The GleanerJoseph S. Hart, 1834 |
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Page 13
... Poor creatures how they envies us , And wishes I've a notion , For our good luck in such a storm , To be upon the ocean . Now as to them that's out all day On business from their houses , And late at night are walking home To cheer ...
... Poor creatures how they envies us , And wishes I've a notion , For our good luck in such a storm , To be upon the ocean . Now as to them that's out all day On business from their houses , And late at night are walking home To cheer ...
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... poor fellow , and sorry he is dead , " are tumbled into the grave of the gifted and talented , with as little remorse as the sexton spades in the sand and gravel over his coffin . CORRECTION . The statement made in our last number ...
... poor fellow , and sorry he is dead , " are tumbled into the grave of the gifted and talented , with as little remorse as the sexton spades in the sand and gravel over his coffin . CORRECTION . The statement made in our last number ...
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... poor girl , deserted by him , and thrown upon the world without a friend , ap- plied for a situation and obtained it with Mrs Al- len . Finding herself enceinte , and fearful of exposure , it is presumed that she stole the clo- thing ...
... poor girl , deserted by him , and thrown upon the world without a friend , ap- plied for a situation and obtained it with Mrs Al- len . Finding herself enceinte , and fearful of exposure , it is presumed that she stole the clo- thing ...
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... poor pun will sometimes answer a good purpose . A baker once calling up- on Mr. Justice Jones of Coventry , with the last loaf in his basket , was observed as he returned through the court yard to lay hold of a fat goose , on which his ...
... poor pun will sometimes answer a good purpose . A baker once calling up- on Mr. Justice Jones of Coventry , with the last loaf in his basket , was observed as he returned through the court yard to lay hold of a fat goose , on which his ...
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... poor , but in- dustrious and virtuous people ; now , since it has been thrown into the corner of a kingdom , a nest of smugglers and thieves , where all the vices have taken up their abode , and where they are fostered by the lucrative ...
... poor , but in- dustrious and virtuous people ; now , since it has been thrown into the corner of a kingdom , a nest of smugglers and thieves , where all the vices have taken up their abode , and where they are fostered by the lucrative ...
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Page 37 - ... all the pleasures of the world, and consequently know their futility, and do not regret their loss. I appraise them at their real value, which is in truth very low; whereas those who have not experienced always over-rate them.
Page 37 - I reflect back upon what I have seen, what I have heard, and what I have done, I can hardly persuade myself that all that frivolous hurry and bustle...
Page 35 - He swore to be constant, she vow'd to be true. It had not been prudent to deal with delay. The bloom of a rose passes quickly away, And the pride of a butterfly dies in a day.
Page 29 - Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. It is a kind of quick and delicate feeling in the soul, which makes her shrink and withdraw herself from every thing that has danger in it.
Page 37 - I have seen,' says this man of the world, " the silly rounds of business and pleasure, and have done with them all. I have enjoyed all the pleasures of the world, and consequently know their futility, and do not regret their loss.