The Planet, conducted by T. McNicollThomas M'Nicoll 1862 |
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... pleasure , thou , alas ! wilt never know ; Only couldst thou truly find it where the Niger's waters flow . Never wilt thou pierce the tiger with the sharp unerring lance , Never in the happy circle of thy people tread the dance . No ...
... pleasure , thou , alas ! wilt never know ; Only couldst thou truly find it where the Niger's waters flow . Never wilt thou pierce the tiger with the sharp unerring lance , Never in the happy circle of thy people tread the dance . No ...
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... pleasures of a happy married life was on the side of a hill , such as is seen nowhere , perhaps , but in the peculiar district of their birth . The hill might suggest the notice of a ' burnt mountain , ' a hill in ruins , an uplifted ...
... pleasures of a happy married life was on the side of a hill , such as is seen nowhere , perhaps , but in the peculiar district of their birth . The hill might suggest the notice of a ' burnt mountain , ' a hill in ruins , an uplifted ...
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... pleasures of a higher class , they were content to be 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 ...
... pleasures of a higher class , they were content to be 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 ...
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... pleasurable exercise about religion is most fully to engage their affections on its behalf . They are , indeed , religiously intelligent in a high degree ; and Mrs. Schimmelpenninck showed that her discrimination as observer was quite ...
... pleasurable exercise about religion is most fully to engage their affections on its behalf . They are , indeed , religiously intelligent in a high degree ; and Mrs. Schimmelpenninck showed that her discrimination as observer was quite ...
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... pleasure in visiting his people in disguise . He was a learned and virtuous prince , with a passion for the discovery of genius . By long study and experience he had acquired so profound a knowledge of mankind , that he could tell the ...
... pleasure in visiting his people in disguise . He was a learned and virtuous prince , with a passion for the discovery of genius . By long study and experience he had acquired so profound a knowledge of mankind , that he could tell the ...
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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...