Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 63James Fraser, 1861 |
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... Perhaps there may be something in the language , after all , and we may opine with Biddy Fudge that , Though the words on good manners intrench , I assure you ' tis not half so shocking in French . One or two exquisite casts of children ...
... Perhaps there may be something in the language , after all , and we may opine with Biddy Fudge that , Though the words on good manners intrench , I assure you ' tis not half so shocking in French . One or two exquisite casts of children ...
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... perhaps , like an unskilful gambler , I set all my store on one desperate throw , and lost , and cared not to try ... Perhaps the opposite influence other , perhaps the girl derives vigo- of either sex is beneficial to the rous thought ...
... perhaps , like an unskilful gambler , I set all my store on one desperate throw , and lost , and cared not to try ... Perhaps the opposite influence other , perhaps the girl derives vigo- of either sex is beneficial to the rous thought ...
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... Perhaps a little more frequently than during the latter months of her husband's life . She was a great stickler for conventional forms , and went to London_regularly in the season to keep up her acquaintance , just as she gave large ...
... Perhaps a little more frequently than during the latter months of her husband's life . She was a great stickler for conventional forms , and went to London_regularly in the season to keep up her acquaintance , just as she gave large ...
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... perhaps a little blown with the pace , caught his fore legs in the leap , and pitching his little rider forward over his head , followed him in a very complicated and dangerous kind of fall . I was standing close to his mother , and I ...
... perhaps a little blown with the pace , caught his fore legs in the leap , and pitching his little rider forward over his head , followed him in a very complicated and dangerous kind of fall . I was standing close to his mother , and I ...
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... perhaps than he thought for , but my day's work was nearly over ere his had begun , and it was refreshing to look upon his kindly handsome face and listen to the tones of his cheerful , hearty voice once more , though it seemed to me ...
... perhaps than he thought for , but my day's work was nearly over ere his had begun , and it was refreshing to look upon his kindly handsome face and listen to the tones of his cheerful , hearty voice once more , though it seemed to me ...
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Page 52 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 365 - We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
Page 216 - BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet.
Page 440 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Page 380 - ... the free and ingenuous sort of such as evidently were born to study, and love learning for itself, not for lucre, or any other end, but the service of God and of truth, and perhaps that lasting fame and perpetuity of praise which God and good men have consented shall be the reward of those whose published labours advance the good of mankind...
Page 215 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 216 - They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I try to escape, they surround me; They seem to be everywhere.
Page 160 - Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Page 368 - MADAM, IF I interpret your letter right, you are ignominiously married ; if it is yet undone, let us once more talk together. If you have abandoned your children and your religion, God forgive your wickedness ; if you have forfeited your fame and your country, may your folly do no further mischief.
Page 217 - I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon In the round-tower of my heart. And there will I keep you forever, Yes, forever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away...