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... kind home is near To shelter it ? and must the falling tear , And the heart - rending sigh , in vain appeal To fellow mortals ? are there hearts of steel So obdurate as this ? Ye flaunting gay , Whom nought but joy surrounds , turn not ...
... kind home is near To shelter it ? and must the falling tear , And the heart - rending sigh , in vain appeal To fellow mortals ? are there hearts of steel So obdurate as this ? Ye flaunting gay , Whom nought but joy surrounds , turn not ...
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... kind of writing , he and admirable in their imperishable works . In usually reserves his admiration for those who making these corrections , and in the general appear to be more profound because they are formation of his style , he will ...
... kind of writing , he and admirable in their imperishable works . In usually reserves his admiration for those who making these corrections , and in the general appear to be more profound because they are formation of his style , he will ...
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... kind , where'er he may ? ' WORDSWORTH . · Ipse suos gemitus foliis inscribit : -et ai ai Flos habet inscriptum . ' OVID . MET . NOTICE . It is well known in this neighbourhood , that , at an auction which lately took place for the dis ...
... kind , where'er he may ? ' WORDSWORTH . · Ipse suos gemitus foliis inscribit : -et ai ai Flos habet inscriptum . ' OVID . MET . NOTICE . It is well known in this neighbourhood , that , at an auction which lately took place for the dis ...
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seems to be a kind of paraphrase or imitation of Like sparkling gems upon a sable suit they glow . Horace's the following lines in manuscript Old English charac - Yet , sith it is well meant , please you accept it kind ! ter ...
seems to be a kind of paraphrase or imitation of Like sparkling gems upon a sable suit they glow . Horace's the following lines in manuscript Old English charac - Yet , sith it is well meant , please you accept it kind ! ter ...
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... kind of farce , into which songs are introduced , is acted along with the sword dance the principal characters in this are , the King , the Miller , the Clown , and the Doctor . Egton Bridge has long been the chief rendezvous for sword ...
... kind of farce , into which songs are introduced , is acted along with the sword dance the principal characters in this are , the King , the Miller , the Clown , and the Doctor . Egton Bridge has long been the chief rendezvous for sword ...
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Page 151 - ... had been the crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable; his compliments perverse; his talk a trouble; his stay pertinacious; and when he goeth away, you dismiss his chair into a corner as precipitately as possible, and feel fairly rid of two nuisances. There is a worse evil under the sun, and that is a female poor relation. You may do something with the other; you may pass him off tolerably well ; but your indigent she-relative is hopeless. "He is an old humourist," you may say, "and affects...
Page 93 - ... excess, for if we were to shake the superflux into the sea we should not much mend ourselves. That we had much to struggle with, as we grew up together, we have reason to be most thankful. It strengthened and knit our compact closer. We could never have been what we have been to each other if we had always had the sufficiency which you now complain of. The resisting power — those natural dilations of the youthful spirit which circumstances cannot straiten — with us are long since passed away.
Page 140 - Very good," replied the dial; "but recollect, that though you may think of a million strokes in an instant, you are required to execute but one; and that, however often you may hereafter have to swing, a moment will always be given you to swing in.
Page 204 - THE HISTORY OF JOHNNY QUAE GENUS: the Little Foundling of the late Dr. Syntax. By the Author of ' The Three Tours.' With 24 Coloured Plates by Rowlandson. THE ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH, from the Designs of T. Rowlandson, with Metrical Illustrations by the Author of 'Doctor Syntax.
Page 150 - ... prosperity, an unwelcome remembrancer, a perpetually recurring mortification, a drain on your purse, a more intolerable dun upon your pride, a drawback upon success, a rebuke to your rising, a stain in your blood, a blot on your 'scutcheon, a rent in your garment, a death's head at your banquet, Agathocles...
Page 140 - Hands made a vain effort to continue their course ; the Wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the Weights hung speechless. Each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the Dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when Hands, Wheels, Weights, with one voice protested their innocence.
Page 93 - ... fireside, sitting on this luxurious sofa — be once more struggling up those inconvenient staircases, pushed about and squeezed, and elbowed by the poorest rabble of poor gallery scramblers — could I once more hear those anxious shrieks of yours — and the delicious Thank God, we are safe, which always followed when the topmost stair, conquered, let in the first light of the whole cheerful...
Page 109 - Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor ; But glory is the sodger's prize ; The sodger's wealth is...
Page 183 - He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, ' Lord, what musick hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such musick on Earth...
Page 141 - ... lick their wounds. She went off a second time as before ; and, having crawled a few paces, looked again behind her, and for some time stood moaning. But still her Cubs not rising to follow her, she returned to them again ; and, with signs "of inexpressible fondness, went round, pawing them and moaning.