The essays of Elia. A new edW. P. Hazard, 1857 |
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... knew it , —a magnificent relic ! What altera- tions may have been made in it since , I have had no opportunities of verifying . Time , I take for granted , has not freshened it . No wind has resuscitated the face of the sleeping waters ...
... knew it , —a magnificent relic ! What altera- tions may have been made in it since , I have had no opportunities of verifying . Time , I take for granted , has not freshened it . No wind has resuscitated the face of the sleeping waters ...
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... knew not what he did , when he begat thee , like spring , gentle offspring of blustering winter - only unfortunate in thy ending , which should have been mild , conciliatory , swan - like . Much remains to sing . Many fantastic shapes ...
... knew not what he did , when he begat thee , like spring , gentle offspring of blustering winter - only unfortunate in thy ending , which should have been mild , conciliatory , swan - like . Much remains to sing . Many fantastic shapes ...
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... knew also , thou most assuredly wouldsť never turn over one leaf of the illustrious folio : —what but the mere spirit of contradiction , and childish love of getting the better of thy friend ? Then , worst cut of all ! to transport it ...
... knew also , thou most assuredly wouldsť never turn over one leaf of the illustrious folio : —what but the mere spirit of contradiction , and childish love of getting the better of thy friend ? Then , worst cut of all ! to transport it ...
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... knew Sarah Battle many of the best years of it - saw her take out her snuff - box when it was her turn to play ; or snuff a candle in the middle of a game ; or ring for a servant till it was fairly over . She never MRS . BATTLE'S ...
... knew Sarah Battle many of the best years of it - saw her take out her snuff - box when it was her turn to play ; or snuff a candle in the middle of a game ; or ring for a servant till it was fairly over . She never MRS . BATTLE'S ...
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... knew her to forfeit a rubber ( a guinea stake ) , because she would not take advantage of the turn - up knave , which would have given it her , but which she must have claimed by the disgraceful tenure of declaring two for his heels ...
... knew her to forfeit a rubber ( a guinea stake ) , because she would not take advantage of the turn - up knave , which would have given it her , but which she must have claimed by the disgraceful tenure of declaring two for his heels ...
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Page 26 - CVL , with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 84 - Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Page 157 - The ears of Ho-ti tingled with horror. He cursed his son, and he cursed himself that ever he should beget a son that should eat burnt pig.
Page 160 - See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood ? Ten to one he would have proved a glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable animal — wallowing in all manner of filthy conversation — from these sins he is happily snatched away — Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade, Death came with timely care...
Page 114 - What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Page 112 - I WAS born, and passed the first seven years of my life, in the Temple. Its church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river, I had almost said — for in those young years, what was this king of rivers to me but a stream that watered our pleasant places ? — these are of my oldest recollections.
Page 206 - I dream away my life in others' speculations. I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking I am reading ; I cannot sit and think. Books think for me.
Page 158 - Bo-bo was strictly enjoined not to let the secret escape, for the neighbors would certainly have stoned them for a couple of abominable wretches, who could think of improving upon the good meat which God had sent them. Nevertheless, strange stories got about. It was observed that Ho-ti's cottage was burnt down now more frequently than ever. Nothing but fires from this time forward. Some would break out in broad day, others in the night-time. As often as the sow farrowed, so sure was the house of...
Page 40 - ... smack of the rough magnanimity of the old English vein ? Do they not fortify like a cordial ; enlarging the heart, and productive of sweet blood, and generous spirits, in the concoction? Where be those puling fears of death, just now expressed or affected ? — Passed like a...
Page 158 - ... it asunder, thrust the lesser half by main force into the fists of Ho-ti, still shouting out, "Eat, eat, eat the burnt pig, father, only taste, — O Lord," — with suchlike barbarous ejaculations, cramming all the while as if he would choke.