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... thought of the morrow , " and feared that the time - honoured Show of the following day - which , with all its absurdities and all its anachronisms , still breaks the monotony of countless " " lives , and rejoices the hearts of ...
... thought of the morrow , " and feared that the time - honoured Show of the following day - which , with all its absurdities and all its anachronisms , still breaks the monotony of countless " " lives , and rejoices the hearts of ...
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... thought of the morrow , " and feared that the time - honoured Show of the following day - which , with all its absurdities and all its anachronisms , still breaks the monotony of countless " lives , and rejoices the hearts of multitudes ...
... thought of the morrow , " and feared that the time - honoured Show of the following day - which , with all its absurdities and all its anachronisms , still breaks the monotony of countless " lives , and rejoices the hearts of multitudes ...
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... thought which occurred to Jack's mind as he stood in the conventional attitude of military respect , when , to his surprise and delight , a young lady - without waiting for the slow old coachman to disencumber himself of his numerous ...
... thought which occurred to Jack's mind as he stood in the conventional attitude of military respect , when , to his surprise and delight , a young lady - without waiting for the slow old coachman to disencumber himself of his numerous ...
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... thoughts intent , had entered the ante - chamber of the drawing - room . Miss Sarah Strong , for such was this good lady's name , watched the new - comer in silence for some little time , as if determined to allow her grief to take its ...
... thoughts intent , had entered the ante - chamber of the drawing - room . Miss Sarah Strong , for such was this good lady's name , watched the new - comer in silence for some little time , as if determined to allow her grief to take its ...
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... thought it accorded with the ancient dignity of his House to do so . Thus , with the poorer sort of his neighbours , who appreciated material benefits without too curiously investigating motives , the Squire of Holmcastle was not ...
... thought it accorded with the ancient dignity of his House to do so . Thus , with the poorer sort of his neighbours , who appreciated material benefits without too curiously investigating motives , the Squire of Holmcastle was not ...
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Page 203 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 62 - Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. And the meal, the rich dates yellowed over with gold dust divine, And the...
Page 182 - Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Page 21 - There's statues gracing This noble place in — All heathen gods And nymphs so fair ; Bold Neptune, Plutarch, And Nicodemus, All standing naked In the open air ! So now to finish This brave narration.
Page 48 - I'll give you the soundest thrashing you ever had in your life.
Page 25 - ... just as if there were no such things in the world as daughters to be provided for; and he was perfectly content that it should be so.
Page 160 - This poem accompanied an address of congratulation to Her Majesty on the occasion of the...
Page 135 - Question — divide, bah ! bah ! the house divided. 192] [193 college of Physicians, and doomed ' him to two years' additional study, if he intended to try his fortune at the bar — and all this merely because he was not a member of the church of England, although his acquirements might be such as would reflect honour on any University in which he might graduate? With respect to the...