The Diorama of Life, Or, The Macrocosm and Microcosm Displayed: Characteristic Sketches and Anecdotes of Men and ThingsE. Barrett, 1824 - 365 páginas |
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... questions , to which the rustic replied with so much precision , that it appeared Ca- tharine was really his sister . Nevertheless , to re- move all suspicion , the Czar left him abruptly , desir- ing that he would return next morning ...
... questions , to which the rustic replied with so much precision , that it appeared Ca- tharine was really his sister . Nevertheless , to re- move all suspicion , the Czar left him abruptly , desir- ing that he would return next morning ...
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... stedfastly at the stubborn purloiner , and throwing a deep tone of anger into the sound of his voice , repeated the question , " Who stole Pat Doolan's pig ? I say , who stole poor Pat Doolan's pig ? " Still there was 21.
... stedfastly at the stubborn purloiner , and throwing a deep tone of anger into the sound of his voice , repeated the question , " Who stole Pat Doolan's pig ? I say , who stole poor Pat Doolan's pig ? " Still there was 21.
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... question was left as before , to work its effect on the conscience of the guilty individual . The hardihood of the offender , however , exceeded all the honest priest's calculations . A third Sunday arrived , and Pat Doolan was still ...
... question was left as before , to work its effect on the conscience of the guilty individual . The hardihood of the offender , however , exceeded all the honest priest's calculations . A third Sunday arrived , and Pat Doolan was still ...
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... question , that you might pop in and give your venal vote ; or you might be seen hovering over the dome like an ill - omened bird of night , with sepulchral notes , with cadaverous aspect , and broken beak ( alluding to a personal ...
... question , that you might pop in and give your venal vote ; or you might be seen hovering over the dome like an ill - omened bird of night , with sepulchral notes , with cadaverous aspect , and broken beak ( alluding to a personal ...
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... Question . Say , what has given to Flood a mortal wound ? Answer . Grattan's obtaining fifty thousand pound . Question . Can Flood forgive an injury so sore ? Answer . Yes , if they give him fifty thousand more . SCOTCH ADVENTURERS ...
... Question . Say , what has given to Flood a mortal wound ? Answer . Grattan's obtaining fifty thousand pound . Question . Can Flood forgive an injury so sore ? Answer . Yes , if they give him fifty thousand more . SCOTCH ADVENTURERS ...
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Página 241 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended, and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Página 259 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look! in this place ran Cassius...
Página 69 - He struck it out. A third said he thought the words 'for ready money' were useless, as it was not the custom of the place to sell on credit. Every one who purchased expected to pay. They were parted with, and the inscription now stood, 'John Thompson sells hats.
Página 138 - The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity ; men started at the intelligence and turned pale, as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend.
Página 139 - ... vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us, not indeed his mantle of inspiration, but a name and an example, which are at this hour inspiring hundreds of the youth of England : a name which is our pride, and an example which will continue to be our shield and our strength.
Página 69 - With a figure of a hat subjoined; but he thought he would submit it to his friends for their amendments. The first he showed it to thought the word "Hatter" tautologous, because followed by the words "makes hats,
Página 139 - The most triumphant death is that of a martyr; the most awful, that of the martyred patriot; the most splendid, that of the hero in the hour of victory; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory.
Página 235 - Heidegger had no sooner made a genteel apology for the insolence of his musicians, but the false Heidegger advanced, and in a plaintive tone cried out, " Indeed, Sire, it was not my fault, but that devil's in my likeness.
Página 243 - My guilt or innocence have little to do with the question here. I rose with the rising fortunes of my country — I am willing to die with her expiring liberties. To the voice of the people I will bow, but never shall I submit to the calumnies of an individual hired to betray them and slander me. The indisposition of my body has left me, perhaps, no means but that of lying down with fallen Ireland, and recording upon her tomb my dying testimony against the flagitious corruption that has murdered...
Página 299 - Many a mile had he wandered, many a pound had he yielded, for those treasures of antiquities which had exhausted his fortune, and with which he had formed works of great public utility. It was in his eightieth year that Stowe at length received a public acknowledgment of his services, which will appear to us of a very extraordinary nature. He was so reduced in his circumstances, that he petitioned James I. for a...