Plebeians and patricians, by the author of 'Old maids'.Smith, Elder and Company, 1836 |
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... wish into execution , he built his mill , and this being done , the Nortons and the Manfords became the great people of their im- mediate neighbourhood . Manford was now on the high road to wealth ; and for a considerable period little ...
... wish into execution , he built his mill , and this being done , the Nortons and the Manfords became the great people of their im- mediate neighbourhood . Manford was now on the high road to wealth ; and for a considerable period little ...
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... wish this Sir John Scarsbrook would come - here we are waiting dinner at half - past two , and sitting not knowing what to do with ourselves . " " Well , mother , never mind , " answered one of the daughters , " you know we took care to ...
... wish this Sir John Scarsbrook would come - here we are waiting dinner at half - past two , and sitting not knowing what to do with ourselves . " " Well , mother , never mind , " answered one of the daughters , " you know we took care to ...
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... power . One of these moods , deepened by other causes , was now upon his spirit . " How vain , " he murmured , " how intangible are man's most cherished hopes and wishes . How like a child he pursues , with panting breath , 46 PLEBEIANS.
... power . One of these moods , deepened by other causes , was now upon his spirit . " How vain , " he murmured , " how intangible are man's most cherished hopes and wishes . How like a child he pursues , with panting breath , 46 PLEBEIANS.
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... wish pesonally to visit them , aud inspect their details , and in a day or two , Sir John forwarded a note to Manford , with a polite intimation of the pleasure they should have in visiting his mill ; -to this a cheerful assent was ...
... wish pesonally to visit them , aud inspect their details , and in a day or two , Sir John forwarded a note to Manford , with a polite intimation of the pleasure they should have in visiting his mill ; -to this a cheerful assent was ...
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... wish seemed on the point of being fulfilled , the horse plunged and stumbled , and the ladies shouted in chorus to Jem , " To mind what he was doing ! " " Why , Missis , " said the fellow , through an opening in front , " it's no fault ...
... wish seemed on the point of being fulfilled , the horse plunged and stumbled , and the ladies shouted in chorus to Jem , " To mind what he was doing ! " " Why , Missis , " said the fellow , through an opening in front , " it's no fault ...
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Page 55 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 62 - And vacant shepherds piping in the dale ; And, now and then, sweet Philomel would wail, Or stockdoves plain amid the forest deep, That drowsy rustled to the sighing...
Page 41 - We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed : for Prosperity doth best discover vice, but Adversity doth best discover virtue.
Page 70 - The unseen clouds of the dew, which lie Like fire in the flowers till the sun rides high, Then wander like spirits among the spheres, Each cloud faint with the fragrance it bears.
Page 217 - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height.
Page 163 - Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in the various bustle of resort, Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 70 - And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night. And the Spring arose on the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt every where ; And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
Page 29 - early to bed and early to rise, is the way to be healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Page 143 - Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels...
Page 7 - I'll have no glittering gewgaws stuck about you, To stretch the gaping eyes of idiot wonder, And make men stare upon a piece of earth As on the star-wrought firmament — no feathers To wave as streamers to your vanity — Nor cumbrous silk, that with its rustling sound Makes proud the flesh that bears it.