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... journey of four miles in a ramshackle ' bus , not overdone with springs , and drawn by a pair of old horses all skin and grief , like the class usually under contract for drawing His Majesty's OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 9.
... journey of four miles in a ramshackle ' bus , not overdone with springs , and drawn by a pair of old horses all skin and grief , like the class usually under contract for drawing His Majesty's OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 9.
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... journey was from London to Penrith ; three nights on the top of a stage coach in November being a rough breaking in for an out - of - door life , even though he liked to lay in a good stock of fresh air , which according to his thinking ...
... journey was from London to Penrith ; three nights on the top of a stage coach in November being a rough breaking in for an out - of - door life , even though he liked to lay in a good stock of fresh air , which according to his thinking ...
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... journey by rail that he had so many times made by road . During his stay in London he casually , from force of habit , adjourned to a certain tavern where in former days he and his colleagues used to fore- gather . Meeting some of these ...
... journey by rail that he had so many times made by road . During his stay in London he casually , from force of habit , adjourned to a certain tavern where in former days he and his colleagues used to fore- gather . Meeting some of these ...
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... journey , is , after all no small achievement : - Man is but a handful of dust , And life a violent storm . Implying , that he has not only often had to stand with his back well to the wall , but that the inter- position of the Unseen ...
... journey , is , after all no small achievement : - Man is but a handful of dust , And life a violent storm . Implying , that he has not only often had to stand with his back well to the wall , but that the inter- position of the Unseen ...
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... journey under conditions known as travelling for pa , " much after the manner of a young gentleman of exalted rank on his grand tour ; apparently quite aloof from anything having a business complexion and with hardly a sentimental ...
... journey under conditions known as travelling for pa , " much after the manner of a young gentleman of exalted rank on his grand tour ; apparently quite aloof from anything having a business complexion and with hardly a sentimental ...
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Page 151 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 121 - It is monstrous to be told that you have a heart as sinful as the common wretches that crawl the earth. This is highly offensive and insulting, and I cannot but wonder that your ladyship should relish any sentiments so much at variance with high rank and good breeding.
Page 290 - Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest : The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. Lo. the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind...
Page 278 - Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite...
Page 208 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 94 - And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT.
Page 66 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 20 - Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Page 15 - Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness ; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
Page 324 - Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah ! why should they know their fate. Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise! No more; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.