The Planet, conducted by T. McNicollThomas M'Nicoll 1862 |
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... rich upon our sweat and pain . Wise and cunning is the white man ; every sea his vessels sweep ; Lightning - glow and thunder - rattle in his hunting rifle sleep ; In his mills he's taught the steam to turn a thousand iron wheels : O ...
... rich upon our sweat and pain . Wise and cunning is the white man ; every sea his vessels sweep ; Lightning - glow and thunder - rattle in his hunting rifle sleep ; In his mills he's taught the steam to turn a thousand iron wheels : O ...
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... rich in having a daily supply for their real wants . The young couple never thought it necessary that they should be the first to enjoy the deli- cacies of the season . The husband would not sacrifice the fruit of his labour , his time ...
... rich in having a daily supply for their real wants . The young couple never thought it necessary that they should be the first to enjoy the deli- cacies of the season . The husband would not sacrifice the fruit of his labour , his time ...
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... rich lode was soon to be opened . But what he heard or thought he heard , now and then , was not like tokens for good ; no , they might be called undertones of evil ; whisperings of mischief , that came to his soul , rather than to his ...
... rich lode was soon to be opened . But what he heard or thought he heard , now and then , was not like tokens for good ; no , they might be called undertones of evil ; whisperings of mischief , that came to his soul , rather than to his ...
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... Falernian wine , Crowned the rich viands of those lavish boards ; And that fair peasantry whose uncontrol Spake yet a classic language to thy soul . ' accomplished on a future day , when further materials are Thornbury's Life of Turner .
... Falernian wine , Crowned the rich viands of those lavish boards ; And that fair peasantry whose uncontrol Spake yet a classic language to thy soul . ' accomplished on a future day , when further materials are Thornbury's Life of Turner .
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... rich he was ; and guess what ample compensations he found in the exercise of his surpassing genius . Perhaps there is more tenderness in his treatment of external nature because no other outlet was found for the pathos of his life . His ...
... rich he was ; and guess what ample compensations he found in the exercise of his surpassing genius . Perhaps there is more tenderness in his treatment of external nature because no other outlet was found for the pathos of his life . His ...
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Page 134 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb...
Page 265 - Her parents, the Duke and Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park : I found her...
Page 301 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 266 - God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) so without measure mis-ordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 322 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive. No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He asked for bread, and he received a stone.
Page 141 - If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Page 265 - After salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her why she would lose such pastime in the park? Smiling she answered me, ' I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas I good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 269 - Therefore, to ride comely; to run fair at the tilt or ring; to play at all weapons; to shoot fair in bow or surely in gun; to vault lustily; to run, to leap, to wrestle, to swim; to dance comely; to sing, and play...
Page 266 - It is your shame (I speak to you all, you young gentlemen of England) that one maid should go beyond you all, in excellency of learning and knowledge of divers tongues.
Page 266 - ... else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips...