Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?]. |
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Hear him , " cries a third , " hear the vile wretch , " how he blasphemes the body of God . " And then the troop passed slowly on to the tinkling of the bell . 66 66 A man must know nothing of a mule's ears , who does not know what a ...
Hear him , " cries a third , " hear the vile wretch , " how he blasphemes the body of God . " And then the troop passed slowly on to the tinkling of the bell . 66 66 A man must know nothing of a mule's ears , who does not know what a ...
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... that he might revisit friends and connections , from which he had been long separated , he was overjoyed to hear that the English ship would carry her prize into Lisbon ; and that he would there be set on shore and permitted to make ...
... that he might revisit friends and connections , from which he had been long separated , he was overjoyed to hear that the English ship would carry her prize into Lisbon ; and that he would there be set on shore and permitted to make ...
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... or calling their fellows to be gazers on their intrepidty . Every day is to them a day of misery , and yet they entertain their hard fate without repining . ............ . son . With what indignation do I hear ............
... or calling their fellows to be gazers on their intrepidty . Every day is to them a day of misery , and yet they entertain their hard fate without repining . ............ . son . With what indignation do I hear ............
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With what indignation do I hear an Ovid , a Cicero , or a Rabutin , complain of their misfortunes and hardships , whose greatest calamity was that of being unable to visit a certain spot of earth , to which they had foolishly attached ...
With what indignation do I hear an Ovid , a Cicero , or a Rabutin , complain of their misfortunes and hardships , whose greatest calamity was that of being unable to visit a certain spot of earth , to which they had foolishly attached ...
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I was troubled to hear him grieve nd afflict himself upon my account ; but in less than a quarter of an hour he smiled , and was as merry as if nothing had happened . Another who came with him told me by my interpreter , He should be ...
I was troubled to hear him grieve nd afflict himself upon my account ; but in less than a quarter of an hour he smiled , and was as merry as if nothing had happened . Another who came with him told me by my interpreter , He should be ...
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Página 3 - Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song. Away went Gilpin out of breath, And sore against his will, Till at his friend the calender's His horse at last stood still.
Página 1 - yet bring it me, My leathern belt likewise, In which I bear my trusty sword, When I do exercise.
Página 3 - And till he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay. And there he threw the wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. Stop, stop, John Gilpin! — Here's the house...
Página 1 - I fell upon my knees, begged his worship's pardon, and began to give a full account of all that I knew of my breed, seed, and generation; but, though I gave a very...