The Caxtons: A Family Picture, Volumen1Wm. Blackwood, 1859 |
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... began where genius begins , it may find what genius finds . A certain Greek writer tells us of some man , who , in order to save his bees a troublesome flight to Hymettus , cut their wings , and placed before them the finest flowers he ...
... began where genius begins , it may find what genius finds . A certain Greek writer tells us of some man , who , in order to save his bees a troublesome flight to Hymettus , cut their wings , and placed before them the finest flowers he ...
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... O Primmins ! " Primmins began to sob . " Don't tell fibs , nursey , " said a small shrill voice ; and Master Sisty ( coming out of the house as bold as brass ) continued rapidly- " don't scold Primmins , mamma A FAMILY PICTURE . 23.
... O Primmins ! " Primmins began to sob . " Don't tell fibs , nursey , " said a small shrill voice ; and Master Sisty ( coming out of the house as bold as brass ) continued rapidly- " don't scold Primmins , mamma A FAMILY PICTURE . 23.
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... next fable of this kind you try to teach him , and we part for ever ! " From that time I first date the hour when I felt that I loved my father , and knew that he loved me ; from that time , too , he began to converse 24 THE CAXTONS :
... next fable of this kind you try to teach him , and we part for ever ! " From that time I first date the hour when I felt that I loved my father , and knew that he loved me ; from that time , too , he began to converse 24 THE CAXTONS :
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... began to converse with me . He would no longer , if he met me in the garden , pass by with a smile and nod ; he would stop , put his book in his pocket , and though his talk was often above my comprehension , still somehow I felt ...
... began to converse with me . He would no longer , if he met me in the garden , pass by with a smile and nod ; he would stop , put his book in his pocket , and though his talk was often above my comprehension , still somehow I felt ...
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... began to imitate , to reproduce . Strange tales , akin to those I had gleaned from fairyland - rude songs , modelled from such verse - books as fell into my hands , began to mar the contents of marble - covered pages , designed for the ...
... began to imitate , to reproduce . Strange tales , akin to those I had gleaned from fairyland - rude songs , modelled from such verse - books as fell into my hands , began to mar the contents of marble - covered pages , designed for the ...
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amongst answered asked Austin Author Blackwood's Magazine bless brother brow called Captain Roland Caxton CHAPTER child cried Crown Octavo door drew earwigs Edition eyes face fancy Fanny Trevanion father Fcap felt fortune garden gentleman GEORGE HENRY LEWES Greek hand happy head heard heart heaven honour hurdy-gurdy Keith Johnston Kitty knew Lady Ellinor laugh leave lived London look Lord Rainsforth ma'am member of Parliament mind Miss Trevanion mother nature never once pause Philhellenic Pisistratus poor Primmins Puss in Boots quoth round saffron Savoyard scholar seemed sigh Sir Sedley Beaudesert Sisty smile speak Squills stood STRANGER talk tell thing thought tion took truth turned Uncle Jack Uncle Roland Vivian voice volume walk WILLIAM BLACKWOOD William Caxton window woman word young youth
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Página 193 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Página 331 - He had, to a morbid excess, that desire to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no wish for the esteem or the love of his species; only the hard wish to succeed— not shine, not serve— succeed, that he might have the right to despise a world which galled his self-conceit.
Página 25 - I have narrated, he gave me one far exceeding in value those usually bestowed on children, — it was a beautiful large domino-box in cut ivory, painted and gilt. This domino-box was my delight. I was never weary of playing at dominoes with Mrs. Primmins, and I slept with the box under my pillow. "Ah...
Página 331 - Caxtons.' Passion, in him, comprehended -many of the worst emotions which militate against human happiness. You could not contradict him, but you raised quick choler; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing natural advantages of this poor boy— his beauty, his readiness, the daring spirit that breathed around him like a fiery atmosphere— had raised his constitutional self-confidence into an arrogance that turned his very claims to admiration into prejudices...
Página 40 - A more lying, round-about, puzzleheaded delusion than that by which we confuse the clear instincts of truth in our accursed system of spelling was never concocted by the father of falsehood.