The Every-day Book and Table Book; Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac ... for Daily Use and Diversion, Volumen3T. Tegg, 1841 |
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... master , whose name was Full , though a gross and ignorant , was not an ill - natured , man ; at least , not to me and my mistress used me with unvarying kindness , moved perhaps by my weakness and tender years . In return , I did what ...
... master , whose name was Full , though a gross and ignorant , was not an ill - natured , man ; at least , not to me and my mistress used me with unvarying kindness , moved perhaps by my weakness and tender years . In return , I did what ...
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... master ) was now grown old and infirm ; it seemed unlikely that he should hold out above three or four years ; and I fondly flattered my- self that , notwithstanding my youth , I might possibly be appointed to succeed him . I was in my ...
... master ) was now grown old and infirm ; it seemed unlikely that he should hold out above three or four years ; and I fondly flattered my- self that , notwithstanding my youth , I might possibly be appointed to succeed him . I was in my ...
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... master had already threatened me , for inadvertently hitching the name of one of his customers into a rhyme . The ... master's anger was raised to a terrible pitch , by my indifference to his concerns , and still more by the reports ...
... master had already threatened me , for inadvertently hitching the name of one of his customers into a rhyme . The ... master's anger was raised to a terrible pitch , by my indifference to his concerns , and still more by the reports ...
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... master received was six pounds . + As I have republished one of our old poets , it may be allowable to mention that ... master's , and I translated the tenth Satire for a holyday task . Mr. Smerdon wa much pleased with this , ( I was not ...
... master received was six pounds . + As I have republished one of our old poets , it may be allowable to mention that ... master's , and I translated the tenth Satire for a holyday task . Mr. Smerdon wa much pleased with this , ( I was not ...
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... master , and gave notice that he would quit his place . The master inquired the reason of the man's precipitancy , who told his lordship , " that he and a fellow - servant were about to set up a country bank , and they wanted the wages ...
... master , and gave notice that he would quit his place . The master inquired the reason of the man's precipitancy , who told his lordship , " that he and a fellow - servant were about to set up a country bank , and they wanted the wages ...
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Página 251 - When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Página 231 - An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Página 65 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 795 - In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Página 449 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 201 - I'm no like to dee ; For O, I am but young to cry out, Woe is me ! I gang like a ghaist, and I carena much to spin ; I darena think o' Jamie, for that wad be a sin.
Página 809 - My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk...
Página 137 - Old man ! there is no power in holy men, Nor charm in prayer — nor purifying form Of penitence — nor outward look — nor fast — Nor agony — nor, greater than all these, The innate tortures of that deep despair, Which is remorse without the fear of hell, But all in all sufficient to itself Would make a hell of heaven— can exorcise From out the unbounded spirit, the quick sense Of its own sins, wrongs, sufferance, and revenge Upon itself; there is no future pang Can deal that justice on...
Página 163 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Página 91 - And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.