Prose and Verse, Volumes 1-2Wiley and Putnam, 1845 - English literature |
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... amongst friends for laughing at strange times and odd places , and in particular when he has the worst of the rubber . For it is no comfort for the loss of points , by his theory , to be upon thorns . And truly what can be more ...
... amongst friends for laughing at strange times and odd places , and in particular when he has the worst of the rubber . For it is no comfort for the loss of points , by his theory , to be upon thorns . And truly what can be more ...
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... amongst my lays to lay the cloth , and to court the cook and the muses at the same time ; nor yet so lofty , that , with a certain lady of title , I could not write without letting myself down . Then , for education , though on the one ...
... amongst my lays to lay the cloth , and to court the cook and the muses at the same time ; nor yet so lofty , that , with a certain lady of title , I could not write without letting myself down . Then , for education , though on the one ...
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... amongst my retrospections , excepting , perhaps , some sports which , like charity , might have been enjoyed at home , without the drawbacks of sundry strokes , neither apoplectic nor paralytic , periodical physic , and other unwelcome ...
... amongst my retrospections , excepting , perhaps , some sports which , like charity , might have been enjoyed at home , without the drawbacks of sundry strokes , neither apoplectic nor paralytic , periodical physic , and other unwelcome ...
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... never happened to me , amongst the very many distinguished names connected with science or literature , to recognize one as belonging to a school - fellow . opportunities to dabble , dip , duck in , and 44 PROSE AND VERSE .
... never happened to me , amongst the very many distinguished names connected with science or literature , to recognize one as belonging to a school - fellow . opportunities to dabble , dip , duck in , and 44 PROSE AND VERSE .
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... amongst you ; and by your good leave and patience , the instalment of my Reminiscences that is over due , shall be paid with interest in the next number . LITERARY REMINISCENCES . No. I. muses . TIME was , 50 PROSE AND VERSE .
... amongst you ; and by your good leave and patience , the instalment of my Reminiscences that is over due , shall be paid with interest in the next number . LITERARY REMINISCENCES . No. I. muses . TIME was , 50 PROSE AND VERSE .
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Page 34 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing ; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high ; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky. It was a childish ignorance, — But now 'tis little joy: To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy ! THOMAS HOOD.
Page 34 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day ; But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! T remember.
Page 26 - Then down I cast me on my face, And first began to weep, For I knew my secret then was one That earth refused to keep : Or land or sea, though he should be Ten thousand fathoms deep.
Page 26 - All night I lay in agony, From weary chime to chime; With one besetting horrid hint That racked me all the time — A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime — "One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave! Stronger and stronger every pulse Did that temptation crave — Still urging me to go and see The dead man in his grave!
Page 23 - And, long since then, of bloody men Whose deeds tradition saves; Of lonely folk cut off unseen, And hid in sudden graves ; Of horrid stabs, in groves forlorn, And murders done in caves ; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod...
Page 210 - With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, — Would that its tone could reach the Rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt !
Page 209 - The wounds I might have healed ! The human sorrow and smart ! And yet it never was in my soul To play so ill a part : But evil is wrought by want of Thought, As well as want of Heart...
Page 134 - For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! PART III.
Page 180 - Ines" had always, for me, an inexpressible charm: O saw ye not fair Ines! She's gone into the West, To dazzle when the sun is down, And rob the world of rest...