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... clerk in the Bank of England . The play was first pro- duced with the famous comedian , Liston , in the title role , with the equally famous Mathews as the King . Furioso is a rival of his King for first place in the affections of a ...
... clerk in the Bank of England . The play was first pro- duced with the famous comedian , Liston , in the title role , with the equally famous Mathews as the King . Furioso is a rival of his King for first place in the affections of a ...
Page 49
... . In 1823 our bank clerk was promoted to the position of chief teller in the Bank of England . In that capacity he served until his death in 1826 . W VI WILLIAM ROSCOE 1753-1831 ILLIAM ROSCOE , author of BANKER IN LITERATURE 49.
... . In 1823 our bank clerk was promoted to the position of chief teller in the Bank of England . In that capacity he served until his death in 1826 . W VI WILLIAM ROSCOE 1753-1831 ILLIAM ROSCOE , author of BANKER IN LITERATURE 49.
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... clerk in the Messrs . Alexander's Bank , of Woodbridge , England , and at odd times , eve- nings and Sundays , wrote verses for publication , winning for himself the modest title of " Quaker Poet . " Several of his verses still live in ...
... clerk in the Messrs . Alexander's Bank , of Woodbridge , England , and at odd times , eve- nings and Sundays , wrote verses for publication , winning for himself the modest title of " Quaker Poet . " Several of his verses still live in ...
Page 64
... clerk £ 1,200 , prudently plac- ing the funds in the hands of a trustee . He felt some delicacy about accepting the benefaction , but his friend Lamb overcame his scruples , con- cluding a letter with congratulations and this advice ...
... clerk £ 1,200 , prudently plac- ing the funds in the hands of a trustee . He felt some delicacy about accepting the benefaction , but his friend Lamb overcame his scruples , con- cluding a letter with congratulations and this advice ...
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... clerks ) ' to puzzle that out . ' But even then he would get up from ' Rob Roy ' or the ' Antiquary ' every now and then , and go to peep through the curtain of a window that opens upon the back of the bank , and , if he saw the gas ...
... clerks ) ' to puzzle that out . ' But even then he would get up from ' Rob Roy ' or the ' Antiquary ' every now and then , and go to peep through the curtain of a window that opens upon the back of the bank , and , if he saw the gas ...
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Page 75 - Hail, MEMORY, hail ! in thy exhaustless mine From age to age unnumbered treasures shine ! Thought and her shadowy brood thy call obey, And Place and Time are subject to thy sway ! Thy pleasures most we feel when most alone ; The only pleasures we can call our own.
Page 85 - And heard, with voice as trumpet loud, Bozzaris cheer his band : " Strike — till the last armed foe expires ; Strike — for your altars and your fires ; Strike — for the green graves of your sire«, God, and your native land...
Page 111 - I WAITED for the train at Coventry ; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires ; and there I shaped The city's ancient legend into this : — Not only we, the latest seed of Time, New men, that in the flying of a wheel Cry down the past; not only we, that prate Of rights and wrongs, have loved the people well And loathed to see them...
Page 78 - CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight. Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; And, where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ! Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb and slept And such is man ; soon from his cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day.
Page 85 - An hour passed on — the Turk awoke; That bright dream was his last; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek, "To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!
Page 76 - Mid many a tale told of his boyish days, The nurse shall cry, of all her ills beguiled, " 'Twas on these knees he sat so oft and smiled.
Page 43 - Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.
Page 83 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 78 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Page 21 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.