The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac ... with Four Hundred and Thirty-six Engravings, Volume 3Thomas Tegg, 1830 - Anecdotes |
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Page 3
... poor person , who found it in Covent - garden on a market day . There were a few ill - spelt memoranda respecting vegetable matters formed on its leaves with the style . It had two antique slender brass clasps , which were loose ; the ...
... poor person , who found it in Covent - garden on a market day . There were a few ill - spelt memoranda respecting vegetable matters formed on its leaves with the style . It had two antique slender brass clasps , which were loose ; the ...
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... poor brother , who was yet too young for any kind of correspondence ; and the conduct of my godfather towards me , did not entitle him to any portion of my gratitude , or kind remembrance . I lived therefore in a sort of sullen ...
... poor brother , who was yet too young for any kind of correspondence ; and the conduct of my godfather towards me , did not entitle him to any portion of my gratitude , or kind remembrance . I lived therefore in a sort of sullen ...
Page 51
... poor be- yond the common lot , yet flattering my ambi- tion with day - dreams , which , perhaps , would never have been realized , I was found in the twentieth year of my age by Mr. William Cookesley , a name never to be pronounced by ...
... poor be- yond the common lot , yet flattering my ambi- tion with day - dreams , which , perhaps , would never have been realized , I was found in the twentieth year of my age by Mr. William Cookesley , a name never to be pronounced by ...
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... poor mortals off . A coat more bare than thine ; a soul That spurns the crowd's malign controul ; A fix'd contempt of wrong ; Spirits above affliction's pow'r , And skill to charm the lonely hour With no inglorious song . Omniana ...
... poor mortals off . A coat more bare than thine ; a soul That spurns the crowd's malign controul ; A fix'd contempt of wrong ; Spirits above affliction's pow'r , And skill to charm the lonely hour With no inglorious song . Omniana ...
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... poor fellow . As the bearer of intelligence , of which he is ignorant , why should it be " To him indiffrent whether grief or joy ? " If " cold , and yet cheerful , " he has at- tained to the " practical philosophy " of bearing ills ...
... poor fellow . As the bearer of intelligence , of which he is ignorant , why should it be " To him indiffrent whether grief or joy ? " If " cold , and yet cheerful , " he has at- tained to the " practical philosophy " of bearing ills ...
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