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... called took their leaves . Lord Mayor's Day Day in a deep black Fog , that wrapt went off in a Mist , as usual ; Shortest the little gentleman all round like a hedge - hog . Two Vigils - so watch- men are called in heaven - saw Christ ...
... called took their leaves . Lord Mayor's Day Day in a deep black Fog , that wrapt went off in a Mist , as usual ; Shortest the little gentleman all round like a hedge - hog . Two Vigils - so watch- men are called in heaven - saw Christ ...
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... a self - pleasing quaint- ness , than to affect a naturalness ( so called ) that should be strange to him . Egotistical they have beor pronounced by some who did not know , that what 1823 . 19 A Character of the late Elia .
... a self - pleasing quaint- ness , than to affect a naturalness ( so called ) that should be strange to him . Egotistical they have beor pronounced by some who did not know , that what 1823 . 19 A Character of the late Elia .
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... called good com- pany , but where he has been a stranger , sit silent , and be suspected for an odd fellow ; till some unlucky occasion provoking it , he would stut- ter out some senseless pun ( not alto- gether senseless perhaps , if ...
... called good com- pany , but where he has been a stranger , sit silent , and be suspected for an odd fellow ; till some unlucky occasion provoking it , he would stut- ter out some senseless pun ( not alto- gether senseless perhaps , if ...
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... called it ) at Shacklewell , some chil- dren belonging to a school of indus- try had met us , and bowed and curt- seyed , as he thought , in an especial manner to him . They take me for a visiting governor , " he muttered earnestly . He ...
... called it ) at Shacklewell , some chil- dren belonging to a school of indus- try had met us , and bowed and curt- seyed , as he thought , in an especial manner to him . They take me for a visiting governor , " he muttered earnestly . He ...
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... be , that a very benevolent insti- tution , called the police , watches over them with the most constant and affectionate solicitude . " 1823 . 25 New Year's Day in Paris . Commerce, 112, 233, 364, 483, 596, 699 Hackney Coachmen,
... be , that a very benevolent insti- tution , called the police , watches over them with the most constant and affectionate solicitude . " 1823 . 25 New Year's Day in Paris . Commerce, 112, 233, 364, 483, 596, 699 Hackney Coachmen,
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Page 446 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 36 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Page 446 - All but yon widow'd solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring : She, wretched matron, forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread...
Page 270 - I wish the good old times would come again," she said, " when we were not quite so rich. I do not mean, that I want to be poor ; but there was a middle state ; " — so she was pleased to ramble on, — " in which I am sure we were a great deal happier. A purchase is but a purchase, now that you have money enough and to spare. Formerly it used to be a triumph. When we coveted a cheap luxury (and...
Page 270 - I had to get you to consent in those times !) — we were used to have a debate two or three days before, and to weigh the for and against, and think what we might spare it out of, and what saving we could hit upon, that should be an equivalent. A thing was worth buying then, when we felt the money that we paid for it.
Page 145 - Sometime, we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; They are black vesper's pageants.
Page 448 - He comes ! he comes ! in every breeze the Power Of Philosophic Melancholy comes! His near approach the sudden-starting tear, The glowing cheek, the mild dejected air, The softened feature, and the beating heart, Pierced deep with many a virtuous pang, declare.
Page 217 - Since our arrival at this happy spot, we have had a ham, sometimes a shoulder of bacon, to grace the head of the table; a piece of roast beef adorns the foot; and a dish of beans, or greens, almost imperceptible, decorates the centre.
Page 459 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Page 218 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air...