first began the rude form of a gridiron. Roasting by the string, or spit, came in a century or two later, I forget in whose dynasty. By such slow degrees, concludes the manuscript, do the most...
Page 84 - Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Page 27 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 83 - Moon, thou climb'st the skies; How silently, and with how wan a face; What, may it be that even in...
Page 158 - Bo-bo was strictly enjoined not to let the secret escape, for the neighbors would certainly have stoned them for a couple of abominable wretches, who could think of improving upon the good meat which God had sent them. Nevertheless, strange stories got about. It was observed that Ho-ti's cottage was burnt down now more frequently than ever. Nothing but fires from this time forward.
Page 158 - ... rending it asunder, thrust the lesser half by main force into the fists of Ho-ti, still shouting out, "Eat, eat, eat the burnt pig, father, only taste, — O Lord," — with suchlike barbarous ejaculations, cramming all the while as if he would choke.
Page 83 - COME, sleep ; O sleep ! the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The indifferent judge between the high and low ; With shield of proof, shield me from out the prease Of those fierce darts despair at me doth throw.
Page 159 - The judge, who was a shrewd fellow, winked at the manifest iniquity of the decision: and when the court was dismissed, went privily and bought up all the pigs that could be had for love or money. In a few days his Lordship's town house was observed to be on fire.