The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 12H.D. Symonds, 1801 |
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Page 59
... took the eighteen altins , went directly to a shop , bought a pair of shoes , and took great pains in showing them on his feet , saying to those who were present , " I have earned them well , by the sweat of my brow , with hammer and ...
... took the eighteen altins , went directly to a shop , bought a pair of shoes , and took great pains in showing them on his feet , saying to those who were present , " I have earned them well , by the sweat of my brow , with hammer and ...
Page 84
... took up this work with an ardent curiosity , and we confess ourselves much gratified . There is an unaffectedness in the state- ment of facts that conciliates attention , and a sim- plicity in the general narration that affects the ...
... took up this work with an ardent curiosity , and we confess ourselves much gratified . There is an unaffectedness in the state- ment of facts that conciliates attention , and a sim- plicity in the general narration that affects the ...
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... took place on the oc- casion . The morning was ushered in by ringing of bells , the Park and Tower guns were fired at noon , and the union flags were displayed from the steeples of the several churches . The younger branches of the ...
... took place on the oc- casion . The morning was ushered in by ringing of bells , the Park and Tower guns were fired at noon , and the union flags were displayed from the steeples of the several churches . The younger branches of the ...
Page 97
for Sayers , one of the Bow - street officers , who took him into custody . On Friday he was examined before Messrs . King and Ford , at Whitehall , and , from the incoherent manner in which he answered the questions put to him , there ...
for Sayers , one of the Bow - street officers , who took him into custody . On Friday he was examined before Messrs . King and Ford , at Whitehall , and , from the incoherent manner in which he answered the questions put to him , there ...
Page 109
... took a pride in deviating from the usual practices of mankind . 3. The manner after which he conducted his pa- ternal estate , forms another singular trait in the character of his lordship . We say conducted , be- 1 cause we cannot use ...
... took a pride in deviating from the usual practices of mankind . 3. The manner after which he conducted his pa- ternal estate , forms another singular trait in the character of his lordship . We say conducted , be- 1 cause we cannot use ...
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Page 110 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 250 - Philosophy, baptized In the pure fountain of eternal love, Has eyes indeed ; and, viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Page 249 - Been hurt by th' archers. In his side he bore, And in his hands and feet, the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts, He drew them forth, and heal'd, and bade me live. Since then, with few associates, in remote And silent woods I wander, far from those My former partners of the peopled scene; With few associates, and not wishing more. Here much I ruminate, as much I may, With other views of men and manners now Than once, and others of a life to come...
Page 280 - I never hear the loud solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild mixing cadence of a troop of gray plover in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
Page 331 - Atlantic wave ? Is India free ? and does she wear her plumed And jewelled turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit...
Page 210 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope " springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days : There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 331 - And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful: messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy.
Page 210 - Robert and his younger brother Gilbert had been grounded a little in English, before they were put under my care. They both made a rapid progress in reading, and a tolerable progress in writing. In reading, dividing words into syllables by rule, spelling without book, parsing sentences...
Page 344 - He spoke of his death without any of the ostentation of philosophy, but with firmness as well as feeling, as an event likely to happen very soon ; and which gave him concern chiefly from leaving his four children so young and unprotected, and his wife in so interesting a situation — in hourly expectation of lying in of a fifth.
Page 111 - I venerate the man, whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.